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That's the most retarded slide show I've ever looked at. Excuse me, WGAL.com if you would please adhere to internet manners and make a list on a single page. Or even put 3 on one and 2 on the next ala Cracked. However to manage that the list has to be numbered, with the top 2 on the second page, something you completely disregarded.

F*cking coonts.

I'm sorry, I can't hear you over how terribly composed that article was.

I don't see what's wrong with saying "Not a problem!" when someone thanks you. It means the same thing as "you're welcome." Seriously, think about it, "you're welcome" means you are welcome to impose upon them. Saying something is not a problem seems more polite since you aren't saying they are welcome to impose on you, but that it isn't imposing at all.

And...

"The anonymity of the Internet makes it easier for people to say what's on their mind without fear of retribution. That can be a good thing in certain situations, but this cloak of the online world is too often used as a cover for spewing bile that most people would never let slip in face-to-face conversations."

People do go out of their way to be rude online, however being appalled by a person's honest opinion such that you long for a day where people never said anything offensive for fear of retribution is a step back. I prefer a world where people don't lie to my face to save face so I can preserve a false belief about the world being kind and free from differences in opinions.

sweetmelissa31: Talon: I don't see what's wrong with saying "Not a problem!" when someone thanks you. It means the same thing as "you're welcome." Seriously, think about it, "you're welcome" means you are welcome to impose upon them. Saying something is not a problem seems more polite since you aren't saying they are welcome to impose on you, but that it isn't imposing at all.

I used to teach for Kaplan, and they told us that if anyone thanks you, you should say "my pleasure," because "no problem" sounds too negative. I've been sticking with "sure," personally.

I stick with "anytime" unless they are a hot chick. Then I use "You're very welcome"

#6 - Posting a slideshow for five farking items!

Here's a summary. You're welcome.

1. Say please when asking for stuff.
2. If you get an RSVP then say yes or no if you'll be there.
3. Write a thank you note if someone does something you.
4. If your phone rings while you are with someone, let it go to voicemail!
5. If you have nothing nice to say then STFU!

brap: I actually take exception to RSVPing with regrets.

Why? If I were planning an event I'd rather have you tell me you won't be there instead of just not responding. If you say no then I can say ok, that's N-1 meals I need to cater.

eddyatwork: 4. If your phone rings while you are with someone, let it go to voicemail!

Oh and this is a huge pet peeve with me. I was with a friend of mine from college whom I hadn't seen for years and when I was with him his phone rang. No big deal. He answered and it was his wife. It wasn't an emergency and he talked with her for over ten minutes. WTF? You haven't seen me in years and then you ignore me for ten minutes to chat about what groceries you want her to get?

Colossal rudeness.

Rim my unwiped anus, subby.

I doubt I can learn to be polite from an author who posts content in a slideshow.

Yes online is a free-for-all Now STFU and GBTW!

dragonchild: I doubt I can learn to be polite from an author who posts content in a slideshow.


This.

Missing: Give women a firm pat on the rear to let them know when they've done something good.

I am smarter, stronger, and better looking than all of you trolls and would kick all y'alls asses if we were ever to meet in real life... as long as I'm not on my cell phone.

Here's my big pet peeve with manners. Just because you are stressed/in a bad mood/in pain/didn't get enough sleep that doesn't mean you just get to drop your manners. I am not responsable for that so you still need to be polite to me. I have been in pain for pretty much the last 15 years but I don't use that as an excuse to act like an ass. The true test of how polite someone is is how they act when the chips are down. If you say thank you to the paramedic when they hand you your leg you will always be a champ in my world.

dragonchild: I doubt I can learn to be polite from an author who posts content in a slideshow.

True. Normally I am ok with a 5-item list split over 2 pages. But 6!?

I would like to thank my fellow Farkers for voicing the frustration I have also felt while reading this list.

I would also like to politely ask the author of said article to please die in a fire for putting on 5 seperate pages full of ads and links what normally could be posted in one to two pages had they used a normal sized font.

Thank you.

I remember my grandma telling me of how people were much more polite when she was a child with regards to texting one another and internet anonymity. Those are long lost manners that time forgot.

Oh wait. I need to hand-write this letter out and have it delivered to Author by a bored postal carrier. Excuse me, that was rather unthoughtful of me.

