I think you are being to polite Cashy.. I'm alright jack.. kicked off when Mrs Thatch proclaimed "there is no such thing as a community.. socialism is dead"
Her words not mine
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I think you are being to polite Cashy.. I'm alright jack.. kicked off when Mrs Thatch proclaimed "there is no such thing as a community.. socialism is dead"
Her words not mine
Whenever or whatever kicked it off its been a pain in the preverbial ever since. When the stage is reached were its ok for kids to say that they can basically do as the please because of the protection they have at the expense of the more vunerable in society then we need to have a good hard look at ourselves. How can we be civilised if even basic manners and considerations are out of the window.
I like many others on here were brought up to respect my elders and give my seat up on the bus when required and i never needed telling...
I have brought mine up with the same respect and hopefully they will go on to bring theres up as and when the need occurs..
Although i do rem in the 80s when i had a 6 yr old and 2 toddlers with me and i had to go into accrington ,and there was a few kids on the bus and the only one to offer me some help and a seat were a pensioner ..... so yes even back then the youths were as ignorant as today...
I have brought mine up with the same respect and hopefully they will go on to bring theres up as and when the need occurs..
Although i do rem in the 80s when i had a 6 yr old and 2 toddlers with me and i had to go into accrington ,and there was a few kids on the bus and the only one to offer me some help and a seat were a pensioner ..... so yes even back then the youths were as ignorant as today...
sorry mancie but its me background in the Diplomatic Corps, prevents me from being naughty.
(knew someone else would say it) pmsl
Now I wonder if this is the time to start instilling old fashioned values into kids instead of having them playing computer games and running aroud with their neebs. How many parents actually know how their beloved offspring are behaving when out roaming. I have taught my daughter the values I have and I get a inner glow when she uses them like some of you do.
The elderly got gobby!
Oh cricky they met Maggie Thatcher on a bus. Get these poor ladies therepy quick.
What's a neeb?
There would be hell to pay if either of my kids did not stand up on a bus for the elderly, expectant mothers, the disabled or anyone for that matter who needed a seat. They always have done and i hope they still do. But the number of times i have not had a thankyou from someone for letting them have my seat is getting higher and higher (especially the elderly). After all it doesn't cost anything to have good manners. Also if i am in a bus queue and there is an elderly person behind me i always let them go in front, especially if the bus is ready to set of. Because quite a lot of bus drivers seem to be getting ruder and not waiting for people to sit down before driving off, which really annoys me.
Appologies Willow the Scots slang is kicking in already.
A good friend or one of the gang
I find it ironic that there are signs telling you to ring the bell but stay seated until the bus stops when you want to get off, but then the bus sets off as soon as you get on before you've chance to sit down. I'm not elderly (yet) but I do have problems balancing and I simply cannot walk on a moving bus so if I haven't got to a seat when it starts I just have to hang on for dear life until the next stop!
I've always stood up for the elderly on the Bus. Its just so drummed into me that a man around late 60's got on the bus once when I was 8 and a half month pregnant, and I automatically stood up, he laughed at me and told me to sit down. Its just what you do. Dont even get me started on the drivers. Not all of them, though there is a select few.
Press the ding a ling and stay put till it stops. Mind you I have been on buses were they have set of before people are in their seat or even holding on.
One time I'd pressed the dingaling but the driver sailed on past my stop because I hadn't stood up and walked to the door! Where I get off is just round a corner after several road humps and I just cannot stand up on a bus bumping up and down and swinging round corners, let alone walk to the door! Most drivers do take notice of the ding ding but this one guy I've never seen before or since.
It is never to late to repair something that is wrong with society, it's up to the generation bringing their children up now, to try to put things right and instill some self disipline and good manners into the up coming next generation. By all means try to see where we/us went wrong, and try to learn from the mistakes that were made.
There has to be a willingness to fix it but thanks to interference from certain quarters it wont happen.