I hope you get hit by a car.

You see it every day, people with no respect , manners or common courtesy. People who do things that make you wonder how these people can ever land a job paying over min wage. Or how they got to where they are in life. In many cases the answer to those question is they haven’t.

When I was brought up I was around adults primarily from the birth til I was about 15. Spending most of your time with groups of adults as a child forces you to act a certain way. I would never consider using profane language or being loud and causing a scene. This is not how one is to behave in social setting I was taught. I was always told how you should always say please, thank you and of course sorry. I was always told that in public places you should be respectful and show grace and dignity.

I know this is how my parents were brought up and thru out history this has been the norm. But apparently times have change, other cultures have merged with our formally mostly “Christen” if you will society. Political correctness and social acceptance has made allot of things go out the window. The way a person acts is learned from what the child is exposed to. If a child’s parents don’t show the Importance of wrong from right. Then that child will learn from what he/she sees around him/her. And in a city of any size far more bad things occur then good. Kids see this in every form, whether it be the bus ride to school, or what they see on tv. Too even people walking down the street. Many parents should never ever have been allowed to be responsible for anyone under the age of 18. Hell some of these parents are not even 18 themselves.

The end result is a blatant disregard for authority, and how ones actions may be perceived by those around them. These are the people who talk loudly on their cell on a bus or subway, the people who push people out of the way to get to where they want to go. The people who litter in the most unacceptable ways (i.e. leaving their entire Mc Donald’s meal remains on the seat of the bus. There are also those who thinks its ok to act like a complete moron in public, not considering there might be small children around or the people in proximity to them may be annoyed by their actions.

What I don’t understand is don’t people look at what they are doing and ask “Wow that was pretty crass, and everyone is looking at me funny” I guess not. If I ever have kids, something that probably will never happen but none the less. If I do I will do everything in my power to make sure they know right from wrong. I don’t want to be the one going “Wow this guy is a total jerk, I hope he gets hit by a car”

I was watching a debate on tv not long ago about this very subject. One guy on the show explained that the reason for the decline in acceptable behavior by people in today’s society was due to the loss of religion in the upbringing of today’s youth. In my opion (Also considering I was never taken to church as a child) this is nonsense. A person’s upbringing is the foundation to their understanding of life and how to act and behave. Take away positive influence in the early years and you take away from development of good social behavior and good manners.