Manners - which do you miss?

[palinurus]

Doesn't bother me none, just commenting.

 

[Archie_tect]

[QUOTE 2280468, member: 259"]It's not sexist at all, it's just politeness. I still open the car door for my wife, who is much brainier than me, much more capable than me, and earns much more than me. Anyway, it was what I was taught to do as a kid and I can't see myself changing my behaviour now. [/quote]
My Beetle's drivers's door's lock used to freeze up so the first time I met the parents-in-law-to-be I opened Mrs A_T's door first to let her in....

 

[Accy cyclist]

You don't like it - good. It's a very handy low-key way to discourage unwanted male attention without having to tell anyone to f**k off. Similarly, for children addressing adults, it can be a handy tool of insubordination. The prejudice against people with tattoos is very boring, by the way...

Big horrible overweight women with tattooed backs, tattooed, arms tattooed feet even tattooed tits, but if you like that kind of thing...each to their own as they say!!

 

[Scoosh]

"A gentleman always walks on the outside of the pavement".

I always do this and fine it amusing/ a tad irritating when, after crossing over a road, I am re-positioning myself to the outside - and female is looking all round to see where I have gone !

 

[Scoosh]

Big horrible overweight women with tattooed backs, tattooed, arms tattooed feet even tattooed tits, but if you like that kind of thing...each to their own as they say!!

Tattoos etc are not about manners, they are about taste - or lack of it.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

tis not the tattoos that you need worry about...

 

[Fnaar]

Tattoos etc are not about manners, they are about taste - or lack of it.

Phew... glad you clarified I was going to try and find a tattoo to lick, to see what they taste like

 

[srw]

In London, the art of queuing for buses has all but disappeared.

Yay for Red Ken! No need to queue - they're so frequent.

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

The over use of the word mate makes me cringe.

Hmmm

"Oy mate, how do I get to X?" A familiar shout from lorry/van drivers. You will note, it's not " Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to X please?" The latter always gets answered, the former ... depends on my mood, it either gets ignored or answered with directions about 120 degrees out. 180 degrees is too easy to retrack.

 

[srw]

Once upon a time we were polite to most people as a default, whether we liked the way they addressed us or not, no matter what they looked like. I wonder - when did that stop?

 

[BigonaBianchi]

I always like it when a lady opens the door for me

 

[Archie_tect]

Once upon a time we were polite to most people as a default, whether we liked the way they addressed us or not, no matter what they looked like. I wonder - when did that stop?

I still am!

 

[Moon bunny]

To be honest, too much politeness can be creepy. The tone of voice and circumstance count as much as the words used, a well meant cheerful "cheers love" counts for more than a cold-voiced "thank-you".

 

[ColinJ]

I mourn the passing of "I am not more important than you, and my time is not more important than yours" now apparently replaced by "Get out of my ferkin' way, moron, I'm in a hurry"!

 

[Accy cyclist]

Yes that does sound as though they are not giving you your due respect there.

Awight Aidy?!