Manners refer to the polite ways of treating other people and behaving in public
. They are the set of norms of personal behavior in polite society, usually occurring in the form of an ethical code of the expected and accepted social behaviors that accord with the conventions and norms observed and practiced by a society
. Manners are integral to the functioning of the social norms and conventions that are informally enforced through self-regulation
. They are a means for people to display their social status and a means of demarcating, observing, and maintaining the boundaries of social identity and of social class
. Manners are likely to be a central part of the dispositions that guide a person's ability to decide upon socially-compliant behaviors
. Good manners include holding doors open for other people, saying "please" and "thank you," and refraining from burping in public
