People Do Not Care Rant.

Goldfinch60



I was sitting drinking coffee

Talking to a friend

When they came in,

A couple of a certain age.

He pushed open the door

And walked through,

The door started to shut

And she had to push the door.

Why did he not hold the door open,

Surely it is polite to do so,

But no he showed no respect.

I was aghast at this,

Has respect and politeness left this world.

I hold the door open for many,

Like that time I was walking to a door,

A lady was behind me,

I opened the door for her

She looked at me and said,

“You don’t have to hold the door open

Because I am a woman!”

I replied “I am not doing that,

I am doing it because I am a gentleman”

Where has politeness and respect gone?

It means so much to many,

But is that nowadays

People do not care!

  • Author: Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 25th, 2021 01:14
  • Comment from author about the poem: Why has politeness and respect gone from life?
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 48
  • Users favorite of this poem: Accidental Poet
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  • Michael Edwards

    Sadly this rudeness isn't restricted to any age group - good write Andy.

    • Goldfinch60

      Very true Michael - such a shame.

      Andy

    • Neville


      good for you Andy .. one could not agree more sir .. I hope his beard grows backwards and chokes him ..

    • orchidee

      I'm glad you replied to the woman, or you may have felt embarrassed (though no need to).
      Bit like saying to someone 'Hello'. They reply 'Hello? What do you mean hello. I will punch you on the nose for saying that' Doh!
      I said in a mad moment: 'Cheer up; if one door closes, another one will slam in your face. What more could one want?!'

    • Fay Slimm.

      Perfectly expressed this rant against thoughtlessness dear Andy - - like this verse states I too hope the day comes when politeness and respect return.

    • spilleronsheet

      It’s a serious matter
      Days have changed
      Behaviour too
      Surrounded by so many ideologies
      To hold the door
      Or not
      Both considered rude
      Gentleness has disappeared
      Maybe that’s why people have changed
      Humanity seems lost
      So when one cares we inspire of being thankful
      Turn rude
      I wish we could be thankful to those around and appreciate it too
      So that others can be thankful and humble too
      It’s kind to open a door
      It’s kind to talk softly
      And hear patiently
      But in our rush we forgot what manners means to us

    • dusk arising

      The best rejoinder possible! However, many a gentleman has consciously dropped such gentlemanly manners simply because of the rebuffs he has received.

      but wouldn't the rough edges be again smoothed if more polite behavior was the norm.

    • L. B. Mek

      its all lost in the: 'meaning'...
      we are seeing the consequences f this college brainwashed
      'free spirited' keyboard warriors
      acting-out
      their 'online persona's, in real life';
      see, all those disgruntled educators and lecturers
      who found their position in society side-lined and deemed worthless, by the stifled size of their wage packets, notion of worth
      are venting
      their anger,
      and using our very own children,
      by warping their mind's and societal values
      to retaliate with...
      and so we have two or three generations
      mingling into the world, awaiting to inherit the world
      with that mindset, where
      'victimhood' is the prevailing identity,
      they adhere to, over everything
      and the notion of 'merit' being 'cancelled' for that self-serving
      'I'm just doing, what feels right to me' attitude, to life
      where consequence has no value
      because
      life - itself has been
      'nihilistically, corrupted: into being deemed: valueless...'
      (So no, my friend
      its not you, but sadly
      unlike you
      some of us, have been conditioned
      by our experience
      to judge and calculate
      'who'
      we open those doors for
      and who, we assume
      will hate us for re-introducing
      that archaic notion
      of gentlemanly: virtue
      back into their
      'concussed' awareness and values...
      (good rant, my friend
      well articulated!)

    • MendedFences27

      All civility is disappearing. Mankind is regressing to barbaric times. I blame the wars of the twentieth century and the gross barbarism encountered there. People have been de-humanized by what they have seen . It is now all about the self.
      Nice rant Andy. Right on target! - Phil A.

    • Accidental Poet

      I see the same thing here in the US Andy. Lots of times the younger generation do it because they enjoy annoying the older generation. They know the we were brought up on earning and having respect for others. And that annoys them, so they set out to annoy us. And like Robert, I too despise people who throw their rubbish on the ground rather than in a trash barrel where it belongs. 100% agree with you Andy. 😒



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