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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=84486

The above article basically is someone a lot more important than me getting pissed off at rudeness, lack of manners, and general disrespect in modern culture.

This is something i've noticed a lot having to work with the general public a lot. People suck. These days its not only accepted that people are rude to each other its expected. The other day i just made polite small talk with a girl at the supermarket(grocery store) and just asked the simple questions like "how is your day going?" etc. I even thanked her when she'd finished. At first she looked truly perplexed that i was actually bothering to treat her as a human being. Maybe i'm just weird. I live in Australia and whenever I talk to tourists or foreigners they always say how nice we are. I shudder to think what some of the other parts of the world must be like then.

What do you think of courtesy and manners? SHOULD they be more prevalent or are they just an outdated inconvenience to modern efficient, fast paced life? How do you treat the people you come across in your daily lives? why? etc.

Fuck Jim Spiegelman. :D

Fuck Jim Spiegelman. :D
Agreed.

Fuck Jim Spiegelman. :D

True. The guy is somewhat of a <insert appropriate expletive here>. But i think the overall point of his somewhat strange comments is fairly valid. Even if i dont necessarily agree with some of his specific comments.

People are rude, then other people are rude back. It's a self replicating system.

I can tell you that in my opinion that courtesy and manners do make a lot of difference, having, meyself, lived in London most of my life and then living in a smaller town for a couple of months.

But then in another way I don't think society is rude enough, or perhaps I mean lewd... no... or perhaps Britain isn't... Well I just like living in a circle of friends were we can all poke fun at each other and not worry that the friend is going to take offense. Bleh.

After having finished my first week of working in a high school, and having grown up in a welfare class area, I can tell you, society is definitely getting ruder. Kids greet in other routinely with the C-word, and use the F-Word every second word. It's not that they don't have respect, or that they are disrespectful, it's that they are completely ignorant of the fact that they should have respect. They are just completely unaware. I attribute the blame for this wholly on the parents though.

I can tell you that in my opinion that courtesy and manners do make a lot of difference, having, meyself, lived in London most of my life and then living in a smaller town for a couple of months.

But then in another way I don't think society is rude enough, or perhaps I mean lewd... no... or perhaps Britain isn't... Well I just like living in a circle of friends were we can all poke fun at each other and not worry that the friend is going to take offense. Bleh.

Agree with this statement, as someone from Nottingham, it's nice to be able to enjoy a bit of banter with no worry that anyone's going to be offended or upset.

Fuck Jim Spiegelman. :D
So very true

After having finished my first week of working in a high school, and having grown up in a welfare class area, I can tell you, society is definitely getting ruder. Kids greet in other routinely with the C-word, and use the F-Word every second word.

Perhaps its not that society is becoming rudder, just that the description of what is rude is changing.

Sure judged against 5 or 10 years ago's standards the behaviour of a lot of people out there is extremely rude. But thats just the way it's turned out and maybe its not such a bad thing, would it be better if everyone were uber conservitive? ^_^

Although on the other hand maybe there's a better balance ...

Hmm did I just contradict myself ... :headbang:

Kids greet in other routinely with the C-wordWhat C-word?

Anyway.. It's not necessarily the rudeness that's a problem, people also too easily take offense, and consequently act rude because of it. If no one took offense at rudeness it wouldn't be a problem, nor self-perpetuating.
Of course it's harder to make people better natured than it is to do something about rudeness (which should help a bit with the former anyway).

After having finished my first week of working in a high school, and having grown up in a welfare class area, I can tell you, society is definitely getting ruder. Kids greet in other routinely with the C-word, and use the F-Word every second word. It's not that they don't have respect, or that they are disrespectful, it's that they are completely ignorant of the fact that they should have respect. They are just completely unaware. I attribute the blame for this wholly on the parents though.

I happen to full under this case and quite frankly, I wouldn't have it any other way. I don't know why, but I like swearing. It's pretty much become habit, something you can do around your friends without restraint. Yanno, like you SHOULD be able to? At any rate, we control ourselves. We don't do it at inappropriate times...most of the time.:)

Politeness is generally an unnatural way of hiding your true self. Maybe it's inherent behavior for people like Children of Vodka, but for most people it has to be conditioned into them.

What C-word?

Cauliflower:eek:

Cauliflower:eek:
NOOOOO!!! My ears! Stop, think of the children! :D

NOOOOO!!! My ears! Stop, think of the children! :D

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*hides under a rock*

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!

*hides under a rock*

That's no rock, it's a cauliflower. <--dare you read?

That's no rock, it's a cauliflower. <--dare you read?
One man's rock is another's pebble.

I happen to full under this case and quite frankly, I wouldn't have it any other way. I don't know why, but I like swearing. It's pretty much become habit, something you can do around your friends without restraint. Yanno, like you SHOULD be able to? At any rate, we control ourselves. We don't do it at inappropriate times...most of the time.:)

Oh yes, because a student should tell me to fuck off because I told him he should really do his homework. Because someone should say to my mother, fuck you bitch because she actually bumped into the woman and had the common courtesy to sy excuse me.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against all swearing, except the C-word (I really can't stand that word at all), I just do think that society is getting ruder, and that swearing is one symptom of this.

And to all the people saying its unnatural to be polite, it's not being unnatural, it's having respect. Something society has lost.

Society is rude because it is composed of far too many people, each of whom has been told that they are special, or important. Lets face it: Most of the 6 BILLION humans in the world are redundancies anyway.

The other day i just made polite small talk with a girl at the supermarket(grocery store) and just asked the simple questions like "how is your day going?" etc. I even thanked her when she'd finished. At first she looked truly perplexed that i was actually bothering to treat her as a human being.
As a former grocery store employee, let me tell you that often customers who try to make small talk with you are as annoying as hell. Especially if you ask "how is your day going" she's at work, in a supermarket... how the hell do you think her day is going? She probably can't say "Oh, my day has been absolute shit because my boss is a fucktard and I'm getting minimum wage to be here smiling like a jackass and pretending to be happy." not only that but often when customers are too nice they may be creepy. And creepy just isn't good.

What do you think of courtesy and manners? SHOULD they be more prevalent or are they just an outdated inconvenience to modern efficient, fast paced life? How do you treat the people you come across in your daily lives? why? etc.
Everyone deserves a bit of respect, if for no other reason than that they are alive. Manners and common courtesy are one of the prime methods of indicating you respect others. Ergo ... !