soapdragon Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 It's a Me, Me, Me, society now, sadly, and too many people think that they are entitled to whatever they want NOW and everyone else can go hang. Patience, courtesy and good manners increasingly count for nothing - it depresses me no end. I keep telling my two lads that they should treat everyone as they would wish to be treated but, sadly, the examples of behaviour that they see don't back this up - sighs. I often hold doors open for people and often call after them 'Thank You' loudly after they've just sailed through and totally ignored me. Equally, when people have tried to get passed me and just said 'scuse me' I've added, sharply 'PLEASE'! OH despairs and tells me I'll get lumped someday! Just off to find my nice white jacket that ties up at the back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrannyTrish Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Oh, I'm with you all here. There's no respect nowadays, and I do what you do, Soapdragon, even in shops when people ask for something from an assistant and don't say please or thank you, I do a stage whisper! Manners cost nothing, as I was always told. We've started early with our 23 month old granddaughter and she now says please and thank you, bless her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 As I teacher I do get rather fed up with this too. Most conversations go like this: “I need to borrow a book” No, you want to borrow a book, please. ”Yes I need to borrow a book.” No. You might think you need it, but in actual fact you want something from me and should ask for the favour politely. ”...what?” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 I knew you omleters would agree as you are decent people. The girls dont get paid enough for all this *****. I was exhausted last night with the stress of working in a battlefield. Anyway onwards and upwards. baby clinic from hell this pm - what joy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 I do the same Soapy - Rosie is convinced that someone will punch me one day. I said 'thank you' to a man on the train the other day - he'd demanded that my booked seat was his, which it wasn't, so I gave it up to him anyway as there weer plenty of other seats, but he didn't thank me. I sat down opposite him, caught his eye and said 'thank you', his said 'what?' so I replied that he 'appeared to have lost his thank you, so I was giving him mine'. Catstails - right with you on that one. My grandma used to have a thing about using the word 'can' when you mean to use 'may'; she'd say 'you can, but you mayn't' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 (edited) It drives me barmy when customers in a cafe etc ask the person serving 'Can I get a coffee/tea/whatever?' the answer should be 'No, I'M 4 hours ago, soapdragon said: serving, I get the coffee/tea/whatever'! Edited April 25, 2018 by soapdragon Messing things up again - I only tried to edit my 1st post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 1 hour ago, The Dogmother said: Catstails - right with you on that one. My grandma used to have a thing about using the word 'can' when you mean to use 'may'; she'd say 'you can, but you mayn't' I used to work in a bilingual school and the Dutch kids would often ask: “Can I go to the toilet?” Well dear I truly hope you can, as after about 14 years I do expect you to be potty trained. But in case you were asking if you were allowed to visit the loo, you can wait till break. ”... what?” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Soap dragon and DM me too 😂 And soapdragon ‘can I get...?’ drives my partner absolutely mad!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 I was in a take-away last week, when my food was passed over to me, I said thank you to the member of staff. She was so taken aback she asked me to say it again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 How sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 A colleague of mine worked in McDonalds for two years. He said he didn't receive a single thank you the whole time he worked there. Such a shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 I can't even begin to think how this happened but my two chickens were out in the garden and one of them started calling at the back door which they do if they want something or it's time to go to bed. I asked her what was wrong and she let me pick her up and stroke her which never happens so I put her back in her run and looked for the other one. I couldn't find her so assumed a fox had got her and went back to my chores. Then I saw her in the front garden across the road. Her tail was down and she kept looking at the road so I had to rescue her for her sake and drivers. It's a busy road with lorries and buses and so on and I've just had to herd a chicken across it and then lunge for her and grab her tail and have a fight with her before I could get her inside. I couldn't bear to see the people watching me so I just pretended it was all perfectly normal and didn't look around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Omg Patsy. I live in London and if my chucks or cats got on road they would be squashed in seconds. Glad you had a good outcome. Your other girlie knew tocometo mom for help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Glad your girlie is safe. I'm thinking chickens are more clever than we give them credit for. My girls once shouted so loudly early one summer morning that I went to see what was wrong, only to find our very elderly dog had fallen in our little pond and couldn't get out. I dread to think what would have happened if they hadn't made a noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrannyTrish Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Glad she's OK. Now I'll be running outside every time I hear them making a racket, just to be on the safe side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 I had pea cake in the V&A this morning. It was delicious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Looks delicious too! Great way of getting children to eat vegetables too! I'm guessing it is a variation of carrot cake - I've made courgette cake (correction I have HAD to make courgette cake to use up the triffid offspring) and there's a beetroot one done by Hugh Fearlessly Eatsitall - he added chocolate. I tried beetroot cake the other day sans choc and it didn't make me want to have it again, although heavily disguised might be better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 I had a lovely supper just now - toasted homemade bread, wild garlic leaves from local woods, scrambled eggs and ..... grated cheese (the latter on impulse!) I picked loads of wild garlic leaves and have frozen most of them for use in salads or steamed/sweated as a veg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 DM if you want some wild garlic we have masses in the garden! If you are down our way over the next couple of weeks let me know and I'll dig some out for you. That goes for anyone else on the forum too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Thanks Soapy, will remember that. I am lucky to have a good source nearby, and a friend has given me 2 rootstocks, which I have planted in the garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 I love wild garlic - I did plant some in the garden and the chickens ate most of it. When I thought I had a few leaves developing I realised that it was cuckoo pint leaves! GRRRR! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Studying for a Diseases of Poultry test I have tomorrow. Most of it is fine but I need to learn lots of numbers and drug doses! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Good luck Lewis - we know you can do it with your eyes shut and your hands tied behind your back - although that may be a little difficult if you have to write things down unless you can chat your way through it. xxxx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrannyTrish Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 Lots of luck, Lewis. Us chicks are rooting for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted April 30, 2018 Share Posted April 30, 2018 You can do it Lewis! Chicken diseases are easy... you have Attentionseekeritis and Dramaqueenitis. And then there is Spoiledchicken disease. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
