Hi JR: I agree with you 100% and like your conclusions about our society today. Right on the mark. All The Best, --Tom Pennock In a message dated 6/8/2010 4:38:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jrl...@mediabearonline.com writes:
Tom, I've experienced the same. And worse, most of the time the person you hold the door open for does not even say "thank you" (or say anything for that matter). When I'm in the line at the store checkout, if I've got a lot of items in my cart and someone comes up behind me holding just one or two items in their hand I will wave them to go in front of me saying something like "go ahead, if that's all you're getting". Now, absolutely *everyone* always takes me up on the offer to cut ahead, but only about 2 out of 10 ever say "thank you" (or anything). We have raised several generations who don't act civil because they were never trained as kids about the basic concept of civility or common courtesy. So when they run into it in real life, they don't even have enough social consciousness to make a simple "thank you" acknowledgment Not hard to understand what these generations don't have a clue as to how to be civil online. -- JR Tom A. Pennock wrote: Not too long ago I was at the Post Office and I took the door to hold the door for a woman. She looked at me puzzled as to what my motive was or what I was going to do. Then she realized I just wanted to open the door for a lady and had some manners. Really sad when you can't even hold a door open for someone without your motives coming into question. --Tom Pennock In a message dated 6/6/2010 8:05:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, _sya...@gmail.com_ (mailto:sya...@gmail.com) writes: Me too. Civility seems to have eroded everywhere. Many times I pick up multiple packages from my post office box and I can count on less than three fingers how often people coming in will hold the door. Nathalie Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
