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I was raised with all of those except speaking when you enter a room (it would be weird to acknowledge my sisters every time I ran across them at home) and ma'am and sir. It's how we plan on raising our kids, too.
I will (well, attempt to) teach my children to be well-mannered and considerate of other people but I won't expect them to respect someone they don't know. I'll expect them to hold doors open for others, give up their seats for anyone who looks like they need to sit down (elderly, the injured, pregnant women or just someone who looks very tired) and not to be rude to people.
I will (well, attempt to) teach my children to be well-mannered and considerate of other people but I won't expect them to respect someone they don't know. I'll expect them to hold doors open for others, give up their seats for anyone who looks like they need to sit down (elderly, the injured, pregnant women or just someone who looks very tired) and not to be rude to people.
Yeah, I agree.
I mean I have been watching the coverage on boston and I respect the EMS, police, fire, doctors, nurses and everyone who helped on the scene. It takes a lot of courage to run into somewhere where a bomb just went off not knowing if another one will. I respect those people for what they do.
Joe Schomoe or Rachel Randomperson out in public I am polite too, friendly, etc but if I spent my time out looking at people trying to determine my level of respect for them I wouldn't be able to think of anything else because there are so many people.
Feeling respect for some random person is a bit far fetched.
if I spent my time out looking at people trying to determine my level of respect for them I wouldn't be able to think of anything else because there are so many people.
And yet some people manage to do it. You can choose to think about others or you can decide it's too much work. If it would over-tax your brain you can just stick your nose in your phone and not worry about it. Easy peasy. Keep your phone charged.
(BTW: It's not a level of respect. It's just simple respect.)
And yet some people manage to do it. You can choose to think about others or you can decide it's too much work. If it would over-tax your brain you can just stick your nose in your phone and not worry about it. Easy peasy. Keep your phone charged.
(BTW: It's not a level of respect. It's just simple respect.)
I don't have my nose burried in my phone, more often than not I have the radio up and I am singing off key and sticking my head out the window, I learned to put my phone down on occasion.
You look at them and think about the fact that they are someone's much-beloved mother. Or father. You look at the old guy in the WWII cap and think about the fact that when he was 18 he may have been on Corregidor. (Look it up.) You look at the guy on the bus who is wearing dirty work clothes and see that he's carrying a bag from Toys-R-Us and you think about the fact that someone calls him "Daddy" and that he loves his child enough to make a stop at the store when he's tired and hungry.
Hopefully, someday you'll learn that everyone has a story and most people have earned respect. You just don't know how.
But they haven't earned my respect.
Or maybe in his toys r us bag is a kilo of coke he's smuggling in a toy bag to throw people off.
That's how I would smuggle my coke, in a toys r us bag or maybe a mcdonalds sack, ya know, cause no body really would suspect either one. Those cartel member aren't doing it right smuggling it in people and trucks. LOL
And yet some people manage to do it. You can choose to think about others or you can decide it's too much work. If it would over-tax your brain you can just stick your nose in your phone and not worry about it. Easy peasy. Keep your phone charged.
(BTW: It's not a level of respect. It's just simple respect.)
In response to your question about me offering a seat to an elderly person at a restaurant. We were standing at the time ready to be seated by the hostess but yes, I always try to offer a seat to someone more in need than I. We even scoot in a bit and offer seating to other folks who may be standing if we are in a crowded restaurant for example. I also open doors for folks, let people in while driving, say hello to people with a friendly smile. Doing a kind deed for others always is a good feeling. Hopefully my kids pick up on some of our habits.
About respect..I really like how DewDrop phrased it. I also believe that each person does have worth as well. I try to treat each person I come across with respect. When it comes to an older person though, I would like to see my kids be polite, address them appropriately....Mr./Mrs. Smith, acknowledge them, etc.
Great question. (As usual you're making us think. )
IMHO: Acknowledgement that other people have worth. Showing consideration for another person because he has worth as an individual and human being. Appreciating that though a person may be an unknown stranger on a bus he is also a person with a story. And that story may be wondrous. (It helps to be a glass half-full type. It also helps to be a person who gets respect. It's very easy to give what you receive. I learned that when I was very young.)
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It also helps to be a person who gets respect. It's very easy to give what you receive. I learned that when I was very young.)
