I frequently arrive at the conclusion that nobody has any manners any more. Why? Let me share a story with you:
Monday, I had a test in Sociology. A girl arrives 15 minutes late, eating a bag of chips very loudly, and demands to know what's going on. She then becomes furious with the teacher, who chastises her for disrupting the class. She keeps asking questions (very loudly), and then gets angry when the teacher chastises her once more, for using the manual pencil sharpener instead of asking for an already sharp pencil, which would have been much quieter. She manages to imply that it's the teacher's fault she had to sharpen a pencil.
Why do people behave like this? Do any parents teach their children manners any more? I know mine did, and they did it as soon as I started talking. There was no "gimme a cookie," it was "can I please have a cookie," etc. I knew please, thank you, excuse me, and many other common courtesies by the age of three, and understood the importance of being polite, though it was very basic in my mind at that point (people will like you better). The point is that I knew all of this, and I still go by it. I hold doors for people, I say excuse me when I'm trying to get through a crowd, and I always say please and thank you. Most people in restaurants order by way of, "I want...." I usually order with, "I'd like a small cheeseburger, please," and say "thank you" once I get my order.
Honestly, how hard is it to take an extra half-second of your time to say a simple word, or two to three seconds to hold the door for the person behind you?
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I think that all the time! People's manner along with their diction have gone completely out the window! I dislike hearing bad grammar. When I slip, I immediately correct myself b/c when it comes out, it just sounds bad and uneducated.
I also always say, 'thank you,' and 'please,' etc.
I'll be strolling through the grocery store and I'll hear parents just yell at the tops of their lungs at their kids and curse and threaten. I just shake my head in disbelief knowing full well that that kind of disipline does NOTHING and it looks embarrassing!
People are in such rush these days and are only concerned about themselves.
Do you still do the 'friendly wave' while driving and someone lets you in?? I do. I rarely see that these days.
JM
Well, I don't do the wave when driving (because I don't drive), but if a motorist lets me cross the street, I do. If their windows are open, I will actually say thank you loud enough for them to hear me.
Amazing how that works....my four year old does the same thing
all truths are easy to understand once discovered; the point is to discover them ~galileo
i do the friendly wave all the time! it makes me feel good when i get it back when i let someone in also.
i also smile at strangers when i'm walking around the city, i think if everyone smiled more the world would be a better place.
--stacie
lol My friend, we are in the same boat. But we both know it's not everyone who doesn't have manners. They just think differently I guess. It's like this egocentric attitude that people have in America thinking they can do whatever they please because it's "Freedom". Many people misinterpreted the word. If only...if only...they can learn from more Asians. lol Just kidding. Seriously though, where I cam from people are raised up with well-manner. Even many kids who are in the lower class...that's just my thought anyway.
You know its bad when you do not even notice it so much anymore.
It is common curtesy to open doors for people esspecially when they are pushing a stroller or carrying a baby.
Today a young man ran across the parking lot to meet his friends in his school but when he saw me he stopped and held the door opened for me...I thought that was unusual, which is a shame because it should be normal.
I always say please and thank you mostly because I have kids and they learn by example. I have also raised my voice at the store when being nice about things has not workes. Sometimes four year olds only hear loud noises, so when you see that happen in the store have compassion, not judgment.
Great point and good post
~Thank You
all truths are easy to understand once discovered; the point is to discover them ~galileo
i don't get the no manners thing either, especially when you're walking down a crowded city street and people bump into you and don't even bother to say excuse me...it just makes me kind of sad that everyone seems to be turning into a selfish brat that only cares about themselves.
--stacie
People are so rude in class! I am appalled at the amount of people who stroll in late and act as if the class must stop everything because they have arrived. If I was the professor I would have kicked the girl out of the class for the day for disrupting everyone else's education. Maybe she would show up on time. It's even worse showing up with food or drink. Then you are just advertising why you were late and what you consider more important.
My parents taugh tme early to be pilite and if i ever was rude i would a few words! I sit back and watch all those people who are rude for no apparent reason and just wonder...
vetta*
Amen, preach it girl lol. I was brought up as well to be polite and USE my manners. People do respect you more when you're polite. Another think that is a HUGE pet peeve of mine is when people chew their food with their mouth open. Ugh, it's disgusting. PLEASE shut your lips together to keep your food in your mouth and not all over everything else. Nobody likes "see-food".
<3 Bridget <3
"Love is like a war. It's easy to start, hard to stop, and impossible to forget."
I think that why some people don't have manners is because its not a part of this new generation of people, even though IT SHOULD.
I only can handle polite people. Soon as I encounter someone rude in my daily life I go from being really pleasant to a bleep real quick. So I know what you saying.
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