What's happened to manners these days?

Originally Posted by Graciepants

cos thats not pikey-y behaviour?!

Nope, it's classed as education in the posher parts of Bedford

Was out for a meal the other night and noticed the difference in children. I am only 22 but when I was a child, my brother and I would go out with my parents and grandparents and have meals. We were always immaculate and our manners impeccable. The kids these days are screaming, running around under peoples feet and generally showing a lack of basic manners. No please, no thank you.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

If a teenager did that round here and someone my age is likely to shove his head through the shop window

Queue jumpers are annoying but I'm not sure I'd resort to that.

[dirtydog]

I see pretty much all kids are being tarred with the same brush here, not all kids are mannerless little oiks

Now there's been a few posts I'll change the senario. Instead of a checkout queue, I'm in my car waiting at red traffic lights, and instead of 3 youths thers's 3 motorcyclists queue jumping. Still bad manners?

Originally Posted by madness

Now there's been a few posts I'll change the senario. Instead of a checkout queue, I'm in my car waiting at red traffic lights, and instead of 3 youths thers's 3 motorcyclists queue jumping. Still bad manners?

Different matter altogether. Motorcyclists filtering to the front do not hold you up when driving

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Different matter altogether. Motorcyclists filtering to the front do not hold you up when driving

Whether you're held up or not, is it good or bad manners to do it?

Originally Posted by dirtydog

I see pretty much all kids are being tarred with the same brush here, not all kids are mannerless little oiks

+1 - much as I complain about my lad, that's cos I'm his mum and I'm entitled to but he's a very charming young man.

but it's not just the lower end of society that have forgotten their manners. I see quite a lot of poor behaviour from young people of the upper middle classes. For example, they will queue jump by pretending they've not to see you and think it's their priviledge to get served first. They push you out of the way to get on the tube, expect you to get out of their way if they're coming through a door etc. al the whiel usually brayingin to a mobile phone or at their companion (hence beign able to identify their origins).

I saw one get on the bus the other day and just walk past the driver. When he called her back for her to beep her travel pass, she said (in plummy tones) "Oh, do I have to pay?". Turned out she didn't have a pass at all and was ordered off the bus!

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by CoolGirl

+1 - much as I complain about my lad, that's cos I'm his mum and I'm entitled to but he's a very charming young man.

but it's not just the lower end of society that have forgotten their manners. I see quite a lot of poor behaviour from young people of the upper middle classes. For example, they will queue jump by pretending they've not to see you and think it's their priviledge to get served first. They push you out of the way to get on the tube, expect you to get out of their way if they're coming through a door etc. al the whiel usually brayingin to a mobile phone or at their companion (hence beign able to identify their origins).

I saw one get on the bus the other day and just walk past the driver. When he called her back for her to beep her travel pass, she said (in plummy tones) "Oh, do I have to pay?". Turned out she didn't have a pass at all and was ordered off the bus!

My 6yr old is very up on her manners and will prompt people to say thankyou or please and will even tell me off (for want of a better phrase) for not saying you're welcome after she has said thank you!


The thing is bad manners are present in all walks of life, as are most things

Perhaps I've tried being a bit too clever here. I was hoping for a few 'Queue jumpers should be shot' type comments, but we've ended up comments about children. What I originally started this thread for was to get people thinking about the fact that most of us, as motorcyclists, do it at some time or another, and that it does annoy other road users.