But I have one request: please be a bit more considerate, a bit more flexible, and a bit more tactful about our leaders' mind-set.
The "face" of China's rulers is at stake, he observes, and concludes that Americans should be "a bit more considerate" and understand that Chinese leaders prefer to keep criticisms "behind closed doors".
There is not, as far as I know, a standard way with which to measure levels of etiquette, but is it possible that we are all actually a bit more considerate than in the past?
The fact that it's a nightclub in a boat docked permanently on the river Spree may have something to do with it: floating on water seems to make everyone a bit more considerate.
Let's enjoy each other's company if we can and be a bit more considerate and kind to one another.
Not everybody appreciates the limelight but some people will be incredibly honored and you might even strike up a fruitful conversation, so it's always worth asking first, as a bit of considerate socializing can oil the wheels, so to speak.
That is a useful, considerate bit of advice to receive.
"I have changed a little bit, to try to be more considerate of people who ask me questions -- not the media, but in town hall meetings.
Some nights, I'll be dead asleep, and she'll wake me up, "Hey, I was going to play with my pussy for a bit, do you want to record it?" She's considerate like that.
What would be nice is if people were kind and considerate once in a while, and gave us a bit of space.
