2006-10-09 06:16:31 · 32 answers · asked by jimmyfish 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I don't think that good manners are appreciated anymore. As a whole, our society has lost its dignity.
2006-10-09 07:56:27 · answer #1 · answered by Jen F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't necessarily say it's unpopular to have good manners. I just think that the value placed on good manners has depreciated. I'm actually inclined to say that the main cause for this would be technology as well as maybe the abuse of "freedom." Technology has made a lot of things more informal. Many people no longer write letters, but use emails or instant messaging instead. Through instant messaging, people can get up and go without bothering to say they'll be away. People don't treat this technology as they do real conversations. In a real conversation, most people wouldn't just leave without telling the other person they'll be going. I think this lack of manners has also seeped into our real lives.
The idea of freedom enters my mind because we're in this time where everyone talks about equal rights for all people. This means that people feel they have the freedom to act however they want to whoever they want. Although this freedom is good to have, it also allows people to be disrespectful.
I've always appreciated it when people have manners, and I've never considered manners to be unpopular. It's just that people have begun to disregard it to the point where we're like, "Wow! That person was really nice!" when someone happens to say thank you for holding the door open.
2006-10-09 06:32:31 · answer #2 · answered by can_u_still_feel_the_butterflies 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It isn't true that it's unpopular to have good manners nowadays. In my opinion, good manners are very important though sometimes hard to obtain. They help lead to our success, and, if not, at least help build stronger relationships. If you are thinking that good manners are sometimes superficial, you are right. No one can be so self-controlled as to have good manners in different situations all the time. But one thing sure about good manners is that they indicate your maturity and self-discipline.
2006-10-09 06:27:35 · answer #3 · answered by Audrey L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that manners are unpopular. I think that people who are generally bad mannered have little to no respect for themselves therefore having no respect for anyone else. The only one that we can control is ourselves so let those of us who have manners outshine those that don't.
2006-10-09 06:38:59 · answer #4 · answered by tinar92 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being polite isn't "cool" these days, it's all about sticking it to your elders and cussing at nuns. Parents are too lazy to teach their children the right manners, and those children grow up without the skills. Vicious, vicious circle. But don't worry, I'm bringing good manners back, wait and see!! lol
2006-10-09 08:04:32 · answer #5 · answered by Holly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not in my house. I wont tolerate bad manners from my kids or their friends. Some kids dont like me for that, but that is my rule.
Hold the door for people, please and thank you, thank you notes, good table manners, bless you's, giving seats up or helping elders with packages..... list goes on.
On the flip side, I see more senior citizens with horrible manners than you would believe. I never expect them to hold doors or anything like that, but they cut in line at supermarkets or cough all over me at work. Some is due to cases of senility,i know, but some of it is feeling like they are owed the oppurtunity to be rude.
I will be awaiting the thumbs down for that comment
2006-10-09 06:28:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it is unpopular, i just think that many parents are not teaching their children. Manners are always an acceptable way to handle yourself. I think we as a society have just gotten use to so many people not having them that we don't say anything. Sad. God bless
2006-10-09 06:19:32 · answer #7 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like to have manners, but a lot of people think I'm just being a snob. I am of course, but still...
I think it's to do with this chav craze, how all of a sudden it seems like everyone wants to get drunk and smoke too much and loose their virginity at the age of thirteen to a person they won't even recognise the next day!
I fear for the sake of humanity...
2006-10-09 07:49:06 · answer #8 · answered by floppity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our society is a more flexible basis on life. We are now more loose to how we dress and eat. Its all a trend. In some tennage societies, having no manners is a "cool thing." I don't like manners but I am not perfect anyways.
2006-10-09 07:19:38 · answer #9 · answered by mercedeslol1793 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I was wondering about that also,just yesterday i was at a coffee shop a mother started screaming loudly at her children,then
an elderly couple started arguing ,i guess consideration for
others as well as manners,aren't practiced much anymore...
2006-10-09 06:25:38 · answer #10 · answered by tomtoride 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What used to be an adolescent phase, has now become a phase of American culture - namely to bash those values "our parents" have or had.
This would certainly include good manners.
Some people, however, still value etiquette, good manners, and other acts of grace and beauty.
2006-10-09 06:19:34 · answer #11 · answered by All hat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