cfpinz":3fl6cert said:
Bez+":3fl6cert said:
Seems I am in with the majority - I am 54 and still use it when I talk to my elders.
I also often use it when talking to those who are younger but providing me with a service or I believe they deserve it.
Good manners never go out of style.
Bez+
That's exactly how I use it. Good manners have gotten me further in life than anything else.
Me too. It doesn't cost a lot to be polite and respect people.
Earlier tonight a young man held a door open for me to enter. I said, "Thank you sir." He conducted himself as a gentleman and I extended my respect and appreciation to him.
I don't see how money has anything to do with it one way or the other.
One lady older than me I always addressed as Mrs----, said, "Aren't we good enough friends that you can call me by my first name?" I realized that most of her friends her age were dead and she wanted a friend more than anything else. So I honored her request, but it was hard to call her by her first name. She is now dead also.
When some punk a$$ kid presumes to call me by my first name, he has just cut off the opportunity for any cordial relationship.