Courtesy, manners and tradition

[Twisterdog]

And then there is my big pet peeve - being called "dear", or "hon", or "sweetie" by a total stranger - such as a store clerk.

This used to bother me too, but I gave up. For some reason, the vast majority of my customers call me these things, all the time. Silly, but at least nice, I suppose. Far better than them calling me other names!

Karen ... and I always thought the "Me" generation was the people growing up in the 70's? Or was that the "Me" decade?

I'm a member of the mysterious "Generation X" ... I remember when we in high school and college, every newspaper and magazine article you read about us was sure we were a bunch of worthless slackers, headed to hell in a handbasket and taking the country with us. Hmmm ... seems we weren't the spawn of Satan afterall, and now we seem like the old fuddy duddies. As it is with every generation, from the beginning of time until the end.

Time marches on ... time marches on

[Catlady711]

aI'm a member of the mysterious "Generation X" ... I remember when we in high school and college, every newspaper and magazine article you read about us was sure we were a bunch of worthless slackers, headed to hell in a handbasket and taking the country with us. Hmmm ... seems we weren't the spawn of Satan afterall, and now we seem like the old fuddy duddies. As it is with every generation, from the beginning of time until the end.

This is where I think it comes down to part parenting and part society in general.

If you think about it, Baby Boomers raised the Gen. X crowd which many, as you say, complained they were slackers. Gen. X rised the Gen. Y crowd which is apparently having the same complaints.

In each succesive generation, no matter which one, or how far back you go, always complains about the lack of respect and work ethic of the previous generation, the generation that in fact raised them.

For a new group of youngsters to rebell they have to take it one step further than the generation before them, or it's not rebelling. And each generation will complain about the generations after them.

Kinda a vicious circle with no way to stop it or turn it back.