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Re:Manners I agree that they aren't what they were. I remember some time back I was talking to the pastor of my church and his eldest child (whose 14) addressed him as 'sir' which was unexpected. You rarely see kids showing that much respect to any adult anymore. When I go somewhere via cab I usually get in the back seat because I know many elderly people also take the cab when going places like grocery shopping and Dr. Appointments and often they have trouble getting in so I leave the front passenger seat for them since they need the leg room to get in and out with their canes. Sometimes it seems like common courtesy itself is a lost art. For example if one person has only 2 items at a checkout lane and someone else has a full cart courtesy would seem to say let the person with only the 2 items go first, but it rarely happens that way. The value of a $ has gone downhill too. My mom remembers going to the movies in the early 60's with $4.00 or so and not only being able to get in & get a snack and drink but having change left over. Now days you can't even get in the door for that amount. I remember seeing a special titled "long long ago" about the early movie theaters where people talked of how the customers were upset when admission went from a nickle to a dime but now look at it. You might as well stay home and buy the DVD with how much you spend for one person to get in.
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