RESPECT - An Entire Generation Nowadays, Need to Understand This!!

[Jblue]

I'm sure y'all will love this one. Everybody knows chatty people, but does it seem now-a-days no one speaks slowly? Even remotely. Everyone seems in such a hurry to spit out their words.

 

[yardboss1]

ehhh...People no longer " carry themselves" with the grace and manners of people from another era. No respect given to an entitlement a$$hole or a "Karen".

 

[MacTavish]

How can you expect them to respect you when they don’t even respect themselves ???

 

[Chipshot]

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Exactly the way I was raised. It is purely a sign of respect just like opening a door for a lady, or giving your seat to someone as a sign of respect.

 

[imawoodsman]

YES Sir!!
That is Correct!

 

[gh1950]

Well when I grew up Forties and fifties, there were rules.
1. Hats were never worn in the house or eating a meal
2. Yes Ma'am or Sir was a given to anyone older.
3. Children were never in a conversation when grownups were talking. Go outside and play. Children should be seen and not heard.
4. When Ladies sat on the front porch and men who wore hats walked by, they would tip their hats and greet them with the appropriate time of day.
5. You opened the doors for the ladies including the car door.
6. When a lady sat down you pulled out the chair and helped her to sit.
There were a lot more.

Here is how I learned a life lesson.

First we had supper (not dinner) as a family every night, We waited until my father came home, Mom didn't cook 4 different meals for 4 different people at 4 different times.

I was probably 12, 13, and had heard some witticism at school that day that was typical teenage smart assery, Of course, I had to use it in response to something my mother said at supper that night, I don't remember what it was. What I remember was before the echo of my words died away, I was seeing stars.

My father, without missing a beat had backhanded me, and I could make out him saying "you don't talk to your mother that way," And he was right, I never did again. And I was a pretty stout lad.

Today, I'd probably call the popo and report him for child abuse,

I have a woman acquaintance of Yankee persuasion who keeps telling my that it is degrading to address women as "ma'am". I tell her it is degrading when she criticizes a cultural feature that stretches back 400 years, and if it bothers her that much, Delta is ready when she is.

 

[slick]

Exactly the way I was raised. It is purely a sign of respect just like opening a door for a lady, or giving your seat to someone as a sign of respect.

Well, these days you aren't sure what gender they are.

 

[Targetmaster]

Well, these days you aren't sure what gender they are.

when they went from 2 to 136, I don't even know what species they are

 

[roydamnmercer]

I just watched Bonanza and Gunsmoke on TVLand and they were thoughtful enough to provide me a warning: “Program contains outdated cultural depictions. Viewer discretion advised.”

I’m sure it was all the “yes ma’am and yes sir” dialogue they were trying to protect my delicate sensibilities from.

 

[BDR1]

I’ll RESPECT ANYONE AND EVERYONE AS MUCH AS THEY WELL LET ME..
I can be as nice as you’ll let me too..