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I'm just curious why you named your pet "peeve". And, is it a dog, a cat, a squirrel, a mongoose, an iguana ?
This pisses me off too."my bad". I could strangle them...
How rude,Many times when I'm at a restaurant placing an order with a waiter/waitress, or at the register inside a store, I always make it a point to say thank you to the waiter/waitress when placing the order. The same goes with the cashier at a store. If that person happens to be in their late teens - mid twenties, more often than not, their response will be "no problem". Of course it's not a problem, because they just did their job! Is it too hard to show some manners and say "your welcome" like you should?
Does anyone else see this trend or am I just living in an area that is more rude than others?
Discuss.
...or when they can't even be bothered to lift their eyes from their phone to acknowledge you.
Does anyone else see this trend
don’t take the french fries for granted. while traveling we had a quick pit and decided on mcdonald’s togo, looked at our order before driving off and guess what ? no french fries!!!well i go i ask ask about the order n the kid at counter gives me a so what schrug!!!so i ask to speak w the manager! i bet you guessed his reply by now , “i am the manager duuuude ……”It is the common response here as well.
They don't mean to be rude, it is just lazy English. I've had dipshits respond with no worries ....as if I had fears that my french fries would not be in the bag.
The teachers are doing their jobs, turning their children into transgendered,entitled socialists who hate their parents and their way of life that provided for them their whole lives!Todays parents seem to think it's the school teachers job to do their job. That's not happening since they outlawed throwing chalk and chalk brushes and took away the strap.
Our 29 month old Granddaughter gets nothing from us without saying Please and then Thankyou. "Milk Please"...
I reply thanks, but not really.When someone tells me "Oh, you're fine!", I cannot resist but to reply "I know it."
Only Parents that have manners teach their kids manners.I don't mean to sound like a grumpy old man about it, rather it's an observation of people who don't know manners.
No, it's not. I agree with some of the others - this is a sign of lazy "coolness" rather than proper manners.no problem , you're welcome........ same thing
Well, it might be a regional thing - but here in the neck of the woods where manners are not only taught butI'm also not sold on "appreciate you".
I can appreciate a gesture IE- I appreciate it.
...but I'm not sure I'm ready to commit to appreciating the person in their entirety just yet.
Or walk up to a business counter and they have a sign instructing the customer to turn off their cell phones, and they then proceed to answer the phone totally ignoring me the customer with money in hand waiting to give it to them....or when they can't even be bothered to lift their eyes from their phone to acknowledge you.
No, it's not. I agree with some of the others - this is a sign of lazy "coolness" rather than proper manners.
"You're welcome" should be ingrained into them as damn near an automatic response - if they were raised right.
Reminds me...
Interesting factoid (to me, anyways) about the Chick-Fil-A folks and how they work hard to make sure everyone
that works at their locations display the best customer service at all times:
Everything is always (and I've gone to them most of my life at various locations) very polite - and when you say
to one of them "thank you", they typically respond with "my pleasure" and a smile.
That's not an accident - it's part of their culture there, began decades ago with Mr. Cathy himself.
Well, it might be a regional thing - but here in the neck of the woods where manners are not only taught but
expected, I often say "appreciate it" in place of "thank you" (of course, with a bit of dialect in it - 'preeshate it".
When dealing with folks I take care of in my work, that's often expressed as "appreciate you".
Always mean it when I say it and it's always received with a smile.
Side note: with the large influx of out-of-staters in these parts these days, you can often tell in the store or
wherever when someone "ain't from around here". My approach with 'em? As always, I like to engage with
folks and sometimes when they've been passively rude or inconsiderate, I'll let them know that's not acceptable
around here - usually by saying "excuse me" on their behalf.
They get the message and usually will reply in kind, once they realize what they've done.
Spread the politeness!