Oh, Charbee:
I have found people here to be super-friendly. In fact, I had a little incident today that will give you an idea of how nice people are:
I mentioned I bought a car today. Well, it was a used one, so I was buying it from a very nice couple named Monaghan, who had owned it since new. We did the deal, and I drove off in my new baby, title in hand - and then...
About two blocks away from the Monaghans' house, I saw Mr. Monaghan's truck behind my car, then he pulled up alongside me and motioned for me to stop. I rolled down my window, he rolled down his, and he told me, "You forgot to pay me!" I checked, and indeed I had - I'd had the money out at their house, but somehow when we were signing paperwork, I'd slipped it back into my wallet to free my hands. I paid him and apologised, he said it was fine, and we shook hands and parted.
In Atlanta, the guy would have sent the police after me at the very least. Mr. Monaghan handled it by treating it as a bit of absent-mindedness that was best corrected by a polite reminder. Pretty damn decent of someone who'd just realised he'd seen his car and its title leave his driveway with no money to show for it!
