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My own grand kids won't thank me for their Christmas or birthday gifts, so I've decided to keep giving them less and less to see if that gets their attention. I started out giving each one $50 and reduced this year to $25 and still no thank yous. I just don't understand these young people. When I was growing up if you didn't recognize when someone did something for u it would not be good when u got home or when company left.

Forgot to add that, at the end of the day it all comes down to the parents. Good parenting produces good kids and bad parents produce rude ill-mannered kids and they become adults and it just goes on and on.....

While I totally agree with this post about the younger generation not having manners, there are of course exceptions, few and far between, but there out there.

On my way home from appointment in Charlotte last night and stopped at Gas Station & Subway there at Clingman & 421 exit to grab a sub to take home for dinner. Sitting right in front of the Subway were two young men in there early twenties, scruffy looking, one with a beard, both with backpacks and several layers of clothes for the cold, obviously transients or homeless, and the had a nice looking German Shepard with them. I kind of expected the old, have you got any spare change routine when I walked past them to go into Subway, but when I told them they had a nice looking dog they simply said thank you. Upon leaving I stopped and asked them if they had plenty of food for the dog since I am a dog lover and they replied, "Yes sir" and showed me two bags of food, thanked me and told me to have a nice night. When I got to my car I tuned around and walked back and gave them the only 2 or 3 bucks I had left on me. I told them that as a rule I NEVER give money to so-called homeless people like the ones with cardboard signs at stop lights, but I was giving it to them for two reasons. One, they had a nice dog and apparently took good care of him, and two, because they didn't ask me for any money. Again, they thanked me very politely and told me to have a nice night.

way to go Southbound atleast one long haired hippie type might think twice before pushing an senior around.

My daughter is 4 and KNOWS to say please, thank you and excuse me WITHOUT me having to prompt her to do so. People are always commenting on how wonderful her manners are. I was raised that way and she is being raised that way too. Its a crying shame that people are actually shocked because people don't use those simple words these days!

Respect has gone out the window and it does not matter what political affiliation you are either. It is sad to see how some people are so rude and disrespectful to their elders and to each other. I personally say that if it respect and manners are taught at a young age, they will carry over into our lives as adults, so I just think that the parents do not teach respect or manners anymore.

With this talk about 'Thank You', I had some minor dental work this week. Aside from feeling the Dentist drilling, prodding and scraping, I did notice every time the assistant handed him an instrument he told her "Thank You"!! That really impressed me.....he thanked her for doing her job!

I'll bet that people were sitting around complaining about ungrateful children 10,000 years ago.

I see that I misspelled MA'AM. Thank you everyone for not making fun of me for it. Some people do that and it would be ironic if someone did it on a thread about being polite.

barabus	Posted 8:26 pm, 03/07/2013
I have been noticing that more and more young people do not say thank you when it is very appropriate. Seems from 36 down thank you does not seem to be in their vocabulary. Is it just me or has anyone else noticed

It's the libtard entitlement mentality. Libtard is as libtard does. Hey aren't libtards not supposed to trust anyone over the age of thirty anyway?

Libtard ------>

No calling a woman ma'am is not wrong. I am a younger person and it has always bothered me how members of my generation do not have any respect for their elders. I have several friends that are in the military. And if you do not say sir and ma'am and thank you sir, thank you ma'am you get into trouble. I think that should be the mentality of the whole neighborhood. If someone says or does something nice to you, you should acknowledge it with a thank you.

Young people do not know how to be polite. They don't even know what it means when someone is trying to be polite to them. I was raised to be polite and respectful to others so it has become second nature for me to be a southern gentleman. A few times I have been cussed out for being polite. When a cashier or anyone is waiting on me I always say yes sir yes mam and a few times I got jumped on for calling a woman mam. They asked me in a hateful tone "do I look like a mam to you?" Off the top of my head this has happened three times. I thought that in that situation if I call a woman mam it means I don't know your name but I'm thankful for your assistance. Am I wrong? Does calling a woman mam mean something bad?

southbound how do we know you aren't talking big on here and that you aren't sitting there at the computer nursing a fat lip with stitches in it and a cast on your arm ?

Me and my neighbor has talked about this many times how the young have no respect for there elders, how they would rather let and door hit someone as to hold it for an elderly person or anyone seems worse to the elderly. I almost got into a fight with a guy in Dollar General over this very same thing. There was one cash register open and about 4 of us in line, one woman was paying then an older woman in her 70-80 in front of me then the deadlock punk behind me, when he walked up he was blowing like he did not have time to wait which kinda rubbed me wrong anyways, well about that time someone said another register was open and the little woman in front of me I told her to go one polity well about the time she steps out the long haired dread locked punk almost knocked her over, never said sorry of nothing. Now this flew all over me I asked the woman if she was alright and then proceeded to kindly move the punks stuff off the counter and let the little woman pay for her stuff. once out side me and the punk had some words on respecting your elders he was tougher in the store around people then he was on the out side but I got my point across I was 29 at the time so i would not say all under 36 is this way.

Send me something to eat and I will thank you.

Obladi... send me that brooch! I'll thank you, and I'm only 32.

I have been divesting myself of some family heirlooms. I sent a very expensive diamond broach that belonged to my Great Aunt Mary to my nephew, who I am told, is getting married. I thought he would like to give it to his bride. Two weeks later his mother called to tell me it had arrived. I have yet to hear from my nephew. So yeah, I think I agree.

Yes I have noticed it as well. I still open the door for the ladies whether in the truck or at a store. I think nice gestures and good manners goes a long way. I am especially thoughtful of the elders though. I hope when I am in my 70s someone will help me. LOL

I have been noticing that more and more young people do not say thank you when it is very appropriate. Seems from 36 down thank you does not seem to be in their vocabulary. Is it just me or has anyone else noticed.