[pinkmichk]

thought i would post this following on the woolworths thread where good old manners gone out the window purely cos of trying to get a bargin
no manners is a real bug bear of mine i was brought up with manners but it seems a lot of people younger than me have not, but then even some adults have none so what hope do the kids have, prime example of this walking home from collecting my 3 yr old from nursery she said mummy lets move out the way so someone could pass we didnt get no thank you and even my daughter said mummy thats not very nice that that man didnt say thank you

[30stone]

yeh around this sort of time where its costing people a lot of money especially parents it is usually older people i see that are ruder when they are shopping.


It bugs me to lol badly but then once someone does it to me pushes me out the way i end up doing back wish i could control my temper lol

[NettoSuperstar!]

Yeh rude people need a slap! Most people I meet are polite mind. I think Brits are big on it though, I've got a Portugese friend who cant believe how much we say please and thank-you all the time and Sorry when someone else bumps into us haha

[supernoodles!]

i hate when im shopping and I`ll hold a door open for someone and they just walk straight through without even acknowledging me,or when you shuffle to the side of an aisle to let a pram or buggy through and the ungrateful cow doesn`t even say thankyou.Another thing which pisses me off is old people on those scooter thingys,they think they flamin own the streets!Its like coming through and won`t stop for anyone!They don`t even look where there going and could easily hurt a small child if they got in the way.

[Mrluvaluva]

If I open a door for somebody or move over to let them pass, and they do not say anything, I normally say "Thankyou" very loudly and sarcastically. If I am going through a set of doors and they are behind me and don't thank me for holding the first door open, I let the second one go on them. Lol

[supernoodles!]

Yeah I do that too lol,Ive got it from my mam she`d always shout thankyou,if she let someone past or held a door open and the person didn`t say thanks

[lily.]

Originally posted by supernoodles!
i hate when Im shopping and I`ll hold a door open for someone and they just walk straight through without even acknowledging me,or when you shuffle to the side of an aisle to let a pram or buggy through and the ungrateful cow doesn`t even say thankyou.Another thing which p****s me off is old people on those scooter thingys,they think they flamin own the streets!Its like coming through and won`t stop for anyone!They don`t even look where there going and could easily hurt a small child if they got in the way.

All of the above are pet hates of mine too. I was always really polite when I took my pram to town. I never expected anyone to get out of my way, and if someone held a door for me, I always smiled and said thank-you.

I'm quite loud about it when people don't say thanks though, and usually growl at them and yell.. "you're ****ing welcome" lol..

[supernoodles!]

I understand it must be stressful trying to shop with a great big pram and lots of shopping bags,especially when its so busy at christmas ,but thats no excuse not to have manners.Thing is its mainly us teenagers and young people who get accused of having no manners these days when in actual fact alot of the elderly people I see,waiting to catch the same bus as me or just shopping are often extremely rude and tar all young people with the same brush.

[lily.]

Yeah, a lot of people like to generalise and say that "the younger generation have no manners" etc, but it's not true. In the community I live, there are a lot of ill-bred little gits who have no manners, but there are equally a lot of polite, well brought-up kids and teenagers who know right from wrong.

It's not fair to tar them all with the same brush.


Edit to add: Also, when yer going to town with yer baby in a pram, ye have to allow for the extra time it takes to do anything, plus the inevitable need for feeding/changing throughout the trip, so being stressed is still no excuse. If they aren't polite then they're just "cows" as you said earlier. lol

[Sod_James]

I completly get where your coming from. People justh have no manners. Like i was on the bus and this old couple got on, there were no seats left. So me and my sister got up for them. The look on the old couple's face was of complete shock. obviously ppl dont do that much around here. I wouldnt know cos i dont tend to use busses unless i really have to.

The british public are so rude. when i serve them at work some ppl dont even talk to me. no please or thank you just so rude.

[lily.]

There's a guy who I see in our local shop quite often and he always has the exact money. He picks up a bottle of coke or whatever from the shelf, then throws the money on the counter, and leaves.

Seriously, if I were the girl behind the counter, I'd throw it back at him. lol

[Mrluvaluva]

I remember once I was in a busy shopping centre over christmas with my nephew in his buggy. I was waiting for the lift. By the time it arrived loads of other people were now waiting who were quite capable of using the stairs. They all crowded in and there was no room left for me to get in.

I then realised I would have to push my way in first the next time it arrived. I do this on the tube now. If you don't stand your ground you will never get on when it's busy. Sometimes you have to be less than polite yourself or others will just push their way on before you who haven't been waiting as long.

[Sod_James]

Originally posted by Mrluvaluva
I remember once I was in a busy shopping centre over christmas with my nephew in his buggy. I was waiting for the lift. By the time it arrived loads of other people were now waiting who were quite capable of using the stairs. They all crowded in and there was no room left for me to get in.

I then realised I would have to push my way in first the next time it arrived. I do this on the tube now. If you don't stand your ground you will never get on when it's busy. Sometimes you have to be less than polite yourself or others will just push their way on before you who haven't been waiting as long.

its true, it seems like its every man for himself nowerdays when i go out and its busy.......and the tube. OMG thats the worst for pushy ppl. its not for the faint hearted.

