Where Have All the Manners Gone?

Good manners are dying. My friends have no problem making plans with me then standing me up. Some times they don't even call to let me know they aren't coming. Now I understand things come up and life happens but a simple phone call to let me know you aren't coming is all I'm asking for.

I had plans with 2 separate people this weekend. One was a no call/no show and the other sent me a text way too late tell me she wasn't coming because she's in charge of selling Girl Scout cookies for her daughter. She's been selling these cookies for a week now so this wasn't news to her. If she knew she couldn't leave the house due to parents showing up to get cookies from her then why did she bother to initiate plans with me in the 1st place? I cleared my weekend for these 2 people and they both blew me off.

I decided to go to Starbucks to drink some tea and read my book. A customer was treating the barista like dirt and practically yelling her order at her. It was completely uncalled for as this barista was being very nice (nicer than I would have been in that situation). The customer's friend looked mortified and was telling her to calm down and asked what was wrong with her. Then the barista "accidentally" spilled some of the drink on the rude customer which I found very amusing and Mrs. Cranky Pants suddenly shut up. I think she got the hint and her friend quickly ushered her out the door.

I was in a store the other day and an elderly woman was in line in front of me. The cashier rang her up, bagged her items, then left the bags on the counter. The elderly lady was clearly having trouble lifting the bags into her cart and the cashier just stood there staring at her instead of helping her. The lanes were very narrow so there was no way I could go around her and help her myself otherwise I would have.

When did it become acceptable to see a woman who is walking towards a door with stroller and just letting the door close on her? Or let the elevator doors close on someone as they're racing to to catch it only to see the person occupying it hitting the "close doors" button? Or pushing past an elderly person in a coffee shop to get in line before them? It would be more understandable if the ones perpetrating these offenses were teenagers who just didn't know any better but these are grown adults I've seen do this. We owe it not only to society to do better but also to ourselves.