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Respect

Respect is a funny thing.

There's been a fair bit of debate recently on local radio about the lack of respect that young people have in their everyday lives. Personally, it is something that winds me up as a simple "please" or "thank you" costs you nowt and its nice to be pleasant.  But, at the risk of being too controversial, older people are just as guilty and possibly even more guilty than young people.  As an example, I was in Morrisons at Doxford Park today and within a matter of seconds, an old guy sauntered straight in front of me with his trolley - had I not stopped quickly, I'd have knocked him flying and he didn't even acknowledge me.  Then, as I started to walk again, an older lady coming the other way dropped a carrier bag out of her pocket and I told her what she'd done.  She then simply bent over, picked the bag up, put it back in her pocket and walked off - not a please, a thank you or a kiss me arse !  Needless to say that I was pretty cheesed off by both instances as it kind of proved my point that the elderly are as disrespectful as young people.

But, having said that, I've just come back from Washington on the bus and it was a young lad driving.  He had a please and a thank you for everyone as they got on or off the bus, even though the bus was running a few minutes late and as it terminated at Chester-le-Street, presumably that was him finished for the day.  Following this experience, for today anyway, it shows that the elderly have a lot to learn on showing respect.

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