Message of the Day - How Hard IS it?

Good Morning,

 

This past Sunday morning, arriving at Olive Garden for lunch with Karen at shortly after 11 AM we encountered just another sign of devolving nature of our culture. We walked up to the hostess station and when asked how many, we simply said “Two Please”. Then it happened. The hostess, a twenty something youth remarked that she never hears that word ‘Please’ anymore. People come up and say the number of seats they want, and hardly ever say ‘please’, much less ‘thank you.’  The fact that she brought it up, knowing the traffic Olive Garden’s get, it is sad.

 

Earlier that day, someone in my Bible study class commented that when leaving the church one day, he held the door for nearly a dozen youth. As the last one passed by, he mused that not a single one said thank you, much less looked back at him and smiled or something.

 

Worse yet, Karen tells me of times when kids have come up to her while she was by a door waiting and the stood and stared at her until she opened the door for them. They went through, and not a single ‘please’ or ‘thank you’.

 

Common courtesy is disappearing. Worse yet, we are expected to serve other’s expectations without so much as any positive response. What is that about?

 

In 1991 during the release of the movie remake of the Addams Family, we were shocked at the scene in the dining room when Wednesday asks Uncle Fester for something, and Morticia corrects Wednesday with ‘what do we say’ and Wednesday snaps ‘Now!’

 

That sort of rudeness and lack of culture, class or manners was outrageous in 1991, so much so, it made a funny scene in a black comedy.

 

Sadly, it is becoming the norm today.

 

I remember at work a members of the leadership team shared what he felt what were the strengths of each of their team members. One of mine was that I said ‘Good Morning’ to my coworkers every day.

 

Folks, how hard is this?

 

‘Please’

 

‘Thank You’

 

‘Good Morning’

 

We need to fight the pop culture and bring these words back.

 

Say them loud, and say them often. You can say them in church, at work, at the mails, or wherever you are.

 

PLEASE!! It’s not difficult.

 

Pass it along and lets bring back a little more culture, class and manners to our society.

 

How hard is it?

 

Thank you!

 

Sanford Berenberg
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