Have you ever seen Supernanny? It seems like some people make the decision to have kids the way others would commit to the decision of getting a pet goldfish. Then they wonder why their children are so rotten.Red Baron said:Parenting is a skill, and a lot of them aren't very skillful at it.
Lack or skills or tota absence of parenting and results stemming therefrom are IMNSHO a good reason to bring back compulsive Military studenst so people learn courtesy and respect.
Just think what it will be like when this generation of kids are running this country.
I firmly believe that one of the things that has lead to this rudeness in public is this whole notion that "The customer is always right".
Society at large has been conditioned to believe that they can go and do and say what ever they want because that business is going to do whatever they can to keep them as a customer, because "the customer is always right". Those people that are then on the receiving end of a-hole customers feel like they then have the right to return the favor when they are the customer.
We're (society a large) all dumping on each other because we have distorted the original intent of this customer service rule to believe that treating people and property like trash is somehow your god-given right as a customer and that employees and owners are just supposed provide service with a smile.![]()
Excellant point!
I'm really easy-going but as often as not people confuse that as being milquetoast, which I'm not. They don't pick up the subtle hints that they've misjudged me, they keep pushing my buttons, and eventually I bite back. Then of course they label me a hothead.
I have never chewed out a single customer who didn't try very hard to make that happen.