Nice - sounds like my grandma talking...
#26) Do not wear a hat indoors, especially at the dinner table.
#27) Do not talk with food in your mouth, especially on a cell phone while you are wearing a hat.
I laughed when I saw the one about not picking one’s nose in public.
Honestly, does anyone DO that? I think I saw it in an international airport, once.
Manner #1
When asking for something, say “Please.”
Manner #2
When receiving something, say “Thank you.”
Manner #3
Do not interrupt grown-ups who are speaking with each other unless there is an emergency. They will notice you and respond when they are finished talking.
Manner #4
If you do need to get somebody’s attention right away, the phrase “excuse me” is the most polite way for you to enter the conversation.
Manner #5
When you have any doubt about doing something, ask permission first. It can save you from many hours of grief later.
Manner #6
The world is not interested in what you dislike. Keep negative opinions to yourself, or between you and your friends, and out of earshot of adults.
Manner #7
Do not comment on other people’s physical characteristics unless, of course, it’s to compliment them, which is always welcome.
Manner #8
When people ask you how you are, tell them and then ask them how they are.
Manner #9
When you have spent time at your friend’s house, remember to thank his or her parents for having you over and for the good time you had.
Manner #10
Knock on closed doors — and wait to see if there’s a response — before entering.
Manner #11
When you make a phone call, introduce yourself first and then ask if you can speak with the person you are calling.
Manner #12
Be appreciative and say “thank you” for any gift you receive. In the age of e-mail, a handwritten thank-you note can have a powerful effect.
Manner #13
Never use foul language in front of adults. Grown-ups already know all those words, and they find them boring and unpleasant.
Manner #14
Don’t call people mean names.
Manner #15
Do not make fun of anyone for any reason. Teasing shows others you are weak, and ganging up on someone else is cruel.
Manner #16
Even if a play or an assembly is boring, sit through it quietly and pretend that you are interested. The performers and presenters are doing their best.
Manner #17
If you bump into somebody, immediately say “Excuse me.”
Related: Quiz: What’s Your Parenting Style?
Manner #18
Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze, and don’t pick your nose in public.
Manner #19
As you walk through a door, look to see if you can hold it open for someone else.
Manner #20
If you come across a parent, a teacher, or a neighbor working on something, ask if you can help. If they say “yes,” do so — you may learn something new.
Manner #21
When an adult asks you for a favor, do it without grumbling and with a smile.
Related: Use this Table-Setting Map as a Guide
Manner #22
When someone helps you, say “thank you.” That person will likely want to help you again. This is especially true with teachers!
Manner #23
Use eating utensils properly. If you are unsure how to do so, ask your parents to teach you or watch what adults do.
Related: Mrs. McVeigh Weighs in on Proper Utensil Use and More!
Manner #24
Keep a napkin on your lap; use it to wipe your mouth when necessary.
Manner #25
Don’t reach for things at the table; ask to have them passed.
I know some adults who could benefit from reading this.
First, all of my daughters were taught these PLUS Ma’am and Sir - ALWAYS!
Now. my youngest daughter is a freshman in high school and she is the best (from my POV) because she corrects her friends at school when they answer a question from the teacher with, “Yeah,” or “Uh-huh.” She says, “It’s ‘YES;’ not ‘Yeah,’ or ‘Uh-huh’.”
And her teachers have commented to me that she is very polite. She had one friend, with whom she spent the weekend, and her friend’s parents told me that she could come over at anytime - they stated they hoped some of her politeness would rub-off on their daughter! It really makes a parent proud to know that their children at least learned SOMETHING from all those beatings! LOL!
Don’t eat peas with your knife!
Someone should forward this list to the Obamas.
This one was a trouble spot for me as a kid:
Manner #3
Do not interrupt grown-ups who are speaking with each other unless there is an emergency. They will notice you and respond when they are finished talking.
I remember it vividly...when I was about 8, I interrupted my mom and aunt for something probably unimportant, after patiently waiting for about 5 minutes for them to stop talking.
When I was scolded for interrupting I said "well if you'd have shut up for 20 seconds I wouldn't have had to interrupt!"
I got in a lot more trouble for that than I did for interrupting...
Manner #6
The world is not interested in what you dislike. Keep negative opinions to yourself, or between you and your friends, and out of earshot of adults.
Then what would I post on FR? Or Facebook?
Manner#29
When at your Grandmothers house for Mothers day and all your parents are on the front lawn talking, no matter how bored you get don’t throw rocks at my house. (This went on for 3 hours on Sunday) :(
When my son was 3 or 4 we were at the zoo. He leaned over and whispered to me “Dad, that lady is really fat!” I explained it was impolite to make such observations of people in public. A minute later, he said “Dad, look, the lady who’s not so skinny is leaving.” Still puts a nice smile on my face.
Manner #7Helpful hint:Do not comment on other people’s physical characteristics unless, of course, it’s to compliment them, which is always welcome.
This does not include compliments such as: "Gee, for a fat gal, you sure don't sweat much."
Mrs. farsider and I inherited two 5-year-olds last year. We had few somewhat frustrating soccer practices, and on the way to the next one I told them, “Pay attention today. I don’t want to see you boys out there picking flowers, or looking up at the sky, or picking your noses.” I think Zach missed my point. He said, “Yeah, especially me ‘cause I eat my boogers.”
Sadly, I’m guessing there may be even some children under 9 who need to learn not to text while at the dinner table or when someone is trying to talk with them....
Manner #3
“Do not interrupt grown-ups who are speaking with each other unless there is an emergency. They will notice you and respond when they are finished talking.”
What a child considers an emergency is probably not what an adult considers an emergency
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.
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.