Community Chat

[proudlyfromNJ]

Who raised this "new generation of kids with no manners" ? Aren't they your kids and grandkids? Sounds like it's everyone else's children except the people on this board.

[sue bee]

I don't let it bother me too much but when I hold a door open for someone and they don't say Thank You, I say out loud " you're welcome"  don't know if they hear me or not but I say it anyway. I always say thank you if someone hold the door for me or lets me go ahead in a checkout line. Guess it was the way I was bought up.

[SahmIam]

"Please", "Thank you" and using them when appropriate takes SECONDS. To not is to be rude. And that says a great deal about the person. Yes, yes it does.

[bri20]

Saying please, thank you, and you're welcome is said on a daily basis in our home. 

[PINKdogWOOD]

I always say thank you and I still say please too.  Whenever I leave a cashier at any store I wish them a great day too.

It's not hard to say these things, it's not hard to be polite.  It's not hard to be kind or to do a kind thing for someone.  It's not at all hard to still hold a door open for someone behind you, in fact it's not even hard to open a door for someone before you pass through it yourself.

These things many of us grew up learning never cost us anything. 

Nice - some things for nothing still do exist.  I love it!

[jaxs mom]

I don't even notice. I don't keep a score card nor do I do nice things for people expecting anything in return. I prefer genuine responses to ones made out of habit or obligation. I think way too many people spend their time just looking for something to complain about. And yes I do live in an area where manners matter and I say thank you often. But it doesn't bother me if other people don't thank me. 

[halfpint1]

I couldn't get a thank you or please from my deceased husband. Finally when he was sick I heard him say it. I am still mad why his nieces and nephews never sent a sympathy card after he died this year. He gave each of them $10,000 from the money his mother left him and they are all around 50 years old.

[mima]

My husband is one that doesn't say please and thank you here at home.  When he doesn't say please or thank you at appropriate times, I say "your mom didn't teach you manners, did she?"  Of course I only say that if we are alone.  It really irritates me.

He uses his manners with others though (at least most of the time).  I guess he's too lazy to use them with me. 

My granddaughter recently had a baby shower and I was so glad she sent out "thank you" notes!  I think she is the only one out of 8 grandkids that I have ever received a "thank you" note from. 

The others I have to call or message them to make sure they have gotten their gifts if I have mailed them.  I blame their parents (my kids) for that.

[missy1]

Manners went out the window, years ago.

[reiki604]

Life is too precious and short to waste time, thought or energy on such minutiae. The way other people behave is on them. I can only control my behavior and reactions.