TORONTO, Ont. - Move over Miss Manners, Christopher Rouleau has launched his Toronto Etiquette Project.
Rouleau is handing out cards reminding people about basic courtesies.
The cards contain things like not taking up two subway seats, or not talking on your cell phone at inappropriate times.
Rouleau, a graphic designer and typographer who moved to Toronto from Saskatchewan in 2009, said the cards work as a reminder to people on what the is polite choice of action.
He told The Toronto Star, the cards are not meant to insult people but to spark conversation and should be handed out with a positive attitude.
But do Torontonians need a reminder to be nice?
Some people at Yonge and Bloor told 680News that they feel the city is a pretty polite place to be but sometimes life gets in the way.
"I think maybe when it's busier and people are in a busier time - like Christmas - most defiantly people forget about what the sense of being polite is," said Paula.
Jim agrees but said that sometimes it's the action and not the reaction that is important.
"Personally, I hold the door open and sometimes you get trampled and definitely there are not a lot of thank you's," he said.
Don said he thinks, for the most part, we are respectful but he likes the idea behind the project.
"I think it is a good idea to remind people that we should be polite and be Canadian," he said.
However, Carlos told 680News he thinks many of us need to brush up on our manners, especially on the TTC.
"I've seen enough people sitting down and when I see an elderly person go on the TTC, they don't stand up for them," he said.
Rouleau launched the
Toronto Etiquette Project on Thursday.