Dear Mom
Just a note to say thanks for raising me so well. Thanks for teaching me the value of a ‘Please’ and a ‘Thank You’. It’s gotten me far in the world.
I am currently fashioning a voodoo doll of the Cocktonsil that consistently makes demands of me and forgets their manners.
Please will you bring me food parcels in jail if the voodoo doll doesn’t work out for me and I decide to punch them in the face instead?
Thank you
Jo
Jokes aside, does seniority or age exempt a person from manners and pleasantries?
I bloody think not.
So, to the Cocktonsil: Mind your P’s and Q’s or I will have to ask you to please fuck off.
Thanks
Good debate.
ReplyDeleteI think as people get older they tend to lose touch with "social norms" because of isolation or due to self-preservation and forget (selectivity ignore) the "P's and Q's" of society. It's sad, but I think old people should be given some slack...I mean, they have been here a lot longer than you have and they deserve something more than respect...tolerance!
Besides, I think there is nothing cooler than a grumpy old man or woman spitting and muttering to herself as they go about their day. It's endearing...and another thing, Clint Eastwood would not be as epic as he is today without those grumpy-pants he puts on every day.
Very fair point. I've noticed as I have moved into my 30's that I care far less what people think of my opinions and demeanour. I can't even begin to think how little I will care in my Senior years. And I hope when I reach the stage of absolute indifference, that I am viewed with compassion and a healthy helping of tolerance.
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