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Article: Carol's Corner; Where are the Good Manners?
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- Columbus Times
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- February 26, 2003
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Gertjegerdes, Carol
Columbus Times
02-26-2003
Where are the good manners? We assume that all people are brought up with
good manners. It should be the case but some of us do not have good
manners. Manners can be defined as "habitual conduct or deportment," as
defined in Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary/A Merriam-Webster.
People blow cigarette smoke in our face, people bump into us in a store
without saying anything, cashiers in stores gossip in front of customers,
people sneeze without covering their mouths, people use poor diction,
people let the door slam in the face of someone behind them, drivers act as
if they cannot give another driver a break, rude drivers pull out in front
of other ...