Manners are simply one’s behavior toward others - being polite. Manners are less, more and more everyday. We have become a nation with bad manners, although it doesn’t take much to be well behaved, especially in public settings.
Offering your seat to an elderly person, disabled person or a lady on a bus is good manners. How long has it been since you’ve seen that happen. Opening a door for someone, helping them with a package or just politely asking, "Do you need some help," is good manners. Not picking your nose at dinner, especially in a restaurant, is basic to good manners.
I had a man that worked for me for awhile, who stopped to open a door for a woman approaching. She sternly told him, "You don’t have to open the door for me, because I’m a lady." He replied, "I didn’t. I opened the door for you because I am a gentleman."
When good manners are not practiced, they cease to exist.
Like when people talk on a cell phone in a restaurant or elevator.
PMO
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