I’m afraid manners and respect for one’s elders and public etiquette are things of a bygone era
So it would seem Steve.
It’s not always the case though….I’m only 20 but I have a lot of respect for the elder generations and quite often find myself humming the Damnbusters March in public :p LOL 😉 😉 😉
It’s probably because the polite youngsters usually keep themselves to themselves but the less polite ones seem to flaunt it…..and people tend to notice when someone is being less polite…..especially if they grew up as part of a generation which were brought up to respect people…..of course, that was the standard back then.
I’d love to experience life in Britain during the second world war, for example, not because of people being killed daily and food rationing (although that would probably do me the world of good 😉 LOL) but because I’d love to see first hand how the British people pulled together to achieve something extraordinary and lived with that respect for others…….and not to mention the Spitfires :p :p :p