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2000 Soap Box Archives Manners I know that it is no longer considered politically correct to open the door for a lady nowadays, but I can’t help it, I do it anyway. And I know that yes ma’am, no ma’am, yes sir and no sir, went out with paisley shirts and leisure suits but I still talk that way. I know that a lot of people think that the use of nasty little four letter words and filthy profanity in the presence of women and children is alright but I don’t, in fact it makes me want to stuff a dirty sock into somebody’s mouth. I detest the act of breaking in line and people who drive around stalled traffic in the emergency lane and try to break in ahead of everybody else. I hate to tell someone thank you and not be acknowledged and I cannot abide an arrogant person. I dislike seeing people carry on serious arguments in public and I can’t stand to see someone belittle an employee before other people just because they can, in fact it aggravates me to see any amount of authority abused. I do not like puffed up people who think because they’ve accomplished something in life that they are a notch or two above everybody else and I simply cannot abide people who look down on other people simply because they have more material possessions or live in a classier part of town. I never liked children in school making fun of other children who are more poorly dressed or had some physical affliction. I don’t like store clerks who keep you waiting on while they talk on the telephone, people who hold up the long lines at airline ticket counters asking trivial questions and secretaries who leave you on hold for too long. I despise talking to electronic voices and dentist’s offices with nothing to read but dog eared copies of year old women’s magazines. I dislike little cars with big speakers and open windows hich sound like a thunderstorm approaching when they are coming down the street. I don’t like TV talk shows which have to bleep every other word and I totally hate graffiti. I despise misleading commercials and ambulance chasers who advertise and encourage frivolous lawsuits. I don’t like public figures who won’t take the time to sign an autograph for the very people who pay their exorbitant salaries. What ever happened to manners and courtesy and honor? What ever went with integrity, honesty and compassion? When did it get to be alright to impose your lifestyle on someone else who doesn’t what to hear your music or your foul talk? There was a time when a man’s word was his bond and his family was a reflection of what he was as he lovingly disciplined his children and taught them right from wrong. When the law was obeyed and the courtesy of common decency caused people to treat each other with respect and respect each other’s space and privacy. What ever happened to manners? What do you think? God
Bless America
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