Do you remember Common Courtesy?

Common Courtesy isn't so common any more ... that is what so many of my generation say.

I wonder how they would react if I reminded them that it was their job to teach their children and that many of them failed to do so. How do you expect a child to use manners if they have no example to follow.

Do you know the rules of common courtesy? I looked them up because I could only remember one for certain the one we all know.

Always remember to say "please" & "thank you".

Common Courtesy is:

It includes listening instead of interrupting.

It means having patience — not only with everyone else but with yourself too.

Common courtesy means holding doors, saying hi, and smiling at others.

It means to recognize you aren’t the only person who exists in this world.

It means that when you are in a bad mood, that mood shouldn’t dictate your manners or how you treat others.

Common courtesy means respecting people in retail and who wait on you at restaurants and other establishments.

It means recognizing I am not in YOUR hurry. And you shouldn’t be in mine.

It includes letting others live their life while you live yours.

It means not making fun of others when they are “different” from you.

It means going somewhere else to talk on your cell phone because not everyone wants to hear you discuss how little Tommy is the best child ever.

It means understanding we all have problems — and sometimes giving the benefit of the doubt is the best course of action.

It means being polite. It means being nice. It means not being an asshole.

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Not all my own words but they are the rules I grew up with and I suspect most of you did too. But how many are still in use? How many do you still do?

Not so many these day, I know I don't. In fact, as I was reading over the list I realized that I only follow about half of them that makes me kinda sad. I always figured I was a nice person but nice does not equal mannerly.

Is it too late to change that? I don't know but I will try to be more mannerly in the future

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