Do you think manners need to make a comeback?

Please read to the end, Bud.

I agree....

Hold doors for people: And then keep acting like you are going to push it closed into their face. The way they juuuuuump! Oh my goodness...

Umm, I am not giving up my backside...I think my girlfriend likes it.

Its more fun to hide just out of site of the opening doors and then jump out with a scream. This is especially effective early in the morning...boy those office folks...

Since I steal people's cell phones just to watch them panic. I don't have this issue.

You watched Bridget Jones' Diary? (loud snickering).

I say these all the time, all three of them consecutively. I get funny looks.

I live in Florida. Most of my money goes to the nearly dead.

Better yet. Hand write death threats. Don't be a chicken and clip letters out of a newspaper.

No. The fact that people suck means that manners have to be a thing of the past.

Ok. All joking aside. I agree with most of these (except for watching Bridget Jones' Diary ;)

The fact is that somewhere people have stopped teaching kids to do these things so we have a generation of adults that, as I said, basically suck. Its hard to find good manners in this day and age. Its also hard to find a business that actually treats you like a customer, basic morals, and common sense.

Unfortunately, the same idiots that are too rude to do any of the things you mentioned are also too self centered to actually read what you wrote. I think it behooves us as a race to have good manners, more than a need but I have doubts as to whether or not they will make a come back.

I go out of my way to use manners....it really is simple and easy and shows respect to others.

Its the one thing that I instill in my 2 children as they grow up. A simple please and a thank you goes a very long way.

I don't care what anyone says, manners will get you everywhere, and people will remember you for it.

I will still hold doors open, and give up my seat to an elderly person or just someone that looks like they could do with a seat...and yes, I still do the whole handwritten letter thing too. Its just so much more personal and something that is becoming a rarity now.

I don't know about you, but to receive a letter or even just a note that someone has taken the time to sit down and write just for you, makes my day.....it makes me sad to think that this will soon become a thing of the past.

Teach your kids by setting good morals, manners, respect and decency to begin with, and HOPEFULLY they will continue with it for their lifetime. Its all you can do.

nice question JB....x

I agree. Personally, I don't pay much attention to the manners of technology etiquette. I figure if I receive a text, I should respond unless it is someone I don't know. That happens occasionally. The other stuff, I use the phone like it has traditionally been done. I use traditional manners since that was how I was raised. I pass this along to the kids I work with. Some of them have no idea what manners are.

I agree with you whole heartedly! I get so annoyed at many middle aged adults who really should know better not using their manners, and not expecting their little ones to either.

There is an old adage, "you catch more flies with honey than vinegar", and it rings so true. People are more willing to do what you want them to if you add a please and follow up with a genuine thank you.

People often comment on how polite my children are. They all (including the 6 year old), hold doors open for people, often without anybody saying thank you to them. When we are on the train they give up their seats to adults, (I can not tell you how many times I have been annoyed at the teens that will watch a 6 year old get knocked around the carriage while they take the only seats available!), they say please and thank you as a habit, and would never dream of entering another person's house without being first invited in. We no longer need to tell them to do these things, they do it instinctively, and they follow our example.

It would be so nice to see more adults show positive examples of manners. It is free, and it takes some of the "ugghhh" out of the day when somebody is polite to you.

Manners haven't gone away, it's just that people don't practice them any more. Practice makes perfect. We teach our children to say please and than you, but don't show it to the person who's serving us food or at the store, we have come to a place of privilege, and not thankfulness or gratefulness.

I was walking out of a restaurant this morning and saw a woman coming. If I had let the door go, she would not noticed, nor would she have been upset, but since I decided to hold the door until she arrived, she was surprised and thanked me. People aren't expecting others to have manners and others aren't practicing them.

And about Respecting your Elders, for the most part, I give respect to all until they've lost it. That should be the common practice.

Paper writing will be long lost, when I can just send my best friend a Thank You text, email, or IM. My friend will still be thankful.

I say a resounding yes... now all we have to do is decide which manners are best for this day and age... some from Victorian times would not apply now... children should be heard as well as seen, but taught when it is appropriate to do both.

I am a stickler for polite behavior. I act politely and courteously as does my son because he sees my example. Do you know what I miss? When I was young I called my parents friends or neighbors of ours Mr. _________ or Mrs. ___________ . I don't like being introduced to young people (children especially) by my first name and I don't introduce my son to my friends or neighbors using their first names. I feel the line is too blurred and respect goes down the drain. I'm only 36 and I feel this way.

I am very, very old, to know the answers to you question.

Homosexuals are not new.they "came out of the closet"

What is new , elderly selling drugs.

80 years old woman , trying to sell sex to a 13 years old boy.

Holding the door for an elderly? As soon as it reach the door will slipped and you will be the culprit.

Uneducated, yes .that is in.

I wasn't aware that they died since I am still polite. Am I perfect at it? No. I try to improve though. I'm sorry that I'm not perfect at it.

I do know what you mean though. It does seem like they have died. I just try to ignore and move on. We are so busy these days. It's annoying. It is a big problem.

Very much so. Also, what happened to whispering in the library? Even the librarians don't set that example anymore.