The decline of manners in the U.S.

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans' fast-paced, high-tech existence has taken a toll on civility.

From road rage in the morning commute to high decibel cell-phone conversations that ruin dinner out, men and women behaving badly have become the hallmark of a hurry-up world. An increasing informality -- flip-flops at the White House, even -- combined with self-absorbed communication gadgets and a demand for instant gratification have strained common courtesies to the breaking point.
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Bernard F. Scanlon, 79, of Sayville, New York, would like to see one railroad car set aside for cell phone users to ensure peace and quiet for the rest. Amtrak has taken a stab at that by banning cell phones and other loud devices in one car of some trains, especially on chatty Northeast and West Coast routes.

But if those trains are sold out, the Quiet Car service is suspended and anything goes.
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As if the old fogy's that always try to impose themselves on you by telling you to shut up are not being rude. :roll:

What do these fucking people think? That we can be nice to everyone? :twisted:

hehe :oops: Sad story but true.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/14/poll.rude.ap/index.html
 
this topic sould come as surprise to no one. esspecially if u live in a big city like i used to.
 
I also have found that teenagers/kids these days have no respect whatsoever for their elders and it's truly abhoring. I'm truly happy my daughter was raised to respect us and her elders and she is raising her children the same way. Some parents these days I'd just like to slap the piss out of.

'nuff said ...
 
I've always been raised in that whole "yes ma'm, no sir" enviroment, so I am always astounded when I see my friends talk to adults with a simple "yeah" or "yup".

I agree that manners are important but....respect is a two way street, if an adult is treating me like a piece of shit who doesn't know anything, they will get the exact same treatment back. That is the "golden rule" isn't it?
 
Blame the parents. That's where it starts...
 
Rahvine said:
I've always been raised in that whole "yes ma'm, no sir" enviroment, so I am always astounded when I see my friends talk to adults with a simple "yeah" or "yup".

I agree that manners are important but....respect is a two way street, if an adult is treating me like a piece of shit who doesn't know anything, they will get the exact same treatment back. That is the "golden rule" isn't it?
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Same here.

Wait....


...I'm 18 now. Does that mean I get Yes sir's and No Sir's now? :o
 
No you don't. Unless you go out to dinner. Im 20 and thats the only time I get it.

I completely agree with the original quotes. I wish it was more like 1700 Britain. More courtesy, less rudeness, but what I really want is to be able to challenge people to duels. I'm dead serious to. I'm San'dorian, can you tell :)
 
People talking on cell phones is definetly annoying. If you wanna see for yourself, go sit next to someone at the counter of a coffer shop or in a restuarant or on a bus and just start talking to yourself in a clear tone just like you would to someone on the phone, but to yourself with no phone.

They will get the picture and you will both realize how damn annoying it is.
 
what is the difference between talking on a cell phone, or talking to a friend who is there?

there isn't, so shut the fuck about it. fucking retards i swear. any reason to bitch you pussies get on the fucking band wagon.
 
meeze said:
what is the difference between talking on a cell phone, or talking to a friend who is there?

there isn't, so shut the fuck about it. fucking retards i swear. any reason to bitch you pussies get on the fucking band wagon.
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well said ^^
 
meeze said:
what is the difference between talking on a cell phone, or talking to a friend who is there?

there isn't, so shut the fuck about it. fucking retards i swear. any reason to bitch you pussies get on the fucking band wagon.
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Dickheaded people being loud as fuck talking to their little friends is enough to piss me off too. Whenever I'm with my friends we talk among ourselves just find, but we don't make our conversations known to everyone within a 15 foot radius.
 
Just for the record, adults have been quoted as saying "kids these days" show no respect for their elders ever sense the first records of man.

I think it was Sacrotese (however you spell it), that has one of the most famous quotes recorded.
 
people don't scream into thier cell phones, if they do, they need to switch to the #1 carrier in thier area. in mine its verizon, i hear the east coast is cingular/att. nationwide its pretty much verizon accross the board.

and i guess you and your friends never had an entertaining convo that caused you to laugh loudly and carry on. it happens, its called PUBLIC, if you want quiet go somewhere PRIVATE.

especially on public transportation where eve conversations at a normal decible is pretty loudx10.

i'll give you a stroll in the park or picnic, but walking down the street you expect silence? give me a fucking break.
 
Walking down a city street it wouldn't bother me. Sitting in a bus with 5 other people, where 2 of them are so fucking loud I know every detail of their discussion unwillingly does.
I wouldn't expect silence on a street, I would expect silence to go as far as common courtesy.
Maybe you're just a loud person, but I hate it when someone sits by me on the bus and are yelling to their friend who is 4 seats up.
 
Acutie said:
Walking down a city street it wouldn't bother me. Sitting in a bus with 5 other people, where 2 of them are so fucking loud I know every detail of their discussion unwillingly does.
I wouldn't expect silence on a street, I would expect silence to go as far as common courtesy.
Maybe you're just a loud person, but I hate it when someone sits by me on the bus and are yelling to their friend who is 4 seats up.
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buy a fucking car, take a taxi, move to the country, but if the bus is crowded enought that friends have to sit 4 rows apart, i'm sure its loud enough they have to raise thier voice.
 
Yeha I'm gonna go buy a fucking car, pay insurance and who knows what other expense to avoid it. I don't hate it THAT much.
Now listen, if you're in a public setting, and you're sitting next to someone who doesn't know you, you have no fucking right to start shouting next to their ear. Just sit there and be quiet like someone with any courtesy in them at all would do. I'm sure you'd be pissed if someone you were next to decided to stretch their legs out over your lap. Well I'd be pissed if someone was bellowing next to my ear.
 
like i said, if it was crowded enough for them to not be able to sit together, it was loud enough for them to have to raise thier voices. had they not been there, the ride still would of been loud, and you would still have your panties in a bunch.

Not everyone who uses a cell phone shouts, not everyone on the bus shouts, individually tell them to stfu, but don't go on a witch hunt with this "people these days have lost respect" bullshit.

that shit happens today, it happened 15 years ago when i always rode the bus, i'm sure it happened 30 years ago. people(especially old people) have very selective memories about how the world was.

they weren't any more/less respectful as a whole when they were younger, although they themselves may have been more/less, doesn't mean thier whole generation was.
 
The topic was manners. If a person on a cel phone can't respect the other people in a room with them then they have no manners. End of discussion.
 
Nitram said:
The topic was manners. If a person on a cel phone can't respect the other people in a room with them then they have no manners. End of discussion.
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all that LFG time, and that is the best you could up with?

the thing is, people iin general view cell phones as rude, and they aren't.

replace that cell phone with a friend, is that still rude? didn't think so.

this automatic "if you use a cell phone in public you are rude" attitude is bogus.
 
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