To older generations, this should go without saying. There are so many people who don’t have simple MANNERS. Yes, common manners. “Please” and “thank you” type of manners. Hold the door open for the next person type of manners. Speak when you walk into a room type of manners.
I’m not sure, but it seems to be a generational thing. In my day (and I’m not that old), you would get reprimanded some kind of way for not using your manners. It’s to the point now where girls and women accept a boy or man calling them their ‘bitch’, like it’s an honorable title. Let my sons or nephews say that about any girl or woman. I’m old-school.
It’s called respect. Home training. Being raised right. “You know better than that”.
When I go through a drive through to order food, is it too much to expect the cashier to say how much my food costs before snatching my money? Is it too much to say ‘have a nice day’ or a ‘come again, soon’? I’ve experienced this mostly with younger people, but I’ve also had encounters with some adults, as well. Maybe we should put a course in high school on how to use your manners, although I do believe some people would fail.
The thing is, I believe people know how to use their manners – for some reason, they just don’t. Maybe it’s the next level of ‘cool’, but using your manners can get you positively farther in life than if you didn’t use them. Does it hurt to give your seat to an elderly person? Will it kill you to say ‘excuse me’ if you accidentally bump into someone? Would using appropriate language around children be so bad?
I know teenagers are going to be teenagers, and they push and test their boundaries, but at what point do they grow out of it? It seems that this is becoming a way of life, like it’s OK. Well, I’m here to say, “IT’S NOT OK!” This is not the way you want to carry yourself for the rest of your life.
All in all, I just wish people would stop being manner-less. ‘Please’ and ‘thank you’.