"Respect your elders"

Oh, my! Accyexplorer - you really have got a down on the younger generation (hope this isn't based on one or two examples or experiences). I do agree that manners and courtesy are sadly lacking in some of them (who's to blame?) - but I have also come across some very rude people of all ages including the older ones, sometimes especially the older ones.

Unfortunately (and I think this is sad) the 'bad eggs' in our society (whatever age) are the ones who people notice, the good ones (young and old) just quietly, respectfully and courteously go about their business. There are some super kids around doing great things as well as those who don't show respect for other people or their property. Please don't lump them all in your assessment of 'the younger generation'.

You mention all the things that kids today get - so who's fault is that! Just saying....

I come across people who have a pre-conceived bad attitude to younger people - and am not surprised when they get the same back from them.
 
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Eric said:
Me too ... and watch "The Blues Brothers" for the umpteenth time (you do that kinda stuff when you are an elder)
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Ah that explains why a few years ago my dad watched cats pretty much every day.... Ugh :)
 
Accyexplorer - have just got home from shopping, had a lesson in rudeness and lack of courtesy from the shoppers who refuse to move and let others pass (even when asked politely) but seem to think that blocking the aisle with their trolley is their prerogative, to those to whom two words are apparently obsolete (the p and t), etc., etc., and not one of them was a teenager....

...and don't get me started on the old 'uns in their scooters and Gophers.
 
dotti34 said:
Accyexplorer - have just got home from shopping, had a lesson in rudeness and lack of courtesy from the shoppers who refuse to move and let others pass (even when asked politely) but seem to think that blocking the aisle with their trolley is their prerogative, to those to whom two words are apparently obsolete (the p and t), etc., etc., and not one of them was a teenager....

...and don't get me started on the old 'uns in their scooters and Gophers.
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Something like that dotti, I just had a bad encounter and was venting my thoughts. Maybe I should of waited till after my tea an desert ;)
I suppose your right, for every little [deleted] I guess there is a older [deleted] :)
 
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Eric said:
I watch cats everyday too ... If I didn't keep an eye on them they would shred my furniture, break into my aquarium, and plug up the drains.;)
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I could watch that cat all day. However the cats I'm talking about are humans dressed up as cats singing cats chorus :)
 
Elders should not be respected just because they are elders - that is how we got the situation with Saville.
 
kestrelx said:
Elders should not be respected just because they are elders - that is how we got the situation with Saville.
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Rubbish- he was at it from a young age( although I know anybody over 30 is old now!:rolleyes:).
He got away with it with the people in power because he was famous, good for viewing figures, good for raising charity funds, and with the many ordinary people who knew about it because of fear.

Same with Cyril Smith- he started young but he was an MP- they seem to have different rules of acceptable behaviour than the rest of us so no one who knew thought it was worth mentioning.
 
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kestrelx said:
Elders should not be respected just because they are elders - that is how we got the situation with Saville.
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What a shame, we all know what he and others did was wrong, but you've admitted to a similar situation, that takes away your right to criticise these evil souls.
 
I do not expect respect because of my age, or gender, but because I extend respect to others.....well, that is of course unless I discover they are unworthy of that respect.
 
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