People still appreciate common courtesy
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Loading ...I was at my favorite salon the other day for my very overdue bi-weekly trimming. The waiting area consists of four seats and when I sat down there were two men waiting for haircuts already, so I occupied one of the remaining two seats. About ten minutes after I sat down, an elderly couple walked into the salon. The wife sat in the last available seat while the husband approached the counter to tell the girl that he had an appointment for a haircut. As he was on his way back to his wife I asked “Excuse me Sir, would you like to sit down?” and offered up my seat to him. He politely responded that he was fine and thanked me for the offer. I said “You’re welcome” and continued to wait for my turn. After the two men who were before me went in for their haircuts, the wife leaned towards me and thanked me again for offering my seat. She commented on her perception that common courtesies like opening doors, giving up seats, saying “Please” and “Thank you” have pretty much gone out the window. I don’t know if they’ve gone out the window necessarily or whether it is just not a generational imperative. I know my parents were very conscious of instilling the virtues of common courtesy on my siblings and me, and as a result I impress the importance of those things on my children as well. For some reason, the generation slightly younger than my parents seemed to miss this. Why, I don’t know, perhaps it was the chaos of the sixties, antidisestablishmentarianism, anti-authority, who knows, but their children who are slightly younger than me now also seem to have missed it and I fear their children will too.
Here’s to hoping that the virtues of common courtesy make a comeback in the New Year, one seat at a time.
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