Manners

Tonight I read an ABC News article on manners. The article was very informative and gave many examples of how others view one's manners as opposed to how one views their own. It also gave statistics to back these examples up. The main thing this article discussed was different examples of good manners, and ways to remedy bad ones. Technology was also listed as a common cause of bad etiquette. A direct quote even calls cell phones,  "one of the best but rudest inventions of our time," (Onion,1). This article is also a fresh breath of air, however, because it doesn't solely bash on our collective bad manners, It gives us the benefit of the doubt by saying that if we are made aware of our bad manners by those around us, often we will realize our faults and apologize. The author also references a site created to discuss manners and to refer people to if they want to know more.

I chose this article because it discusses what many constitute to be bad manners, and among those constituents is my topic: technology. It was one topic that all the sources in the article could agree contributes to bad manners. Technology is also talked about at length in this article, not just touched on and forgotten. The article also discusses more technology than just cell phones. I believe that cell phone use at inappropriate times is rude but so are other things such as emailing someone when you could talk face to face. Emails could also be misconstrued as cold or angry very easily. I was glad to read an article that focused on manners as a whole, and not just technological rudeness. I have found a lot of new information to contribute to my topic of social sustainability and manners in present and future societies.

URL: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=118277&page=1