Etiquette

On 4 June 2009, Wellington City Council voted 11-4 to reroute buses through Manners Mall, one of the city’s few major pedestrian thoroughfares. While this simplifies the central bus corridor and realigns it to the traditional “Golden Mile”, the decision will inevitably result in the displacement of the area’s native inhabitants. This is a lament for the upcoming loss of their habitat, performed in the indigenous musical style.

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I have a 2 years old who still enjoys play with the food and drinks and if I don’t watch I will have a very big mess on my floor. I work with 4 years old children who still eat very messy and act silly at meal times (not all of them though). So that is my question: at what age should we introduce real manners at meal time and expect the children to behave properly whit out pushing them to be little adults?

at the age when they can comprehend that you are taking their food away because they are not treating it properly. If you tell them to settle down at the table and don’t give them their food until they do, they will learn to settle down.

If they don’t do it right away don’t worry about it, they may not be hungry. but you must require appropriate behavior to be a condition of eating.

Bad Manners – My Girl Lollipop

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As with most kids, he says please when he wants something, but sometimes when I am not around, I’d observe him calling for people in a certain tone of voice that I wouldn’t find unacceptable, and will, at times grab a toy from another child. Sometimes he forgets to say please or thank you and I have to constantly remind him. How can I help him make manners second nature?

You make manner second nature by modeling them yourself– you and your hubby need to at all times remember that he is watching and imitating you. If you always use nice tones of voice, he will mimick you eventually.

Another important thing to do is practice. Set up a little time every week where you can pretend to be another child and he can ask politely for the toy etc. Or practice whichever manners you want to reinforce.

Remember, if you make it a priority on a daily basis, he will understand the importance of manners.

I work in a capital city and when I drive home, anywhere between 5 & 6.30 at night, the traffic is just horrible. I let other drivers in when they indicate a change of lanes and do I get a "thank you" wave? No. If you don’t let them in they’ll just push their way in anyway. I work in retail and people are just so rude and demanding. I know a lot of people are "in a rush". But why is their lack of planning my fault? I may just work in a shop but I too deserve simple courtesy and respect. I am always friendly and as helpful as possible but rarely do I get a thank you. What has happened to the world? Why are manners so rare?
Thank you all very much for your input. Hope you have a great day!
Hi Korey,
I should let you know that I live in Australia.
JCG

I agree with you – lack of manners nowadays seems to be the norm.

1. Hollywood (tv, movies, video games) has been part of the culprit. They depict bad behaviour as normal.
2. Parents have not raised their children with good manners.
3. Teachers at school no longer have the "correcting rights" of children that they did eons ago.

I love old movies and tv shows because they depict an era of good manners and etiquette. Even the brat Eddie Haskal (Leave It to Beaver) was polite and nice to his elders.

My son was raised with good manners and now he is in college and chooses his friends wisely (birds of a feather flock together). His friends all practice good etiquette. Parents must instill etiquette in the children while they are young. It has nothing to do with money – you can have alot of class and good manners regardless of the amount of money you have in the bank.

Sadly, I think society as a whole in general, is becoming depraved, irresponsible, and lacking consideration for other people. It is all about "me" and what can someone do for "me". Depraved, selfish, and greedy is now the new standard.

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For example- when a waitress comments (like "WOW! You must have been hungry!" Loudly, proclaiming to the rest of the diner) on your healthy appetite, instead of saying something rude in return, saying something like "My compliments to the chef!"
What are other ways to snuff out other bad manners? Like when someone comments on certain things. Anyone have personal experiences you’d like to share or tips? I thought this was a good way to show some kindness to people, instead rude sarcasm which I can always quickly cook up. Thanks, and God bless!

Personally, I like to point their rudeness out…say something like, "Why on earth would you ask such a personal question?"
Or, "Do you really feel that is any of YOIUR business?"
Or even, "Gracious, what a rude question/remark!"

Fronted by Buster Bloodvessel (born Douglas Trendle), the band was formed in 1976 while the members were at school together, and among their early incarnations were known as Stoop Solo and the Sheet Starchers. None of the members had any formal musical training, not even the ability to play any instruments. They were popular during the late 1970s and early 1980s, a period when lots of similar ska bands filled the charts. Some of their hits include “My Girl Lollipop”, “Lip Up Fatty”, “Special Brew” and “Ne-Ne-Na-Na-Na-Na-Nu-Nu”. One of the main reasons for their notoriety was because of their outlandish, larger-than-life, huge tongued & shaven-headed front man. Buster’s exploits got them banned from the British TV chart show Top of the Pops[citation needed](which included dressing as Henry VIII and singing to a blow-up doll for the song “Lorraine”, pouring a large can of baked beans over his head, and dressing in a can-can dancer’s dress to promote their single “Can-Can”). They were also banned from Italian TV when Buster had decided after a particularly successful concert that he should moon the crowd, having been told that the Pope was watching on TV.[1]

Despite having scored many hits and featuring prominently in the UK charts of the early 1980s, Bad Manners are perhaps most renowned for their song “Special Brew”. The song is ambiguous in meaning, but the most common interpretation of the song is that it is a love song to the famous alcoholic drink after which it appears to be named.

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I recently acquired a six year old mare who is not broke to ride however has good, steady, and sturdy ground manners. I have a trainer however I would like the opportunity to train the horse myself, due to the bonding process which occurs. I know where to start, however I wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions towards the schooling of this beautiful mare. I really would like to eventually use her for barrel racing, so any suggestions/tips/hints as to the techniques to use/incorporate into her training would be highly appreciated. Any suggestions for literature?

Have the trainer work with both of you. It is so vital for your horse’s future career that this be done right. Any mistakes you make will have far-reaching consequences, so you can’t afford to mess up.

Hi I am an Italian. In Italian department of Religion and Spirituality there is not respect among users. Atheist insult believers and Catholics provoke religious minorities as Protestants , Jehovah ‘ witness and Wiccans. Here are observed good manners ? I apologize to my linguistics errors.

thank you for bringing that to our attention.
there are a lot of immature people on the Internet.
they post without thinking how they look to the rest of the world.