My rant - Didn't your parents teach you anything?

[twister8008]

I saw a parent yelling at a teacher during parent teacher conferences. She was claiming it was the teacher's fault their son was failing tests. She threatened to contact the principal and pursue her firing. Crazy...

 

[pcgunner]

Common courtesy - a thing of the past

Rudeness - a current craze of the "Me" generation - how much can I get away with until I go to jail.

IMO - act like a thug get treated like a thug. If a cop yells at you stop - you stop - you don't keep running, you don't give them the finger and for all that is holy you don't raise a nice shiny object and point it at them - BANG!!!

What is most interesting to me is:

• You need a license to drive
• You need a license to carry a gun (in most states) to protect yourself
• You need a license to sell - business license...

but any freakin', ignorant moron with zero cents of responsibility or ethics can have as many children as they want...

And we the tax payer have to foot the bill.

Sounds fair to me, don't it?

Happy now? You've pushed my buttons

 

[Chuck24]

Got "knocked into next week"more than once

 

[Practical]

You guys are all making assumptions HOW other people should act and live their lives because YOU live a certain way.

My 80 year old in-laws get bent out of shape because other people do not live like they do.

The White-American-Christian ethic is gone in most parts of this country.

The common courtesies and behaviors including types of politeness are gone too.

But to be fair, it is not because of immigration, I find many immigrant families and their kids to be better behaved and more civil than most native born. Or because of liberals. It's because people like my in-law and yourselves did not work to preserve our way of life.

You demand other people act and live the way you do. Unfortunately a lot of you guys didn't raise your kids to do so NOR did you engage in public lie, engage in the school board or PTSA or do ANYTHING to pass this culture along to others.

Bluntly what you guys want and my in-laws want is American-Sharia. Not good heartedness.

Every time I hear these gripes I usually find a lot of hypocrites who contributed to the problem. You don't want people changing their hearts and minds ONLY good appearances. I am willing to bet if you viewed your life from a the viewpoint of a 3rd person or camera's view you would find your behavior appalling.

 

[Rule3]

The worst are those damn College Students who end up being Layers!!


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[BigBill]

My buddy is short tempered he would say is the ignorant didn't listen I'm gone slap ya and watch ya pizz. Since he got home from nam he hasn't been right but with manners he's spot on.

If my old man ever caught me doing anything wrong he put his size 12 you know where. He had us four boys scared when he wasn't around.

It makes me think if the rest of the world thinks we all wear our jeans half down with our butts showing?

I took my family out to a steak and lobster house. My three little kids were dressed up for this place. The staff expected the worst I guess. Dinner and desert went fine. Everyone was well behaved. Fooled them.

 

[vytoland]

welcome to the "NEW" society..........."special" people can be observed everywhere, anytime............

 

[two-bit cowboy]

because this 10-month-old thread has grown legs...

During the time Barbara and I ran our country inn we hosted several weddings. Innkeepers we had known before we opened our home to the public told us to avoid weddings. "They bring out the worst in people," they warned.

We just had to learn for ourselves. The first wedding was ok: late 40s couple and their older family and friends. The next three were -- as we'd been warned -- loaded with all the bad behaviors noted in this thread (as I recall the dirty, unfolded diaper left on a chenille bedspread was the worst).

Then an good acquaintance asked if we'd host her daughter's wedding. Ugh, but yes. About 50 folks from 8 to 80. The bride's family hailed from an eastern Wyoming ranch, fifth generation. The groom's came from a third generation ranch family from the western side of the state. The gentlemen, including the youngest boys, wore crisp shirts, ties, shined boots and handsome western hats. The ladies, well... they looked like ladies. The 80-something patriarch, the bride's grandpa, was a quiet gentleman with whom everyone searched for an excuse to have a conversation well into the evening.

That was our last wedding and our most rewarding. Gosh, there's hope for the world (well, at least for Wyoming).

 

[vt_shooter]

This could be where some of the urchins learned such awful manners:
Get your feet off the table Mr President! Obama's laid-back style revealed in photos | Daily Mail Online

 

[jag312]

When I was a child at home, I was a wild Indian. Any other time or place, including when people were visiting us, I had better be well behaved. If I wasn't, there would be the dreaded "Wait til I get you home."

 

[wunderboy]

Anyone think it is all due to the economy? My Mother never even learned to drive until I was married. Nowadays it takes both parents working just to make ends meet. I am retired so maybe I have a slanted view of things. just sayin

 

[Mickey D]

Got "knocked into next week"more than once

I think that's how I aged so fast through my teenage years.

 

[two-bit cowboy]

Anyone think it is all due to the economy? My Mother never even learned to drive until I was married. Nowadays it takes both parents working just to make ends meet. I am retired so maybe I have a slanted view of things. just sayin

I can't abide the economy as an excuse. I listened too many times to my grandmother, mom, and aunts talk about getting paid a penny for each chicken they plucked during the Great Depression. They considered themselves to be among the lucky ones. They were polite, well mannered, and showed respect for others. Thank goodness they raised me to be the same.

 

[Model 19 6"]

A Way of learning manners would be attending Catholic school. Nuns with large rulers and long pointed sticks, and not afraid to use them. This will teach manners.