With all due respect,
Call me old school (and I am not that old) but I believe in having respect for others, I hear whining all the time about how children these days have no respect for Parents, Teachers, police or each other for that matter, many of them are way out of line and way WAY out of hand, is it any wonder? We should be leading by example, not letting everyone become selfish narrow minded individuals.
I heard a group of young kids (9-10 ish) cursing like wharfies the other day in a shopping center in front of their PARENTS, an elderly man nearby said 'that sort of language is disgusting coming from the mouths of children' the MOTHER turned to the old man and said 'F____ Off and mind your own business!!!' is she for real? it made me feel sick and it is not an isolated event, all of you have seen some similar example.
The man in the article who was repremanded was being an absolute Smart A$$, he was asked not to do it and yet he continued (no doubt thinking he was clever, the smug git) when we live in a society where it is OK and deemed non offensive for people to call police officers 'Pr_cks' (WTF) There is something very wrong with society these days and it is only going get worse.
There was a time when NO one would dream of doing such a thing, IMHO it is not about having so called respect for an individual as a person 'Ohhh I don't know this guy from Adam so I can call him mate or whatever I bloody feel like' it's about respecting the position they hold be it teacher parent or peer, lose all that and you know what it's called........thats right.. Anarchy... fancy living in that sort of society? I know I dont.
I cringe when I go into a store and the assistant says 'Hi Darl can I help ya')but it is not half as bad as being called a B_tch (from staff behind the food stacks, plenty loud enough for customers to hear) for daring to mention at red Rooster that they had forgotten to put in the bag my sons fries and one other item that I had paid for...I turned and said 'I beg your pardon'? and a pimply 16 yo A$$hat smirks and says 'you shouldn't beg luv' to the sound of his co workers having a good chuckle at my expense.
They didn't give a toss about anyone except themselves.
bah , Rant over lol
