Saying please & thank you costs nothing

[Chazza]

And can get you a long way. So why do few people have good manners any more?

Should schools be responsible for teaching children good manners?

Teachers at a primary school in Margate have become so concerned about standards of courtesy they have started to teach good manners.

Meanwhile, thousands of thumb stickers bearing the message 'Manners Matter' have been distributed around schools as part of National Day of Courtesy. The theme of this year's initiative is 'Thumbs up for Courtesy' and aims to promote good manners in children.

Should teaching manners be the responsibility of schools? Have the standard of manners slipped? If so, why? What constitutes good or manners? Do you think you have good manners?

[Part 3 of Chazza's 'how to be accepted in society' threads will be with you soon].

[Robin_L]

Indeed, no manners thesedays, all the more noticeable here in our nation's capital.

Mind you, it can go too far the other way and be exploited. I'd usually give up my seat on the Tube to someone, but less so nowadays after seeing some of the rude b*tches that just take your good nature for granted.

Teaching manners should be encouraged at schools, but most of the groundwork should have been done by school age, by the parents.

[The_Gent]

Being The_Gent I would like to champion this motion.

[Kelly_Owls]

Shouldn't have to be taught really.
I was born with good manners !
I do part-time work in a shop and it really pisses me off when customers just come up to the till and say "Coffee," I seriously feel like saying something, I once did shout after somebody about it and nearly got sacked apparently !

[est1865]

I once did shout after somebody about it and nearly got sacked apparently !

You apparently nearly got sacked, surely you should know wheather this happend or not.

[Bull_306]

It's not just young people who are ignorant, pensioners are worse than most when it comes to having no manners, or maybe they're just plain miserable. I have quite good manners, although I don't see the point really, holding a door open for someone to just barge past can get a bit annoying.

[Jonesy]

I have good manners me :)

[phil250]

Your parents teach you manners not schools.