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Okay, this was sparked from a little run-in I had while at brunch today. The young man in front of me in line told the woman what he wanted, she served him, and he began to walk away, which prompted me to say “You’re Welcome!” and then for him to give me a dirty look.
There are a few things you should be doing, just because it’s good manners!!!!
1. SAY THANK YOU, it’s not hard, open the hole in your face that God gave you.
2. PLEASE! If you want something, it isn’t hard to say please. If you are one of those people who don’t say it, odds are you probably already sound like a jerk, so don’t make it worse.
3. Don’t chew with you mouth open, you face is probably gross enough as it is, I don’t need a front row seat for the beginning of your digestive cycle.
4. Hold The Door, men this is mostly for you, but ladies too! If you walk up to a door and there’s a woman there, open it for her. See? How hard was that? And if you see someone coming behind you as you are walking inside/outside, hold the door. I shouldn’t have to get a knee replacement because you couldn’t wait two seconds to keep the door from slamming.
5. STOP YELLING. If you are in a restaurant, or anywhere that isn’t the DNC, you don’t need to yell! I couldn’t care less who Bonnie slept with or what color underwear you stepped on the way to the bathroom this morning, shut up, just shut UP! Use your indoor voice. 6 inch voices PLEASE!
6. Cell Phones. Amishking mentioned this one a tad, if you are around other people, turn it off. The world, believe it or not, did survive for billions of years without cell phones. You can live without text messaging for five minutes while I finish my thought, kthx. This also goes for when you are DRIVING.
7. Language: I should not have to hear your foul language, period. It’s profanity, not punctuation. If you can’t think of something nice to say, then shut up about it.
8. Turn Signals. USE THEM WHILE DRIVING &^%$@^#, I know, I know, #7, but driving is the only exception to the rule. USE YOUR TURN SIGNAL OR I WILL PLOW THROUGH YOUR CAR, MORON! Plus, odds are they are they are violating #6 too.
9. Do not talk about your sex life. Why? Because I don’t care, that’s why, They have sex therapists for that. If you’re feeling that insignificant, buy a red convertible. Otherwise, shut it.
10. Hand in your pants. Guys, I don’t understand it. If you feel the need to play with yourself, go away, I am sick and tired of seeing some kid with his hand in his pants and a huge grin on his face. Stop it, stop it now! If I were a parent, and my kid did that, I’d shoot him, i would take no prisoners.
There are many other annoying, common sense, manners based things that have been getting under my skin lately, but this is probably the top ten (that I can think of). Anyways, put your own in the comments if you wish.
Thanks For Reading, Cheers!