oldbay wrote:
We need to get back to manners. When driving, I stop for pedestrians no matter where they are or whether or not they are actually walking (and are just waiting there for a safe second to make a dash). I think that's just right to yield the way to those on foot. About 2 years ago, there was a string of accidents where pedestrians were killed. The government reacted by telling the pedestrians to be careful. My thought was, don't the pedestrians have the right away, so why aren't they telling drivers to yield to the people on foot?
I agree with you on this one! Where I live if you stop for a person you have a good chance of getting rear-ended! No one wants to stop for anything - too much of a hurry. And for what - rush, rush, rush and get on with your life so that you can just rush it all away! They don't even want to stop at red lights and stop signs! Road rage is unbelievable here. They do 50 on side streets with kids playing outside - the showoffs do 80+.
They won't stop for people stepping off buses either! And I have seen so many pass a stopped school bus.
A woman pedestrian was hit by a car last year; another woman bent down to help her and took her rings, watch and purse before fleeing the scene. Nothing like being injured, needing medical attention and getting rolled all at once! And she was not the only victim - men have been rolled as well.
What have we become as a society? We certainly aren't acting like human beings. What happened to working for what you want instead of stealing it?
Look at these vidoes posted to sites like MySpace - teen age girls duking it out and no one breaking it up. It's sick. What is wrong with these internet sites that allow this to be posted? Are they that hard up for ratings??
What about daytime TV? Maury is busy telling everyone they are NOT the father while that same woman is having 18 men tested to see who the babies father is! And that talk show with Rosie O'Donnell - insults on top of insults. Then of course - dare I mention - Jerry Springer??? His show actually turns my stomach! And these judge shows - like Judge Judy, Alex, Mathis, etc. - they aren't much better. Who conned who out of what, who stole what from whom, who's lying about this and that, and just never stops.
Teachers are sleeping with students, priests are sexually abusing children, children are sexually abusing children, child molesters want to live in normal neighborhoods, you can buy a gun at the local mom and pop store as easy as buying a candy bar, the elderly are placed in nursing homes because they are a burden to their families so that they can be abused - the list never stops.
No manners, no considerations, no feelings - we've become a greedy, dog-eat-dog, self-centered society.
No wonder it seems like we're just going to h.el.l. in a hand-basket!
And another thing that really irks me -
GRAMMAR!
I am so sick of hearing me and him (or her or my brother, etc.) instead of my brother and I, or he and I, etc. Is it because English has become a second language??? Spanish is the #1 requirement all over. And everything you buy has to be written in English and Spanish. Don't get me wrong - BUT
ISN'T THAT A BIT DISCRIMINATORY! I'm Italian - why aren't the instructions, ingredients, etc. written in Italian for me???? A friend of mine is French. Why aren't ingredients, instructions, etc. written in French as well. The same goes for German, Swedish, Russian, Polish, Hungarian, Romanian, and every other nationality as well????????????????????????
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
But then again - how can we have manners? I've learned mine and exercise them daily in my life. We say "please," "yes please," "thank you," "no thank you" etc. constantly. We are not afraid to say thank you - excuse me - may I - would you please, etc. Try using them in public and people just look at you. I have had comments made to me about my manners. Especially when I am requesting help from someone, or I am being waited on in a store, restaurant, etc. So many times I have been told that no one says please or thank you. It's so sad. It also makes those that are helping us (you know - all those thankless jobs like cashiers, gas station attendants, etc.) feel like they are not important. Even a person working a minimum wage job is a human being who deserves to be treated properly. You don't need to be a CEO to get respect.
It's just like washing up before a meal, pushing your chair in when you are done, hanging up your clothes, picking up after yourself - things we did years ago and there are still a few of us that still do it today.
If the world ended today - I would know why! We really must be ticking off
"the guy upstairs!"