I'm going across the street to smoke in a grocery store.

brap: I actually take exception to RSVPing with regrets. For any event with say over say 50 people this just ends up being a pain in the ass for the host. RSVPing with acceptances of course is neccesary but why bother someone who is busy planning an event with a I won't be there or elaborate stories of what else you have to do.


Oh, a party. Someone's planning on spending a little money and effort to make our trip through this Vale of Tears a little less onerous. I'll just wait and see how I feel on the day. Maybe something better will turn up.

The fark is this shiat?

The "please" and "thank you" gets me the most. Born and raised in England, I moved to the US at age 12, and it still shocks me to the day how one can have an interaction with a restaurant worker (for example) that begins with "Give me," or "I need." It's just awful.

yakmans_dad: Vale of Tears

Is that in Colorado?

I work in a retail environment.

Most things don't bother me that much, but I will go out of my way to help someone if they do the following things:

1. Speak directly to me. Look me in the eye, speak clearly without mumbling.

2. Give me your complete attention because I'm doing the same. Put down the cell phone, stop talking to your friend for a moment. When I explain something to you, listen so I don't have to repeat it.

3. Please don't exaggerate your problem. Sometimes we have an issue or problem with something. That's fine, I'm here to help. Don't expect extra attention though if you try make the problem bigger then it is. Nothing I deal with is that life altering that you have to act like it is. If you act like the problem is a much bigger deal then it is, I stop trying to want to help you and simply want you to go away.

vernonFL: eddyatwork: 1. Say please when asking for stuff.
2. If you get an RSVP then say yes or no if you'll be there.
3. Write a thank you note if someone does something you.
4. If your phone rings while you are with someone, let it go to voicemail!
5. If you have nothing nice to say then STFU!

6. Try not to pee all over the toilet seat. If you do happen to pee all over the toilet seat, please wipe it up.

7. When driving your car and making a turn or lane change, please use your blinkers.

7a. Turn your blinkers on, and pause briefly, BEFORE you make your maneuver. (ie. don't start to brake 100 yards before the decel lane, turn into the decel lane, THEN turn your blinker on!)

I am a stickler for manners. Can't help it, but the social graces are dying, sadly enough. I was reminding my son to write his thank-yous from his birthday gifts in front of my partner's mother...whooo boy, I got a handful of snide comments on how it is unecessary, and then a general criticism of how I'm "uptight" because I require thanks and a please, and for him to treat others with respect. She believes manners are for prudes and anyone who worries about them is an idiot. *shrugs*

TheDumbBlonde: If being a bitter, old, dried-up biatch on-line is wrong, then I don't want to be right.

*checks profile*

Ummmmm... Ahhh...
If that is really you, cue the "you keep using that word..." pic.

BarleyGnome: vernonFL: eddyatwork: 1. Say please when asking for stuff.
2. If you get an RSVP then say yes or no if you'll be there.
3. Write a thank you note if someone does something you.
4. If your phone rings while you are with someone, let it go to voicemail!
5. If you have nothing nice to say then STFU!

6. Try not to pee all over the toilet seat. If you do happen to pee all over the toilet seat, please wipe it up.

7. When driving your car and making a turn or lane change, please use your blinkers.

7a. Turn your blinkers on, and pause briefly, BEFORE you make your maneuver. (ie. don't start to brake 100 yards before the decel lane, turn into the decel lane, THEN turn your blinker on!)


8. When driving on a road with 2 lanes going in each direction. If you want to travel the same speed has the car next to you, fine. Pull into his lane and follow the bastard. Don't pace beside him the entire time blocking anyone else from passing you.

Some of that advice was good, some of it was obnoxiously "back in the old days!" crap.

Please, and Thank you is a must. I generally don't care what someone says for You're Welcome as long as it isn't just a grunt. Use your words.

RSVPing is also sound advice. In my social circle the number of people who don't RSVP to things is much higher than those who do. This especially sucks when you are planning on going to a pub or restaurant and want to make a reservation so you can be sure you have a big enough table.

Thank you e-cards are kind of lame, but a thank you e-mail, today, should be considered just as good as a handwritten note. The point is taking the time to sit down and write something individual to someone to thank them, not the medium in which you do it.

I would have added "holding doors" and other acts of common courtesy. Can't tell you how many times I've had people right in front of me simply let doors swing back in my face as opposed to at least holding it one handed behind them for a few seconds. Too many people are just totally oblivious to everything around them.