Tag: politeness
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September 07, 2007 11:53 AM EDT --
I don't know about you, but I think people are getting more and more rude these days. Where are the days when you apply for a job and they say they'll get back to you in a day . . . more
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January 21, 2007 03:39 PM EST --
About a month ago, some clients of mine, who have become friends, invited me over to see what they'd done to their house since I sold it to them. They plied me with wine and tasty cheese, . . . more
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October 13, 2006 05:30 PM EDT --
Polite refusal?
Many of us were taught as children that if you were offered refreshments when visiting another's home, the polite thing to do was to refuse "a first time", since hosts would . . . more
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February 15, 2007 01:38 AM EST --
1) This morning I had a conversation with a woman whose children went to junior high with me. I'd heard a rumor that one of them had recently made a career change.
"So Chris went . . . more
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February 24, 2007 11:08 AM EST --
When someone always has the first 1, 2, 3 and sometimes 4 most discussed articles on Gather I need to take my hat off to them! The intrinsic value of his Gather points is now probably more than the net . . . more
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November 10, 2007 02:31 PM EST --
I am a firm believer that there are some words that are my best friends and some words that are my worst enemies. I have learned that there are some thoughts that are best kept to one's self. The . . . more
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December 19, 2007 09:53 AM EST --
I've been living in the Boston area now for the past eight months away from my home state way... way... west. Although my family was originally from this area many moons ago, I have lived all . . . more
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July 25, 2008 02:47 AM EDT --
“Excuse me.”
Simply said. Earnestly felt. That’s what I learned many years ago. Apparently, not everyone did.
In recent weeks, I have noticed that when I am at a store or out . . . more
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August 09, 2007 08:49 PM EDT --
What has happened to manners? Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that politeness seems to be a thing of the past? I’m not just talking about the common courtesy of saying “please” . . . more
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July 20, 2008 07:24 PM EDT --
What ever happened to manners with people,I was in the store tonight picking up a few things and I realize its busy so I tried to politley make my way through the crowd and keep my patience but as I was . . . more
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November 21, 2006 09:47 AM EST --
Every time I would go to the dentist, one of the thrills of my time there would be to get to read all the Highlights magazines. I'd go through as many as I could, to catch up with my friends, . . . more
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December 23, 2006 03:56 AM EST --
The internet can be a boon to our society or a detriment, which it is, is what we make of it. At the moment I am concerned about one of the ways in which people are using the anonymity it offers . . . more
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August 04, 2007 11:43 PM EDT --
I work at a fast paced convenience store chain. I know many of you think you know what a convenience store is like but I would have to respectfully and not completely humbly say that if . . . more
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January 05, 2007 11:06 AM EST --
The most fitting tribute that this nation could make to the memory of Gerald Ford is to return civility and the spirit of bi-partisanship to the political process on all levels. Doing that . . . more
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June 21, 2008 12:09 AM EDT --
So it occurs to me this evening, as I sit here thinking of nothing and everything- everyone has a different background and up-bringing, right? But aren't there some things that people could- and . . . more
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January 01, 2007 09:19 AM EST --
On a turn-around of a stereotype it is I, a guy raised in the inner-city, who wakes at 4:30 am while my farmer in-laws sleep until the winter sun rises. To be fair, the corn and beans that they raise require . . . more
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December 25, 2007 01:23 PM EST --
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February 10, 2008 05:47 PM EST --
The road to bring you where you are
is bordered with beautiful scenery.
Identical trees form lines along it in places.
Some trees in other places burst forth
with pink flowers or different blooms. . . . more
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May 21, 2006 11:06 AM EDT --
The following piece was sent ot me by an old friend, who like myself, is a "child of Dixie." There are a lot of misconceptions about the South. Most of them deal with things such as slothfulness, . . . more
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May 30, 2007 11:53 AM EDT --
(Sections underlined indicate where to stress pronunciation)
No, it's NOT a repeat of yesterday (NADA). Because DE NADA means YOU'RE WELCOME. Today we cover some politeness.
GRACIAS. DE NADA. . . . more
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