Am I a Nanna?

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  LOTS OF EFFORT.

  NOT MUCH EFFORT AT ALL.

 

I like swing music and Ella/Louis duets. I like drinking tea and watching soaps. And I am a big big fan-nay, a stickler- for manners. Here it goes, I’m going to say it…. What is wrong with the youth of today!?

And not just the youth. Anyone who doesn’t get a seniors discount appears to have had their manners ripped out of their heads in a family-viewing manner by a marauding Doctor Who monster.

No one says please or thank you.

When I ask someone (from my side of the counter) ‘How are you?’, I get “just that one”, in reply.

Drivers don’t indicate.

Drivers don’t wave thank you if you let them pass.

Drivers don’t let you pass.

Drivers don’t let you merge.

Drivers yell and honk if others don’t indicate, say thank you, let them pass, or let them merge.

Customers think all shopassistants are emotionless robots with missing intelligence chips.

Business owners think all customers are trying to pull a swifty.

Customers think all business owners are trying to rip them off.

 

This is turning into a boring rant, and when I think about this to myself at times of bad manners, I am much more coherent and have far better examples.

But it really really really isn’t hard to be polite. It takes no extra time, no extra effort, it makes everyone happy, and you are rewarded for it with kindness (theoretically).

Am I right or does this make me a nanna? 

 

 

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