Posted on 08/05/2008 11:24:53 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Has it ever occurred to you that places serving "skins" tend to be geared towards casual dining in a fun atmosphere?
If you want to be treated like the nobility you undoubtedly are, you might want to stick to white tablecloth places.
No problem, same to most of youze!
Cyber high five to ya!
“Why say “Thank you” to someone who is merely doing their job?”
I’ve got a nephew who thinks like this. I still don’t know what went wrong with his “upbringing”.
Well, apparently, “manners” are costing more than a few Freepers some distress according to the complaints registered here.
How about any use of the word “pimp” in order to represent something positive.
Thank you multiculturalism.
Be who you are and say what you feel,
because those who mind don’t matter
and those who matter don’t mind.
- Dr. Seuss
Patron...Don't tell me what to do
I used to have a problem with “no problem”. Then I became friends with someone who actually thought “thank you” meant “You must have been horribly inconvenienced by my mere presence and I am now beside myself with gratitude”.
Thus, every “thank you” he responded to with a 20-minute oratory about how it really wasn’t a problem and he liked doing nice things because he’s really a nice person and how could I even think that he WOULDN’T do nice things and on and on and on.
I no longer care how people respond to “thank you” as long as its short and non-snarky.
Oh, for goodness’ sake - I noted that my DAD is distinguished lookin’, and the other guy. I’m just losing my hair. And I think manners are manners, no matter what the setting. I don’t ream anybody for it, I just don’t appreciate it. Sheesh...
Perfect. :-)
Too bad it is too long for a tagline. It would be a great one.
De nada.
Thank you.
I didn't mean to imply that you were reaming anybody.
We agree that manners are important in all settings. I just think one should expect the form of the manners to vary according to the situation. There is no excuse for a waiter to give sarcastic or apathetic responses. On the other hand, I would find it very awkward if a waitress in a casual neighborhood grill were to address me in anything but a fun, buddy-buddy way.
If you are bothered by that approach because you don't believe it demonstrates the basic respect ALL people deserve, then I respect your position even though I see things differently.
If you are bothered by that approach because you think your father and friend are somehow "better" than the person serving you at the restaurant, that's a different matter.
Mixing up “I’m sorry” with “I apologize”. Proper use would be “I’m sorry to hear your cat died”, and “I apologize for killing your cat”.
There is a difference.
I thought the same thing re: tagline. Sigh.
I like yours! I’m still looking.
They’ve got hundreds, if not thousands, of quotes, by just about anyone you can think of.
Thanks! I will definitely check it out.
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