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally posted by Sod_James

its true, it seems like its every man for himself nowerdays when i go out and its busy.......and the tube. OMG thats the worst for pushy people. its not for the faint hearted.

I hate Oxford Circus. It is so busy (especially at this time of year). It's even worse when it's raining and there is a mass of brollies poking you in the face. Whenever I try to get into the tube station there is just a constant stream of people coming at me, and if you don't push your way through, you will be stood there forever. Nobody stops to let you by.

[pinkmichk]

Originally posted by Mrluvaluva
I remember once I was in a busy shopping centre over christmas with my nephew in his buggy. I was waiting for the lift. By the time it arrived loads of other people were now waiting who were quite capable of using the stairs. They all crowded in and there was no room left for me to get in.

I then realised I would have to push my way in first the next time it arrived. I do this on the tube now. If you don't stand your ground you will never get on when it's busy. Sometimes you have to be less than polite yourself or others will just push their way on before you who haven't been waiting as long.

i have had this as well when getting off trains etc you have to be quite ruthless at times or you could end injured missing train etc
also i have noticed less people want to help i mean things like at my train station there is steps but no lift so you have to struggle up them and people just look at me like i have grown a extra head guess this is part of the sueing culture where people are scared to help in case they end up sued

[AngRemembered]

Your right to highlight this Pink, and joking apart it speaks volumes now about todays very selfish socierty.

A company is going bust and with it 25,000 ordinary working men and woman's jobs who not only have to work long hours over Christmas (in retail thats standard every year) yet all the customers flocking through the doors the other day (i saw on the news) seemed more bothered about there saving or lack of, there was absolutely no consideration for the staff's predicament or that of other customers.... and that is quite frankly obscene, but should we expect more from this socierty we live in now where we excuse bad behaviour...or blame it on some other person or circumstance.
We 'reward' youths who flout the law pleading ignorance, yet suddenly spring to life when directing docu drama film crews around the neighbourhood.
We excuse mothers and find the most bizzare reasons why it CAN be easily possible to father half a football team by different men, not only consider them normal, but we throw them half a dozen lifelines including TV fame right on the back of there questionable lifestyle, we now call there "brave past".

In this day an age telling your teenage son or daughter to walk away from drugs, petty crime and sporning babies in exchange for a "better" life of hard work and study in order to gain respect and a decent livelyhood, should be understandably met with laughter.

Youth's of today(socierty in general) are fast running out of role models who have properly EARNT respect through hard work, study and relentless practise and training of there natural talent.
The order of the noughties is simple, live like pond life blame a bad child hood do something anti social avoid anything even remotely challenging (including speaking properly) and sign up to every opportunity to get on one of the billion TV chanels that hover like vultures to make a new slob a complete hero.

Only the real brave now do it the proper way, and for that they get a few nice comments and blogs on obscure (by comparison) websites and facebook, and thats the problem, we as a nation have just stopped rewarding decent standards and real hard working and proper talent.

Its all here on tibb if only this country was moderated like this forum, you'd see one hell of a fabulous difference almost overnight.

[30stone]

Well i ended up being an ass walking around town, within about 30 metres i had to get out of the way of so many people who just wernt moving for me...

so i decided to walk in a straight line and walk into everyone lol it was quality people had no intention of getting out of the way some like 14 year old boy almost fell over when he went to walk into me it was so funny.


also sadly woolworths was full of **** and not too full.

[pinkmichk]

Originally posted by Angiebabe
Your right to highlight this Pink, and joking apart it speaks volumes now about todays very selfish socierty.

A company is going bust and with it 25,000 ordinary working men and woman's jobs who not only have to work long hours over Christmas (in retail thats standard every year) yet all the customers flocking through the doors the other day (i saw on the news) seemed more bothered about there saving or lack of, there was absolutely no consideration for the staff's predicament or that of other customers.... and that is quite frankly obscene, but should we expect more from this socierty we live in now where we excuse bad behaviour...or blame it on some other person or circumstance.
We 'reward' youths who flout the law pleading ignorance, yet suddenly spring to life when directing docu drama film crews around the neighbourhood.
We excuse mothers and find the most bizzare reasons why it CAN be easily possible to father half a football team by different men, not only consider them normal, but we throw them half a dozen lifelines including TV fame right on the back of there questionable lifestyle, we now call there "brave past".

In this day an age telling your teenage son or daughter to walk away from drugs, petty crime and sporning babies in exchange for a "better" life of hard work and study in order to gain respect and a decent livelyhood, should be understandably met with laughter.

Youth's of today(socierty in general) are fast running out of role models who have properly EARNT respect through hard work, study and relentless practise and training of there natural talent.
The order of the noughties is simple, live like pond life blame a bad child hood do something anti social avoid anything even remotely challenging (including speaking properly) and sign up to every opportunity to get on one of the billion TV chanels that hover like vultures to make a new slob a complete hero.

Only the real brave now do it the proper way, and for that they get a few nice comments and blogs on obscure (by comparison) websites and facebook, and thats the problem, we as a nation have just stopped rewarding decent standards and real hard working and proper talent.

Its all here on tibb if only this country was moderated like this forum, you'd see one hell of a fabulous difference almost overnight.

excellent post angie
i do sometimes feel like i fighting a loosing battle and doing a almost pointless excercise in teaching my daughter manners curtosey respect etc