Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted , the women I sent are not like that at all! What an amazing picture you scetch!best,simon On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 9:05 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote: > Steve Barbour offered: > > >> agreed politeness is to be desired and expected...when it comes to the > > internet and e-bay we can be appreciative when we see it, not to decu/ > > disappointed when we don't... > > > > sadly it's a commodity that is more valuable, but less common these > > days...<<<<<<<< > > > > Hi Steve, > > "politeness " ?????????/ > > There are times to day it seems the word, it's meaning one unto another has > no correlation to the action or spoken word of being polite! > > We have on the streets millions who have absolutely no concept of being > polite. When was the last time you were on a bus or street car and a young > guy or girl or young adult got up and offered their seat to an elderly > person? How about a momentary stop of your car to allow another to slip > into > the lane and everyone is on their way in a mere second or two? Politeness > offered. And hoping when the roll is reversed a good polite Samaritan will > do the same for you. > > > > How many times have you held the door for a lady to enter and they walk by > you as though you are invisible? And they never say thank you or "kiss my > ass!" for your politeness toward a woman. > > Best one yet. not too long before Christmas when I was snapped at by a > young > bitch tart.. "You don't have to do that I'm quite capable of opening my > own door!" I should have kicked her ass the bitch with no manners! Let > alone > they ever offer a kindly, "thank you" for doing so. > > > > I've started using a small sharp comment. when holding the door and they > breeze by me with nary a word, God forbid they might say thank you." Loud > enough so they can hear me. "You're welcome!" and let the door go. Does it > make any difference? On occasion you receive a quick over the shoulder, > "oh > thank you." That's fine to some degree. But I keep doing it no matter how > rude some women are because I was brought up to be polite and caring for > others. > > > > But the most annoying ones are the older women, many middle aged who just > blow by without a smile of thanks. All they are is a bunch of cheap broads > poorly brought up in a non polite family with parents who never said thank > you either! > > > > We hear all the time about a greater communication level between humans > with > all the gadgetry available these days. The truth is, all it's done is > create > an environment of not speaking human to human face to face! > > > > I could drag this polite topic on forever, unfortunately it has nothing to > do with a Leica! > > ted > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >