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Do good manners matter to people at large anymore?

Ptrikha_2 @ptrikha_2 (49766) • India 4 Oct

I hadn't planned to write this one. Yet here as I am traveling by Metro, there is an elderly person with a small child. They have not got a seat. There are many young people sitting. Nobody has shown the courtesy to offer them a...

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Before I say 'yes', I want to know who else will be there

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382259) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Apr 25

We had lunch with Vince’s god-daughter a few weeks ago. She has three children aged from 14 to 19. While she was away, the older daughter was going to have some girlfriends around. When we made some comments about parties getting...

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Amy Vanderbilt, Emily Post, and Miss Manners

CAPirani Photography & Art @capirani (2817) • United States 22 Mar 24

Etiquette. I was born in the 1950s and raised on the etiquette of the time. Everything was covered. My family was not rich, but my mom wanted me to have good manners. I learned how to set a table, walk like a lady, clap my hands...

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amy vanderbilt emily post miss manners

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is etiquette a sign of respect

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Why is it Important to be Yourself at all Times?

Gabby Bugwadia @Gabugs (1895) • United States 12 Jun 22

Being yourself at all times, is the key to getting along with people from all walks of life. No one would want to befriend and deal with someone who is insincere and faking to be what he/she is not. Chances are that doing so,...

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Just Plain Good Car Manners!

DianneN @DianneN (254926) • United States 13 Mar 21

I never have to say a word to my husband. It’s instilled in him. I snapped this photo just as he pulled out of the garage. I came out of our front door. As soon as he saw me, he put the car in park, heaved himself out of the...

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have to put miles on the car

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Why some people can easily shout at others- ill mannered public school teacher

relcap23 @florelway (23339) • Cagayan De Oro, Philippines 20 Jun 20

For over a week now I still cannot get over that incident when a public school teacher yelled at me. Where has her manners gone to? She has no license to do that to me as we have no business with each other. I reported the...

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Good manners, southern style

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl @1creekgirl (44560) • United States 21 Mar 19

I just read a post about mano po, a Filipino tradition of kissing the hand of elders (I'm sorry I can't remember who wrote it), but it got me thinking about ways we show respect in the southern US. Saying yes mam, no mam, yes...

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respect

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KNIGHTS IN SHINING ARMOR.

Kandase @Kandae11 (57230) 16 Oct 17

Is chivalry dead? When was the last time a man did the following for you: (1) Open a car door for you (2) Pull out your chair in the restaurant and see you seated before seating himself. (3) No empty seat available on the bus...

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Will success come so easily..?

s sivasubrahmanyam @shivamani10 (11035) • Hyderabad, India 18 Jul 16

The experience and history showed clearly that success will not come so easily . It is not a cake walk. Though I can not dub myself as a successful administrator of cent percent some of the traits I could notice for 'to be...

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To share or not to share

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 4 Jan 16

You write a personal post on Facebook. Depending on your privacy settings, either only certain people can see it or everybody can. Somebody goes and shares it. You ask people to please not share your personal posts. Somebody...

personal posts

no expectation of privacy on facebook

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old school

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Another video went viral- how do you handle not-so-good encounters?

euridicy1984 @euridicy1984 (70) • Philippines 15 Nov 12

Yesterday, a video of a girl yelling at a security guard went viral and became trending topic in social networking sites. According to the girl featured in that video, the security guard maltreated her and tried to grab her. On...

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Strangers who are gentlemen

seriousnuts @seriousnuts (508) • Philippines 31 Aug 12

There are some men who deserve our appreciation. These are men who treat women as ladies. I appreciate men who would wait for you to pass first before entering a narrow walkway. If they happen to meet a woman along the narrow...

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watch your language

irislee_24 @irislee_24 (102) • Philippines 22 Jun 11

Hi myLotters! I hope you all are having a blast here. Now that my son is already 18 months, he's really quick in imitating words from adults around him. So quick that he repeats them until he's able to use the words in a situation...

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Etiquette and Good Manners?! Are you interested?!

soleya @soleya (1100) • Latvia 25 Jan 11

Lately, I have been thinking about good manners and etiquette. It seems that a lot of people don't know even the basic rules on how to dress appropriately for the specific occasions, how to eat, how to communicate etc. One of my...

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I met a nice young man today ~~

bluemoonpavilion @bluemoonpavilion (4658) • Singapore 15 Sep 10

To the bystanders: This is not about my romantic encounter. ^_^ To all other friends, here's the story... I was having lunch alone today and I saw an empty seat beside a young man, he looks like a foreigner. I asked him...

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polite

rude

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Classy behavior-[cultured, decent, stylish behavior]-- what causes this?

kalav56 @kalav56 (11464) • India 11 May 10

where people hesitate to use vulgar language, do not laugh and talk loud, behave in a polite manner with everyone, are simple and straightforward---what do you think is the cause for this?-is it money, education in good schools,...

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Farting

hardilaziz @hardilaziz (64) • India 28 Nov 09

Is it good manners to fart loudly in a gathering? All of us let out wind- but most of us do it quietly, surreptitiously. In fact, if you are suppressing wind, you are creating problems for your body as it would surge upwards and...

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do feel that manners are a thing of the past?

mama_bear @mama_bear (1118) • Canada 13 Aug 09

i seem to remember, well actually that is not true, i seem to recall from watching those black and white movies that there was a time when manners were the norm. now it seems like a thing of the past. i for one find manners very...

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Left or right hand , which 1 you use to hold the spoon?

zearah @zearah (5381) • Philippines 10 Jul 09

In our belief here in Philippines (not all) right hand must be the holder of food when eating or in use to hold the spoon and left for the fork. What about you? Which 1 you're using now? Why?

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Don't You Know Who I Am?, she said

cynthiann @cynthiann (18612) • Jamaica 4 Jul 09

Life can change in a flash. I just walked around the grounds to make sure that all is well before I left. A young lady came to me and said that it was obvious that there was not enough pool furniture. (New pool furniture is on...

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