I'm with LizzieMaine. What I think when I see people dressed in today's "style" of T-shirt, dungarees, baseball caps and trainers, is how childish and immature they look - as if they were all kindergartners.
Whereas today, adults simply continue to dress as they did when they were children...
I was talking with a friend over the weekend and he mentioned having read in the paper that Wal mart has begun carrying organic foods. Now, the Wal mart representative interviewed stated that that decision was not based on any thing other than customer demand! People were willing to pay more...
The other night we were watching "My Fair Lady" and there is a scene in which Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle is attending the Ascot races - her first foray into society as a "lady"- but after a Herculean effort to maintain her facade, emotion overcomes reserve and she lets fly at top volume...
You raise good points. Having worked in shops, you have a much better idea than I about all the factors involved. For me though, courteous professional and knowledgeable service is something I will seek out. If it costs me more, so be it.
Lizzie Maine,
You raise excellent points. I wonder if we as a society were to decide to make it clear to businesses that service and courtesy do matter, could we change things? Would it make a difference? And if so, what strategy might we use to convince them?
I've noticed a growing...
Much obliged Feraud! I also realize that a complication for men regarding hats involves the frequency of times a man is expected to remove his hat during the course of a day. I believe etiquette dictated that a lady need not ever remove her hat in the course of a day unless she wished to do so...
....Gentlemen, this may sound like a silly question, but I assume your hats don't have any securing fasteners at all? Ladies hats, I know, can have elastic bands or hair combs or of course, hat pins....but I wonder if nothing was ever put in a man's hat?? :eusa_doh:
Looking for information on H.L. Mencken. I was reading ...of course I don't remember in what book !.... where someone described Mencken as "embodying" the ethos of the Golden Era. Now in as much as any one person can do this, would anyone care to comment on how and in what ways Mencken was...
Absolutely. I've seen customers behave obnoxiously and the best term for them is "ill-bred"! ;) Mother always taught me to treat everyone - from the garbage collector to the Mayor with respect and dignity. It was simply, as you mention, the "golden rule" which used to be taught in grammar...
Floor walkers in department stores! But this raises one of my major complaints about life today - the demise of service. Mother tells me in her day that when one entered a shop of any sort - from hardware to the most upscale boutique one was always approached by someone offering help. And...
The public telephone box! I especially admired the attractive red ones in England. In my youth we had the blue and grey steel and plastic ones, but before my time the wonderful wooden ones which I've seen in the old motion pictures were my favorites. They even had seats. They were cozy and...
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