What's happened to manners

[johnboy1974]

I attended my local hospital today in Glasgow and upon arrival was steered into a waiting room with about 15 seats in it. All the seats were taken except one, which I took. There were about 5 seats taken by kids ages 10-16, the rest adults like myself.
In comes an old lady with a walking stick about 80 years old and yes you guessed it, nobody batted an eyelid and she had to stand there. I stood up and offered the old lady my seat. Where are people's manners nowadays?
I was brought up to show manners towards the elderly and give up a seat on a bus or waiting room or hold open a door. Assist an elderly person where required.The younger generation are so ignorant.

[jordigirl]

your quite right there johnboy, i blame the ignorant parents, that have forgotten to teach there kids manners

[bobwill]

what I was taught as manners a long time ago could now be seen as sexist .
Like opening a door to a women , saying after you,can I give you a lift with that etc
I once saw a girl give a right rollicking to this gent for opening a door for her but I thought he got the better of her when he said
sorry I was brought up with manners pity you weren't

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003821/Feminists-claim-men-hold-open-doors-women-SEXIST-chivalrous.html

[johnboy1974]

What's happened to manners

Bobwill that girl represents all that is wrong with our broken society.

[thered]

I attended my local hospital today in Glasgow and upon arrival was steered into a waiting room with about 15 seats in it. All the seats were taken except one, which I took. There were about 5 seats taken by kids ages 10-16, the rest adults like myself.
In comes an old lady with a walking stick about 80 years old and yes you guessed it, nobody batted an eyelid and she had to stand there. I stood up and offered the old lady my seat. Where are people's manners nowadays?
I was brought up to show manners towards the elderly and give up a seat on a bus or waiting room or hold open a door. Assist an elderly person where required.The younger generation are so ignorant.

I always get up for old ladies, hold doors open and say please and thanks

manners cost nothing

too many kids these days are just spoilt and lazy, they know no hardship everything is given on a plate. Respect seems to have vanished

I was going to do a similar thread about it one day after watching that Mr Selfridge

Its amazing how much society has changed in a few years.

I wonder what the ladies of the 20's and 30's would think of the modern lady pissed on the floor covered in their own sick

Emily Pankhurst would be proud to see where her achievements led im sure

[jcgrumbles]

if i was on a bus with my dad and i didnt stand up for any woman i would get a clip,and i still would today and hes 80 and im 54.I still hold doors open and it boils my urine when the uppity chisel faced bints just stroll past without a word.I normally just say "thankyou for letting me hold the door for you" but i swear to my god that the next one to do it will just get spun round and recieve a kick in the fanny......

[Grizz]

if i was on a bus with my dad and i didnt stand up for any woman i would get a clip,and i still would today and hes 80 and im 54.I still hold doors open and it boils my urine when the uppity chisel faced bints just stroll past without a word.I normally just say but i swear to my god that the next one to do it will just get spun round and recieve a kick in the fanny......

same as that from my dad.
and ling at "thankyou for letting me hold the door for you"
i ususally shout "MY PLEASURE" after them

[jaws2]

yes all so true these days sadly no shame at all, something i don't like on TV these programmes, showing these chavs giving them a platform to go on tv acting like that, and these ones in police station spitting at the offices when getting booked in, then they go back to the estates thinking i am Mr big did you see me on tv spitting at police and so on.

manners maketh the man

[lagerland]

What can you do its the jeremy kyle generation.no resepct,no manners,no self resepct,or regard for anything in general including life..................

[Lainie]

oh john manners were lost by most people a long time ago.

when my stepdaughter was here for christmas i got her to write thank you cards for my family and friends that had got her a present. she said she had never done that before!!

[thered]

What can you do its the jeremy kyle generation.no resepct,no manners,no self resepct,or regard for anything in general including life..................

oh john manners were lost by most people a long time ago.

when my stepdaughter was here for christmas i got her to write thank you cards for my family and friends that had got her a present. she said she had never done that before!!

We always got told to say thankyou at xmas and birthdays before family came around or we went to theirs if you didnt you get a clip on way home

[Canker_Canison]

Like many others, I open doors for people..or make sure nobody is following me before I let the door close. Please & thank you are always used. I also try to find every more embarrassing ways of thanking people, my favorites being referring to people as Dear & Darling.


I personally think the slow degeneration of peoples manners started with the standard fitting of central locking on cars.
Prior to this I always unlocked & opened my female passengers door first. Now it's just 'click' & everyone for themselves.


I see it in the shop. Older people tend to close the door when they leave, younger people never close it. Ok, not all young people, but you can tell at a glance those that won't.

[kianniamh]

I personally think the slow degeneration of peoples manners started with the standard fitting of central locking on cars.
Prior to this I always unlocked & opened my female passengers door first. Now it's just 'click' & everyone for themselves.

Check you out with your posh car with central locking fob, i'm still using the old fashion method

Agree its the parents fault, my kids would be told to stand for someone more elderly or more needy etc. (too young at the moment to know any better). Manners have to be passed down otherwise its monkey see monkey do.

[tornado]

Manners went out in the end off the 80s but its not as bad where i am,when i work away i see how bad it has got in the uk.

[thered]

Not sounding racist but foreigners are generally bad mannered


When you go on jollys they never wait behind you its like a free for all at dinnertime or bar


I suppose its their way and we brits love a que


I soon learnt pushing in is acceptable everywhere except uk it seems