Posted on 05/10/2011 11:33:11 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
Ask a grade school teacher.....
Not listed:
- when conversing, make eye contact.
- Do not end every utterance with an up tone. It sounds like everything you say is a question.
Manner #17
There was a young girl sitting in front of me in some bleachers recently and she accidentally bumped my knee a few times. Each time she turned around and made eye contact and apologized. Her parents seem to be doing a fine job so far.
Steve Martin - Grandmother Song
Be courteous, kind and forgiving,
Be gentle and peaceful each day,
Be warm and human and grateful,
And have a good thing to say.
Be thoughtful and trustful and childlike,
Be witty and happy and wise,
Be honest and love all your neighbors,
Be obsequious, purple, and clairvoyant.
Be pompous, obese, and eat cactus,
Be dull, and boring, and omnipresent,
Criticize things you don’t know about,
Be oblong and have your knees removed.
Be tasteless, rude, and offensive,
Live in a swamp and be three dimensional,
Put a live chicken in your underwear,
Get all excited and go to a yawning festival.
O.K. everybody!
Be courteous, kind and forgiving,
Be gentle and peaceful each day,
Be warm and human and grateful,
And have a good thing to say.
Be thoughtful and trustful and childlike,
(O.K. everybody on this!)
Be witty and happy and wise,
Be honest and love all your neighbors,
Be obsequious, purple, and clairvoyant.
(Let ‘em hear you outside!)
Be pompous, obese, and eat cactus,
(Everybody sing!)
Be dull, and boring, and omnipresent,
Criticize things you don’t know about,
Be oblong and have your knees removed.
(Ladies only)
Be tasteless, rude, and offensive,
(Now the men)
Live in a swamp and be three dimensional,
(Everybody)
Put a live chicken in your underwear,
Go into a closet and suck eggs.
I think a 3-minute rule should have sufficed in that instance. My mom can talk as much as the next dozen people combined and sometimes needs to be reminded that a conversation and a monologue are two different things.
Number 11 is a pet peeve of mine. When you call somebody, the first thing you should do is identify yourself...but most people call and immediately demand, “Who is this?”. It would be like me going up to someone’s door wearing a mask and asking the homeowner to tell me his name.
I feel the same way.
So do lots of adults. I am also amazed at how many people loudly blow their noses at the table in public. Im sorry but this is very disgusting, and while there are probably occasions where it cannot be helped I really doubt that is the case as often as I see and hear it. If you have to wipe your nose discretely that is one thing, but a full bore blow should be done in the bathroom. And, this is not small children I am talking about. Of course, I live in S. FL and I have never met a more oafish, ill mannered group of people in my life.
Oooh, that reminded me of a good one for teens...
Stop saying “like” so often. It’s not a space filler for quiet times in the middle of a sentence.
Some of them sound like Eddie Haskell’s behavior.
Do not make fun of anyone for any reason.
There is a fine art to making fun of your buds. It’s an important part of male culture. You have to know a guy pretty well to know what you can kid him about and what you should avoid.
I call it “Insult Bonding”.
Oh we’ve got trouble,
We’ve surely got trouble.
Gotta find a way to keep they young ones moral at the meal.
“Yes ma’am, No ma’am” and “Yes sir, no sir”.
It's my observation and opinion that poor manners & rude behavior has become "fashionable" and quite deliberate with some of today's youth and certain sub-cultures.
#53: Stop saying “Please, if you would, pass the F***ing potatoes.”
I never tell anyone who I am when they call. I just ask them who they were calling. Usually they apologize and tell me.
They are good, except #20. Never do anything alone with a “neighbor” or other non approved supervisor. It’s too dangerous. Of course helping your parents, grandparents, teacher (while in class ONLY!), and older sibs is fine.
Like what ARE you talking about?
Emergency to a child: He took my toy!
Emergency to an adult: The kitchen is on fire!
When you have any doubt about doing something, ask permission first. It can save you from many hours of grief later.
Reality: It's easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission.
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