Of course it happens here too. It happens everywhere you find people.

[The voice that responds sounds faintly weary, touched with wry humour. Seven preserve him from idealists.

(As though Tyrion's not an idealist himself, not so far beneath his cynical and often-mocking armour.)]

Which is all the more reason not to alienate half the population before you've even started working out who's worthy of respect, and who's simply likely to kill you for not managing common courtesy.