Tag Archives: manners

Question of the Day

Cleaning your teeth with a toothpick at the table while others are still eating. Appropriate or gross?

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To take them off or not

This started from this Question of the Day and I thought it could be it’s own post. To take off your shoes when you go in the house or not? I do always take mine off. Almost no matter what. … Continue reading

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Child throwing tantrum got family kicked off plane

Here’s the link to this story. I saw them on The Today Show this morning. Here’s the clip of that.  What do you think? If you watched this clip, the family starts about 2 minutes in. Would you want to … Continue reading

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“Oh, I HATE That!!”

Can we talk about talking for a minute?  Conversations, and conversation killers.  Real conversations, where you’re sitting around discussing something with one or more people.  And specifically, conversation killers. Twice in recent memory, I’ve been involved in a discussion with … Continue reading

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What do you say?

I was watching Judge Judy last night while I was puttering around in my kitchen and what a woman said about made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. A woman was charging that someone stole her … Continue reading

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Are you more considerate if…….

I was thinking about this the other day when I was in the store and saw all the “cabin people” there. Everyone was just tossing their stuff onto the belts. Worse, some people just stick those little baskets on the belt and … Continue reading

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Undercover Lunch Lady: Do Kids Use Manners?

This was on the news the other night and I couldn’t wait to see it. Especially since this is what I did many moons ago. I wrote this post on manners a long time ago so most of you know … Continue reading

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Girl jailed for offensive t-shirt

I’m not even sure where to go with this so I’m just pasting the story here and we’ll see what everyone thinks. “A civil suit will be filed next week by a Round Lake Park woman jailed for wearing a … Continue reading

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Spoilers

I know that I’ve talked about this before but I really feel the need to do it again. For those of you who know us, this will come as no shock. For those of you who could care less, sorry for … Continue reading

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Being honest or being mean. Is there a difference?

I’ve been thinking of this post for most of the week and trying to think of wording it the right way. I guess to me, it comes down to either being nice to someone or telling a little white lie … Continue reading

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Disciplining someone else’s child

This story was on the news last night and it really made me think about how people deal with other people’s children in their own homes. I think it was different for me. I worked in the kids schools and … Continue reading

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No parking ANY TIME….this means YOU!

Paul and I went shopping last night to one of those warehouse type places. We didn’t need a bunch of stuff but since we were in town, we thought we’d run in and pick up what we were out of.  … Continue reading

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Cabin people

I’ve been wanting to do a post about this for quite some time but I didn’t want everyone to tell me that I used to be “cabin people” so I never did but it was on Good Question the other … Continue reading

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Manners, how important do you think they are?

I’m wondering how important manners are to you.  I was raised to say please and thank you, excuse me and bless you.  If someone gave me something, I said thank you.  If I asked someone for something, I said please.  Do … Continue reading

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Do You Shower?

No, I’m not kidding!  This is a legitimate question that I have decided to throw out there to everyone.  Do you shower?  I have decided to ask such a personal question because I have come to notice that a lot … Continue reading

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People who just don’t care

I have a tiny little rant coming.  How many of you have people in your life that just DON’T care??  You can tell them something, and they could just give a rip!?!  It’s like you never said anything.  Is it … Continue reading

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Handwritten letters

When was the last time you wrote a handwritten letter?  I am really bad at this and always have been.  This is why I love the Internet so much. I’m a really good “email” person. If anyone writes to me, … Continue reading

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Question of the day

If someone had food in their teeth or their zipper was down, would you tell them?  Would it depend on if you knew them and were close or not?

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Manners, how important do you think they are?

I’m wondering how important manners are to you.  I was raised to say please and thank you, excuse me and bless you.  If someone gave me something, I said thank you.  If I asked someone for something, I said please.  Do … Continue reading

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Telling others what to do

I feel most of us know people who are like this.  Bossy and always telling other people what to do.  I always wonder why people think they have a right to tell anyone else what or how to do something.  … Continue reading

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Why are some people always late?? aarrgghhhhh…..

Okay all you late people in the world, here is your chance to explain to those of us who aren’t, why that is. I’m going to get up REAL HIGH on my HIGH-HORSE today. I can’t think of many other things that … Continue reading

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Lying, do we all do it??

I’m not sure why but I’ve been thinking a lot about lying lately.  I’m wondering if we all lie.  I know there are different kinds of lies.  I guess I’m in the “white lies” as to not hurt someones feelings … Continue reading

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