Courtesy vs Rudeness

I always acknowledge kindnesses, but find more people lack manners it seems these days. A few days ago, I held a door open for a mother with her young child. She just marched by me, so I shouted out a big, “And you’re very welcome!” Sigh......

It's a mixture of responses. I always look behind me when going through "public" doors, and will wait if somebody is still a few paces away. People nearly always say thankyou on such occasions. As for drivers acknowledging when one gives way - I find that middle-aged women are worst at this. Young women and men of all ages tend to be most appreciative. That's just my own experience, and that of other people may well be different.

I try to be courteous to at least "acknowledge" somehow when a nice little deed was done for me. A thank you, smile or nod like you said . . . even a wave. But I don't see much of this anymore from others - and this is pretty much on a daily basis that I encounter this .

There are some people who don't act politely. Sometimes I think that maybe they are having a bad day and sometimes I think maybe they are just really grumpy people.

I always take notice of people who I greet and do not reciprocate.

People all over the world become increasingly rude. But I still keep my kindness . I've never been rude, at least that's what my friends say. Maybe when I'm old, but that's way in the future .

One other thing I like to do is when I have a fairly sizeable load of stuff to check out at the store I let the person behind me go ahead of me. It blows their mind and they ask me several times if I am sure if I want to let them go ahead of me. I always get thanked profusely for letting them go ahead of me. Another thing I love to do is if I have the extra money is pay for the person's Starbucks drink that is behind me. Especially if it is either a police officer or a fire fighter. They aren't paying attention when I slip my card to the cashier and tell them to take the drink off my card and give it to me at the pick up station...The person receiving the drink usually manages to find out who paid for their drink and they track me down and thank me for paying for it...I've gotten a lot of hugs that way!

It's interesting that you bring up about people being courteous. I was in Wal Mart the other night looking for burritos and had the door to one of the freezers open and a lady came by and actually shoved me out of the way without saying a word! I made comment and she told me in essence tough sh-t. I always say excuse me when I cross in front of someone and thank you when they hold a door open for me. I try hard to show good manners no matter what. I do tend to get tired of people who exhibit horrible manners or allow their children to run wild in a store and block a person's way deliberately. I thought it was just me getting old and used to living in the woods where I deal with the animals daily...the deer that I feed acknowledge my feeding them with a nod or a nuzzle. Oh, when the cart guys at Wal Mart help me load the heavy bags of corn into my car I always thank them and slip a dollar or two into their vest pocket. They tell me that they can't take tips but as I tell them I put the tip in their vest and that they didn't take the tip from me. (I've been watching too much M*A*S*H and know how to split hairs! ) I always find a way to say thank you.

Its very rare in todays world. Courtesy people forget the word. Only few are reminded.

i believe there are still so many good people out there