Do good manners matter to people at large anymore?
By Ptrikha_2
@ptrikha_2 (48483)
India
October 4, 2025 12:56am CST
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 seat.
I could have intervened but at times, I feel that good manners and behavior should come from within.
What are people becoming now?
Generosity, empathy - are they dying or dead?
And then many claim themselves to be righteous!
What do you think?
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4 responses
@RebeccasFarm (95788)
• Arvada, Colorado
4 Oct
There are a few mannerly people around here but not many.
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@ptrikha_2 (48483)
• India
4 Oct
@RebeccasFarm
Yes the good mannered ones are very less.
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@mytunemagic (124)
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5 Oct
Why such a comment? weren't there a few who complained that the site goes down on and off due to which they can't comment or message their friends?
@mytunemagic (124)
•
4 Oct
Ask and you shall receive. Every individual is comfortable in his or her own orbit. How long did this person stand by the way?
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@ptrikha_2 (48483)
• India
4 Oct
@mytunemagic
Close to 10 minutes and then a seat got vacant.
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@arunima25 (92462)
• Bangalore, India
4 Oct
Hmm...have seen such things happening. But then have experienced other way round too. So agree with Judy Story's comment too. You could have intervened in a polite way.
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@ptrikha_2 (48483)
• India
4 Oct
@arunima25
I have intervened a few times but somehow I was observing if someone would bother.
Luckily a seat got empty after sometime and both the elderly person and the boy got to sit.
There were around 4 to 5 males aged between 20 and 40 and nobody bothered.
Not a good sign.
