What happened to manners?
I was raised to be a polite person. My parents always insisted that we had good manners. We made sure to say please and thank you. We held doors open for other people. We always offered the last piece to company, and never took the largest piece for ourselves. We even were taught to stand when a women entered the room. That was the way we were trained, and I think that having good manners is important, it makes you a better person. Yet it seams as if manners are disappearing these days. I just had an experience that is really grating.
I was at the grocery store earlier. I was looking for something on the shelf, when a lady (and I use the term loosely) ran over my foot with her shopping cart. Instinctively I immediately said sorry to her. I realized of course that it wasn't my fault. She was the one that was driving the cart. She was the one that hit me, yet I apologized. I guess it is just hard wired into my brain to do that. Of course the natural thing I expected is for her to apologize for running into me. But that did not happen. She just glared at me, gave me the evilest look imaginable.
At first I didn't even think about it. I just got what I came for and went about my business. But when I did start thinking about it, it really got me angry. She was the one who hit me, yet she acted as if it was my fault, like I purposely out my foot in front of her cart, to slow her down.
Man that really ticks me off. I mean would it have been so difficult to say "sorry for bumping in to you"? I guess this is the way the world is going, every one only looking out for themselves. Sad when you think about it.
I was at the grocery store earlier. I was looking for something on the shelf, when a lady (and I use the term loosely) ran over my foot with her shopping cart. Instinctively I immediately said sorry to her. I realized of course that it wasn't my fault. She was the one that was driving the cart. She was the one that hit me, yet I apologized. I guess it is just hard wired into my brain to do that. Of course the natural thing I expected is for her to apologize for running into me. But that did not happen. She just glared at me, gave me the evilest look imaginable.
At first I didn't even think about it. I just got what I came for and went about my business. But when I did start thinking about it, it really got me angry. She was the one who hit me, yet she acted as if it was my fault, like I purposely out my foot in front of her cart, to slow her down.
Man that really ticks me off. I mean would it have been so difficult to say "sorry for bumping in to you"? I guess this is the way the world is going, every one only looking out for themselves. Sad when you think about it.
posted by The Cube at 7:11 PM
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I am big on manners, too. I was raised to say "yes, sir" and "no, mamam," and this became such an ingrained habit that it carried into my young adulthood. I had to consciously force myself to stop saying this because it would regularly OFFEND people. They didn't think of themselves as "old" or some such thing.
Yes, I think there is so often a very selfish sentiment out there. Selfishness is inherent in all of us, I think, but instead of being taught to recognize and defeat it, now it seems that it is actually celebrated and encouraged with the "take care of yourself or no one else will" mentality (without owning up to the actual term "selfish," of course). So sad.
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