Behaving Badly

Darlings...why is everyone behaving so badly? It seems I can't go anywhere anymore without being accosted by bad manners! I think it's television. The other day I was in the grocery store, I hope you read last Sunday's column, and a young man tried to pick me up. It was rediculous. I felt like I was in cougar town! I do not want to be flirted with a boy who Doesn't know who Donovan was or the Kinks or never had fizzies in their drinks. What a bore.

Have you noticed lately that it is just about impossible to get a word in during a conversation. Everyone is always talking about themselves. It's one thing to use that as a conversational tact when you have nothing to say, but to just go on talking and talking about yourself and never asking one question of the other is just plain rude.

When was the last time you heard a child say thank you without being prodded? If you did, it was probably my granddaughter! I have seen adults stop dead in their tracks when she thanks them for opening the door or for handing her something. Isn't that sad...

It just takes one idea to change something. Just a pleasantry of a hello or thank you will make someone's day or maybe their week. It's so simple to be polite. Just treat each other the way you would like to be treated.

Let's stop behaving badly and be a good example.
You know I'll do my part.
xoxoAmanda