My pleasure, oh no, after you, THANK YOU SOOOOO VERY MUCH, Happy in your work? etc etc are responses that I have given to rude people in the past. I am so grateful for your replies and am pleased that I'm not alone in being horrified at the lack of not just manners but plain common decency and friendliness particularly when it comes to our children. It is so much easier and nicer to smile and say Hello.
When I was young if I was out and about with my Dad we used to laugh that it took us ages to walk down the high street. He used to know everyone and stop and pass the time of day, he was also a very kind man who often helped others without advertising the fact. I came to realise as I got older this was why he was a happy man contended with his lot. At his funeral one lady he had helped out on several occasions told me, your father was the last of the true gentlemen.
No matter how many times I hear adults moan about the behaviour of children I am gobsmacked at the behaviour of adults. It is our job to teach them how to behave by example, it REALLY annoys me that some people think it is acceptable to ignore children and behave despicably.
Mr Twigs has a very live and let live attitude (but does enjoy a good rant at the news :), which I do up to a point, but if anyone upsets my Twiglet well that's another matter entirely.
I think we should start a Ooooo BE NICE campaign, Mr Twigs thinks we should have a zero tolerance on bad manners.
Thank you dear bloggy friends for reminding me why I enjoy being a part of this community. Our children will be the happy, well rounded successful adults that they deserve to be and as Vicky said rude folks will be in the gutter, SOD THEM that's what I say and that is quite bad mannered :)
Twiggy x
Go for it - I'm definitely behind a manners campaign - teaching the tots and adults too. Emma x
ReplyDeleteQuite right too. They learn far more than we realise through our example rather than what we tell them to do/say.
ReplyDeleteMy dad was like that too - always stopping to speak to people in the street.
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My Mum is like your Dad, she is always helping people and runs a luncheon club for the "old folk" although she is in her 70s herself. It also takes her ages when sh is in town as she stops to talk to so many people.
ReplyDeleteGo for it with your manners campaign, if we don't teach our children then who will? and there are adults out there who could do with a few lessons
My Mum is like your Dad, she is always helping people and runs a luncheon club for the "old folk" although she is in her 70s herself. It also takes her ages when sh is in town as she stops to talk to so many people.
ReplyDeleteGo for it with your manners campaign, if we don't teach our children then who will? and there are adults out there who could do with a few lessons
Here here!
ReplyDeleteSign me up hon...please ;)
ReplyDeleteHello Twiggy,
ReplyDeleteSorry, it seems that I`ve missed quite a few of your lovely posts!
Love the cards your awsome little boy did, the upcakes, your birthday goodies... and specially the post about bad and good manners!
I know exactly how you feel about it!
As I feel the exact same way to!
I`m looking forward to see, what are you going to do with the lovely fabric and felt.
Kisses
debbie Moss
I'm with you on this one good manners cost nothing! My 2 year old always says please and thankyou because she been taught to. It really annoys me when you hold doors open for people and they just barge through!
ReplyDeleteyvonne x
Yesterday at work an elderly gentleman said to me 'how do you keep so cheerful working in here'. He had obviously noticed my happy, mad, disposition! Life is much too short to be nasty, a shame no-one had told the lady who later in the day started ranting and raving at me from the queue! A very thought provoking post Twiggy. x
ReplyDeleteI just give a surprised smile to people that have been rude to me / my kids. What's funny is that that seems to be more effective at demonstrating what a bad example they have set than anything I could think of to say.
ReplyDeleteI must say that there seems to be a greater concentration of rude / self-centred people here in Southern California than in most places I have ever visited.
Oh I'm so with you in the manners campaign! It's a real bugbear of mine too - especially the basics like not saying please and thank you.
ReplyDeleteYour Dad sounds wonderful-manners cost nothing and make the world a much nicer place to be in. I am so proud that our kids our so polite and are learning the value of manners - it's just a pity some adults have completely forgotten their importance.
Sorry mini rant over - told you it was a bug bear of mine!
Sign me up for your campaign and I'll have my placards ready!
Jo x
I used to tell my daughter if her freindly hello's were ignored that some people were just always grumpy because they didn't have any manners, but her hello might start a seed growing that eventually got rid of their grumpyness.
ReplyDeleteunfortunatly in my current job, people feel they have a right to be very rude and angry at me, when all I am trying to do is help them - very disheartening...
kath
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RANT AND RAVE I say! I am constantly aware of it and make a point of when the boys have been polite especially INFRONT of ill mannered people!
ReplyDeleteWhat we teach will (fingers crossed) carry through to the next generations.
I must admit, living in a city people find it really odd if you say 'good morning!' or smile, but maybe they will walk by and think.... oh, ...yes and have a hint of a smile within!
Go for it, I back your campaign!
Emx
Example is the best way to go - my children are polite and I would expect nothing less to be honest. Can I be a part of the manners campaign please?
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