NationStates Jolt Archive

Were you on the pavement or pedestrian zone because your not meant to cycle there and old people get very upity about that.

me and my mate were on our bike and there were some old people in the way.
They moved to the side for us so we said thank you but we didn't even get a reply.

the govermrnt says that youths have no manners but i say that old people are the ones who don't gave manners

what do you think

I have to get to class, so I can't respond now, but rest assured that old people are on the top of my shit list as of late, and I'll be ranting in full later tonight.

I say the whole human race is deficient in manners. I notice every time someone holds a door for me, says please or thank you or you're welcome; I notice largely because it's so rare among the young and the old. (I don't count those people who, presumably, are paid to be polite, like waiters, waitresses and other service people, although many of them are rude, too).

Heinlein said that the deterioration of courtesy and good manners is the mark of a society in decline.

And, yes, I return courtesy with courtesy and rudeness with courtesy.

(I suppose I count as an old person as I will be 60 in May)

I think you should...get a grip. I think you are overreatcing to this a weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee bit man. Besides theyre old. What did you excpect?

me and my mate were on our bike and there were some old people in the way.
They moved to the side for us so we said thank you but we didn't even get a reply.

the govermrnt says that youths have no manners but i say that old people are the ones who don't gave manners

what do you think

They moved over for you...what more do you need?

and it isn't the government that says kids have no manners...

Social security and pay as you go. It sums old people up really.

I don't mind the WWII vets getting it, but everyone else should get a job.