tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10052388.post110804808700886228..comments2023-06-16T11:07:47.520-04:00Comments on Secret Simon: Speaking Softly and Carrying The Proverbial Big StickAldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08707541749231015283noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10052388.post-1108050571411386022005-02-10T10:49:00.000-05:002005-02-10T10:49:00.000-05:00Manners can really be such a nice thing.
I think...Manners can really be such a nice thing. <br /><br />I think it's a bit sad that people really do consider them archaic and a relic of an oppressive era: I use sir and ma'am out of respect, not submission. I was raised that way, yes, but the older I get the more I feel that these little things - just stopping a minute every morning to say goodmorning to the security guard in my office building, and goodnight in the evening (though admittedly I call him by name, not 'sir') - really helps smoothe the path of life, and makes things easier. Only one spare umbrella left? Guess who doesn't get wet. <br /><br />I'm continually appalled by people's lack of manners. People who routinely show up to a party underdressed and without so much as a bottle of wine for the host. Walking past your neighbors sitting on thir porch without stopping to say hello. <br /><br />I guess I grew up just far enough south of the Mason-Dixon to say.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06842663992025384172noreply@blogger.com