Manners

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

Around twenty years ago, my brother in law , who was a DJ, was doing a "gig" at a wedding reception in The Irish club in Bacup. Let's just say the kind of folk that usually went in there, would not usually be found in the leafy lanes of Prestbury or Hale Barnes..

Anyway, as I was at a loose end that night, my brother in law invited me along to keep him company, so as I had nothing better to do I agreed....

Anyhows, I arrived around 10pm, and the "party" was in full swing, the place was heaving with about 200 people crammed in, none of whom I knew, except my B-i-L.

I noticed him at his desk, across the room, so thought the first thing I'll do is get a pint. Well there was a big queue at the (small) bar, probably six deep, so I joined it, and was waiting patiently when a rough looking girl about eight months pregnant barged past everybody to get to the front, nearly knocking me over in the process.....

Well, I was fuming, so I said "Where's your manners, there's a queue here luv"....

Well she glared at me and said "What do mean there's a queue, it's my fucking do!"..

Suddenly I was surrounded by some of the roughest blokes you are ever likely to meet in Bacup....and that's rough..:), one said "Is this geezer giving you any trouble sweetheart?"....

Well, I slunk away quietly, lucky to get out of the place alive in one piece....

Lol!

 

[Barcon]

I have both good and bad manners. I always hold a door open for people, male or female.
If they don't say thanks I usually say, "your fucking welcome".

 

[bluegirl74]

having good manners is such an easy thing to get right and never fails to impress. i always say please, thank you, show respect to elders etc and i always acknowledge good manners in other people - when someone holds a door open for me i smile and say thank you.
i have impressed on my children the importance of manners and i love the amount of compliments i get on their manners too.
finally and i'm fairly sure this isn't just me but, good manners in a man is an incredibly attractive trait. when a man stands up as a woman walks into a room or stands up from a table as you walk towards them when meeting in a bar or restaurant it's lovely and quite swoon-making.

 

[BlueBearBoots]

having good manners is such an easy thing to get right and never fails to impress. i always say please, thank you, show respect to elders etc and i always acknowledge good manners in other people - when someone holds a door open for me i smile and say thank you.
i have impressed on my children the importance of manners and i love the amount of compliments i get on their manners too.
finally and i'm fairly sure this isn't just me but, good manners in a man is an incredibly attractive trait. when a man stands up as a woman walks into a room or stands up from a table as you walk towards them when meeting in a bar or restaurant it's lovely and quite swoon-making.

Totally agree with all of that, :)

 

[kalouk]

Like others I have always instilled good manners into my children. I find manners are becoming a bit of a lottery with other people. I was on a bus and a heavily pregnant woman got on. Only myself and an old man got up to give her our seats. The old man insisted she should have his seat. When i looked back at the passengers people had shopping on seats, toddlers who could have sat on laps, not one even moved. I was in disbelief and thought it was a bit sad. I find something always happens to restore your faith though, a friend of my sons who i'd only met once insisting on helping me carry my shopping home and when my daughter was young seeing two teenagers running after me in a shopping centre they'd seen i was going to go down a flight of stairs with a buggy and ran to help me. It made my day and taught me not to judge people as my heart had flipped when i saw them running at me. I look as manners as a kindness and something we should hold on to.

 

[1961_vintage]

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[BlueBearBoots]

Like others I have always instilled good manners into my children. I find manners are becoming a bit of a lottery with other people. I was on a bus and a heavily pregnant woman got on. Only myself and an old man got up to give her our seats. The old man insisted she should have his seat. When i looked back at the passengers people had shopping on seats, toddlers who could have sat on laps, not one even moved. I was in disbelief and thought it was a bit sad. I find something always happens to restore your faith though, a friend of my sons who i'd only met once insisting on helping me carry my shopping home and when my daughter was young seeing two teenagers running after me in a shopping centre they'd seen i was going to go down a flight of stairs with a buggy and ran to help me. It made my day and taught me not to judge people as my heart had flipped when i saw them running at me. I look as manners as a kindness and something we should hold on to.

So true and as someone already said, manners cost nothing!

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

it's practically impossible to buy a girl a drink, in fact it gets to the point where out of guilt you have to convince them to take their lady friends to the loo for a chat before buying the next round whilst they're in there.

If you want equality then you'll extend it back to divorce settlements and child custody rights, but you don't, it's have your cake and eat it most of the time, yet cry equality when it's not going your way.

 

[Bill]

it's practically impossible to buy a girl a drink, in fact it gets to the point where out of guilt you have to convince them to take their lady friends to the loo for a chat before buying the next round whilst they're in there.

If you want equality then you'll extend it back to divorce settlements and child custody rights, but you don't, it's have your cake and eat it most of the time, yet cry equality when it's not going your way.

Applauds.

Wiser choosing in the first place does help though.

 

[Damocles]

it's practically impossible to buy a girl a drink, in fact it gets to the point where out of guilt you have to convince them to take their lady friends to the loo for a chat before buying the next round whilst they're in there.

If you want equality then you'll extend it back to divorce settlements and child custody rights, but you don't, it's have your cake and eat it most of the time, yet cry equality when it's not going your way.

Applauds.

Wiser choosing in the first place does help though.

This is an issue I have never come across in my entire life. My missus wants a drink then she'll buy one. She'll get me one if she's going and I'm empty. Vice versa. It was the same when we'd just met. Maybe you two just know wankers?