The Water Cooler – What’s A Social Rule You Think People Have Completely Forgotten?

Saying the simple “you’re welcome”. Instead we get the annoying “no worries” and “no problem”

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Followed very closely by put your shopping cart back in the cart return area, don’t talk on speakerphone in public, and use your turn signal.

How to say thank you, please, sir, or mister, and miss, or ma’am. Madam
is an acceptable word that no one seems to use anymore. However, I’ve
never used it because it reminds me of a woman who runs a house of ill
repute. Other forgotten words and phrases include pardon me, or excuse
me.
Dressing for the occasion seems to have gotten lost somewhere along the way.
And some married women no longer drop their maiden name, and are opting
for hyphenating it with their husbands name.
There seems to be more and more rude and inconsiderate parents lately,
especially mothers that let their children run amok in the stores, and butt heads
bringing their dogs into the store.
I would mention cell phone etiquette, but it seems as if it was never established
in the first place. Some people are just plain rude, selfish, and thoughtless, or
too stupid to understand what it means to be thoughtful of others.

Wearing pajamas to work, school, and out and about. PJ’s are for sleeping in, not for wandering around while looking homeless.

show people the respect that you would like to see.