I had the pleasure to speak at a lovely Mother-Daughter Tea recently in Mahoning and Lorain Counties. The hostesses were thoughtful and created a beautifully decorated table with lovely homemade sandwiches, cookies and tea. I shared many thoughts that afternoon, but the questions from the audiences kept returning to one point - rules of Good Manners.
With our lifestyle of today I wanted to share them with you, my Patch readers. We can try to achieve some of them with our own master goal just how wonderful that would be. So here they are..
- Thou Shalt Speak with Kindness and Caution
- Thou Shalt Not Criticize or Complain
- Thou Shalt Be Punctual
- Thou Shalt Not Embarrass Others
- Thou Shalt Act and Look Your Best
- Thou Shalt Be Thyself
- Thou Shalt say “Thank you”
- Thou Shalt Give Compliments
- Thou Shalt Not Be Boastful, Arrogant or Loud
- Thou Shalt Listen Before Speaking
Now that you have read them, this won’t be hard, right? Currently my favorite is Thou Shalt Not Embarrass Others, the very essence of using good manners.
I remember senator Reid calling bush a loser and then a liar and refused to apologize and congressman stark called him a murderer and it continues today with obama calling bush unpatriotic
Tom - A community works better when everyone follows the rules. As citizens in an online community like this one, it is everyone's responsibility to call foul when rules are broken and bring it politely to someone's attention when it can be easily fixed, not sit by and assume someone else will say it. I didn't make the rules at Patch, and as Joe pointed out, I didn't realize the rule was in place myself until Stow Patch editor Amanda brought it to my attention, at which point I modified my account to be in compliance. (This was very shortly after I joined Patch, by the way, Joe). Whether or not I agree, Patch has made the rule and many others have been asked to comply or, choosing not to, have deleted their accounts. Your comments on many other articles are pretty critical of and condescending toward people who don't follow rules, so I'm surprised you think that the rules don't apply to you in this case and it's ok for you to blatantly violate Patch TOS. But my obligation as a Patch citizen is done. I have pointed out the problem to you and will continue to report you to Patch so they can deal with you themselves.
Thou Shalt Speak with Kindness and Caution Thou Shalt Not Criticize or Complain Thou Shalt Be Punctual Thou Shalt Not Embarrass Others Thou Shalt Act and Look Your Best Thou Shalt Be Thyself Thou Shalt say “Thank you” Thou Shalt Give Compliments Thou Shalt Not Be Boastful, Arrogant or Loud Thou Shalt Listen Before Speaking
People act like tough guys pounding away on the keyboard. And too many TV shows targeting the younger demographic have been displaying how cool it is to be disrespectful to adults -- and people in general.