The loss of common courtesy?
(rant mode on)
I had an interesting thing happen to me today. My post office branch is at the end of a small strip mall and there are perpendicular parking spots in front off of a two way driveway. I had finished my business and was in my car getting ready to leave. I had the car in reverse (back up lights on) and had started to back out of the space and some lady in an SUV zooms up on the street right behind me, blocking me in. She opens her door and, leaving the car door open, walks over to the mail box to put her mail in. There are now 5 or 6 cars backed up behind her now and I'm sitting there nearly half way out of the parking spot while she takes her sweet time walking back to her car. I'm giving her my best What the f*#@!!! look as she walks by my car, gets in her truck, taking her time to carefully put on her seat belt and then speeds off. Mind you, there's a couple of open parking spots right in front of the post office but I guess she was in too much of a hurry to bother with parking and I guess she felt she could just block me (and a couple of other cars) plus hold up several others while she does her business since it would only take a second. I thought about getting out of my car to ask her what the hurry was but thought otherwise because she's the sort of person that would probably call the cops and say I was menacing her or something. What the heck is it with people these days? In the 18 years I've lived here in LA, I've never had that happen.
Manners, morals, and discipline
well guys I read your posts , now i really dont know what age group your in and its none of my business but i have noticed a few things on my travels, which include, the southern states in the good ol'usa, canada, Germany,Holland,Norway,Ireland,wales and of course England.
I come from a small fishing village in the North East of scotland, where people I think are at best good people...we are not near any cities, ( I have to drive at least 20m for a subway, burgerking and a macdonalds...a good thing sometimes)
Anyways my point.
1.Discipline...my house, a hot arse was administered when deserved...now a days in the UK you cant smack a child, what I hate most are these parents who make poor excuses, like oh he cant help it, hes only little and a wee bit bored...as he tears up and destroys everything in sight.Young kids nowadays seem to think they can please them selves and answer to no-one...
my opinion,a hot arse lets you know when youve messed up bad...
2.Morals, nowadays people think they can please themselves and go through life screwing people, there seems to be hardly anyone with any conscience these days.
My wife tells me I try to please too many people but if I say i will do something and i dont i feel guilty, people now just say 'f@@k em', i hate that
3.Manners, good manners cost nothing and since travelling across the pond to the USA and Canada, i noticed that people do have them, people my age refering to elders as Sir and Ma'am a thing not done here in the uk,i LIKE IT BECAUSE IT SHOWS A BIT OF RESPECT...btw there is now direct word for please in Norwegian... but thank you is totally OTT...thank you is Tusen Takk ( Thousand Thank yous')
as an aside friends Of my wifes from New Orleans and NY came over and visited with us for 4 days on a UK tour they were doing before one of them went on active duty on a US Aircraft Carrier as a Surgeon, what rank I dont know, but, they agreed on one thing, from leaving us, people became more rude and unhelpful the further south they went, their timing was unfortunate as in Edinburgh they caught the G8 Demo's and they were in LOndon at the time of the Bus Bombing and subway bombings, then of course Katrina when they returned home.
Well ive said my piece, Im a married 33yo with a 15 month old son...my time is coming....HELP..
REGARDS, SIMON :)