I just read this in Zoe Romanowsky's blog. I've felt this way for some time. It seems that being rude is supposed to be cool. I've even seen magazines that claim *itch is the new black. What do you think? Got any examples out there where this has crossed your mind?
Courtesy – where has it gone?
The other day I went to a salon for a hair appointment. It’s a small but busy studio and my stylist is the co-owner. Of the many times I’ve been there, only once has she ever been on time. Normally, she’s at least 15-20 minutes late, once it was half an hour. There’s never an apology, never an awareness that she’s being disrespectful of me and my time. (Why I keep going back is another matter!)
Even some of my friends and acquaintance – good people, raised with manners and morals -- constantly show up late for gatherings with barely an apology. (Once a friend showed up two hours late for a party I was throwing for her with no good excuse.)
Few people send thank you cards anymore – they rarely even send emails to say it. People don’t return phone calls promptly, either. And if you bring any of this up, you’re the rude one.
Boy, does thing ring a bell with me. I have a sister who is NEVER on time for anything! We tell her to meet us 1 hour before we want her there so she will be close to on time.
The best was when we all met for dinner around Christmas 2007. She and her husband showed up 2-1/2 hours late! We waited to order for her!
This year we ordered when everyone else had arrived and let her and her husband order when they got there!
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wow...
I hate to wait anyone!! HATE because i am always on time and always have to find something to do while others take their time to come!
Oh and about the thank you, thank God people are still sensitve but who knows where are going...
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It might have a lot to do with how you are raised too--if you're parents were always late to stuff and you were with them, they made it seem like it didn't matter. That goes for courtesy in general too. I hate being late, so does everyone else in my immediate family.
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It might have a lot to do with how you are raised too--if you're parents were always late to stuff and you were with them, they made it seem like it didn't matter. That goes for courtesy in general too. I hate being late, so does everyone else in my immediate family.
Oh yeah. I feel so insecure about the fact my hippy parents didn't see anything wrong with ignoring a lot of social conventions that as a result I never learned about.
I don't think they ever realised how socially handicapped it can make someone not to know "the rules" - children should be taught them, then later if they want to ignore them that's their choice, but its unfair to leave them in the dark.
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It might have a lot to do with how you are raised too--if you're parents were always late to stuff and you were with them, they made it seem like it didn't matter. That goes for courtesy in general too. I hate being late, so does everyone else in my immediate family.
But it doesn't answer the question of being raised in the same family with the same rules & you got one that just does not seem to give a flip.
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I just read this in Zoe Romanowsky's blog. I've felt this way for some time. It seems that being rude is supposed to be cool. I've even seen magazines that claim *itch is the new black. What do you think? Got any examples out there where this has crossed your mind?
Common Courtesy in Society... Thoughts? 
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