like my mom raised me

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I think it really does have a lot to do with how you are raised. On that point I agree with yaw'l. And on the other hand most women will hold the door for me also. I make it a point to say Thank you.
 
When the wife and I first started dating I always opened her car door for her. Im gonna get back to that. It's my New Years Resolution!
 
I work as a valet at a 4 diamond hotel and casino. We are supposed to get the door for ladies right away. Most of the time I try to give them my hand to get out of the car. Some really appreciate it(especially the elderly) yet some snarl I can do it myself. When I hold the door for them to get back in the vehicle, some women and men (mostly women) will pull the door out of your hand to close it themselves! I was taught to hold doors open for people as well. It's just second nature for me. I do have to admit I don't always open the car door for my wife though. My Bad.
 
Continue educating the children.

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Believe it or not they do learn, I frequently get compliments on how well behaved and respectful my children are away from home. My thoughts are usually "Do you mean THAT child, the one who spent the last three days defying me over cleaning up his room?" but it always makes me proud of them.
 

here in fredericksburg its hit or miss...some days people rush to hold the door then other days ...nothing... lol

i usually pay it forward if i can. and always say thank you sir when someone does it for me.
 
Im with you there, I always say please and thank you and hold doors open for ladies of ages
 
I always have and always will, and yes they see me coming with a smile :happy10:
But I have to say I see as much youth as I do grown up's not do this :angry7: and it's not just manners and Chivalry :angry7: It's Morals :snakeman: I can not stand it when I stand in line at a store and hear some filthy talk and I mean real filthy :snakeman: I tell them where the toilet paper is in the store or say you need some toilet paper for that mouth of your's CAN'T you see there are children and ladies here.........., There is a place for things like that...
Just one last thing, my grandmother always told me if someone takes the time to say thank you you should take the time to say you are welcome... I don't like saying thank you and not get any feed back, But we all know we don't liv in a perfect world
Just my pennies worth
 
I live in a town of around 1700 people & most people seem to be pretty polite as far as holding doors for each other goes, saying thank you, etc. I've also noticed one of my 10 year old boys goes out of his way to hold the door for people & I always try to remember to thank him, even if the the people he does it for don't.

I have a question along a similar line. What's the proper thing to do when you are driving down the road and a funeral passes going the other direction? I was always taught to pull over to the side of the road as a matter of respect until the funeral procession passed. When I moved to Maryland in the early 1990's I found out that's a quick way to piss off other drivers, :angry5::cussing::angryfir: even on a road that's not that heavily travelled.
 
well nowdays thats the way to be the star of the next one it used to be the way to pay respect but thats been fogotten
 
The kids don't learn that anymore, as the government/taxpayers raise them. School teachers, free breakfast, free lunch, free after school meal. And god forbid if anyone gets their feelings hurt. Sass to the teacher? no swats. Act up? no swats. I grew up with swats, and it calmed my *** down, for about 6 months, lol.
Ooops, wrong forum; I will be dumped on here...
 
I noticed a huge difference in manners of people in general when I moved from Pennsylvania to Colorado, everyone here who catches your eye says "Hello" or at least smiles/waves, and it's very common for people to hold open doors and do other small courtesies. And that's in downtown Denver or out in some small town. Definitely not back in PA, I just remember people being crabbier and more self-absorbed overall. I guess Colorado is just such a nice place that everyone is always happy... But then again we have all those school shootings and suicides (?!?)
 
I'd say >95% of the time people thank me. Maybe I'm just a super-lovable guy, or maybe I'm so self-absorbed I don't notice when they don't thank me. Either way, karma is a powerful thing.

By the way, I'm Southern Baptist, so karma is just shorthand for "you'll go to hell if you don't follow the golden rule".
 
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