I'm an elderly Southern lady who has some difficulty walking. Sometimes I use a cane, and there are times when I use a walker.
So I fit in the categories of being Female, Elderly, and Handicapped.
When we're out in public I am appalled to find that people have gotten so rude.
It's become the norm that when I arrive at store isle intersections I'M the one who has to stop and let the other person by. If I don't, I get run over.
Although some people will help with holding doors open, most do not.
People, including even store employees, speed around me with no regard for the likelihood that they are going to knock me down.
I'm old enough to remember when it was normal that people would respect their elders, show deference to women, and go out of their way to be helpful to anyone with a handicap.
My wonderful hubby ALWAYS shows his good manners and goes out of his way to be respectful and helpful. But then he's from the "Old School" and was taught good manners as a child, as I was.
This is one time when I DO wish for the "Good Old Days', and I make a point of saying Thank You to anyone who still shows good manners!!
8 comments:
You're not old!
It's a pity my friend Stacey stopped blogging - Anyone who parked on a disabled person's place had her full wrath, she always had her personal lawyer (her husband) with her.
I try my best. I went to help an elderly man who looked in difficulty this morning. He just had a pebble in his shoe and was infact reaching down to deal with it easier than I could!
LOL! Well I feel old right now, and I'm certainly no Spring Chicken. Having to use a cane or a walker really makes me feel elderly.
You are not old at all!
Manners have definitely gone by the way side these days! I, too, wish they would be taught again and make an appearance in life once again, and for ever!
Don
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You and Anji are trying to make me feel better! LOL! I'm approaching 70, and right now I DO feel old. I really feel my age when I can look back and see how much things have changed over my lifetime.
It appalls me too, and I'm a teenager. How I was raised, when an older person came into the living room and there were no seats, ALL of the children moved to the floor. You help those who need it, you hold the door open for those after you, and if you absolutely need to speed past someone, you say 'Excuse me' and then go past.
Sometimes it is really annoying that a good percentage of my generation and those before it have no manners... It's like someone saying, "Hey, that person was just really rude. I guess manners don't exist anymore!"
It's up to us to politely point out rudeness to people. That's my problem - I avoid confrontation.
"When we're out in public I am appalled to find that people have gotten so rude." And this applies to all places or even race, with no geographical boundaries. The psychological impulse of people to feel superior towards the disabled is rampant and accounted even for the discrimination against them.
people ARE so rude :(
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