Thursday, February 12, 2009
The demise of courtesy
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I have had to disable the anonymous comment option to cut down on the spam and I apologize to those of you for whom this makes commenting a chore. I hope you'll still opt to leave me your thoughts. I love to hear what you think, especially so I know I'm not just whistling into the wind here at my computer.
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A simple "no" would have sufficed and not been snarky. But like you, I would have bit my tongue and then complained loudly to all my friends later. (And I can't imagine anything louder than a blog post.)
ReplyDeleteWhat a sad state of affairs that story tells... I chuck Chris onto the floor twice a week to do his homework (on the dirtiest carpet imaginable) but his rear end can take it better than one of us moms (plus I get someone to gossip with during the interminable judo lessons). You're not alone but we are in the minority :(
ReplyDeleteWow! See, part of the reason I do not want to have my own children is that the majority of the kids I see being raised to day have NO manners. I don't want to have to be a bigger part of that.
ReplyDeleteI'm so opinionated though, I don't think I could have been nice to that woman. Obviously circumstances would play a big part but...that parent having the balls to ask that sort of question...nuh uh...I don't think so.
Oh no. Oh no.
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