Communication and Courtesy

By foreskins4ever at 31,Aug,09 22:10 Hide

I think you may be asking for too much!! Common courtesy and good manners? Hah!

But seriously, I agree 100%....I try to thank everyone that comments on my pics.

By Routemaster at 01,Sep,09 00:36 Hide

I am afraid that courtesy and manners went out with the last century, it is not just here and thanking people for comments, you see this in every walk of life now, nobody queues up for buses anymore, people push and shove, yak into their blasted mobiles boring the rest of us with details of their dreary ghastly lives, don't say thank you if you hold a door open for them, etc. Such anti-social behaviour is a sad sign of the times I'm afraid and I don't know how we ever got to this. Both my grandfathers lost legs fighting in the First World War and had to live as cripples for the next 50 years or so but if they could see the way things are now they'd be asking themselves why on earth they bothered. However, I don't belive in the old adage "if you can't beat them, join them£" and I ALWAYS reply to positive comments on my pics, after all I was brought up with the manners and courtesy that have now gone out of style and if people are kind enough to take the trouble to write and say how much they like the pics, then its the very least I can do to write back and thank them.

By topspy at 01,Sep,09 02:45 Hide

Yah know.....sometimes I am sooooo tempted to kick the person in the ass as they walk by me when I am holding the door open for them and they don't say thank you or even make an attempt to "acknowledge" my presence and gesture. It's like I was born to be their doorman, or something.

I fully agree....I was taught to say "thank you", "please", and "excuse me", etc... It just doesn't happen these days.

My family and I often frequent one of those large warehouse shopping clubs in the USA. Many of the locations give out free food samples of products they are selling. You should see the LACK of civility, order, and courtesy when there's a new batch of samples ready....pushing and shoving, cutting the line/queue, blocking the area with shopping carts and unnecessary family-members...and maybe less than 1% of the people even bother to say "thank you" or even acknowledge the server as a human being. And of course, there's also the leaving of trash all over the place and "littering". This is with all ages and ethnic and socio/economic groups. It is simply shocking how we have degenerated as a species. I **KNOW** my family isn't the only one that taught/teaches manners, so where are all of the others???

Here at SYC/SYD, I see the "problem" having 3 possible causes...
-- aforementioned general lack of courtesy and manners
-- many pics are posted by men/women that are too busy posting pics or they are overwhelmed with messages that they never actually really go back and review the comments anyway
-- language barrier

By Routemaster at 01,Sep,09 07:55 Hide

Oh dear, it seems this lack of courtesy and manners is universal and not just confined to the UK. I am sorry to hear of your experiences, it is the same here. I have only got back from the shops just now and I've been jostled by women with prams who seem to think the pavement is their own private domain and had a woman walk straight into me, too busy yakking on her blasted mobile to look where she was bloody well going. I would agree with you on the first of your three possible causes but I personally, while posting a lot of pics and sometimes am overwhelmed with messages (though this is not that often, I hasten to add) and reply to all POLITE ones (and I have only had two or three adverse comments usually from those without the guts to identify themselves, posting anonymously), I ALWAYS find time to go through the RECENT COMMENTS and if anyone has left a compliment, then I thank them. Its because I'm old-fashioned and I am not going to break the habit of a lifetime, just as I am not going to sacrifice my individuality by having one of those goddam awful mobile phones, the worst thing ever invented!

By Routemaster at 01,Sep,09 08:09 Hide

p.s. forgot to say that even if comments on my pics are in a foreign language, I always reply with something like: sorry don't understand, hope its a compliment in which case thanks". Only takes a second or two to respond to people.

By ceader at 01,Sep,09 14:40 Hide

"comments on my pics are in a foreign language," Babel fish is handy for that.

By topspy at 02,Sep,09 02:34 Hide

Also Google Translate...and Microsoft has their own version too. Accuracy varies as they are all "machine" translated and use their own algorithms and definitions.

By foreskins4ever at 01,Sep,09 06:39 Hide

Guess all us old farts were just raised properly! With all the texting, tweeting, and whatnot, pretty soon no one will even have real human contact. It is a sad and somewhat frightening trend. The movie WALL-E is a film that appears to be for children......to me it is a horror film. Lets not let the world continue in the direction it seems to be going.
There have been a number of occaisions wherein children have shown wonderful manners and behavior in my presence. I make it a point to speak to the parents and thank them. Often they are confused when I tell them that there is hope for the future with children like theirs who do have manners and are not miniature terrorists. Thanks for listening! :)

By Routemaster at 01,Sep,09 07:59 Hide

Quite right, foreskins4ever my friend, the way the world has gone rather than is going is very sad and it needs to be reversed. I shan't be here in 50 years' time, not unless I live to be 107, but my nieces will be and what kind of a world they will be living in them if this awful trend continues I shudder to think.

By [deleted member] at 01,Sep,09 13:15 Hide

i always respond with a simple "hi" to those who add me to their friends list.
all too often comments on my pics come with a request to comment on theirs, so maybe those initial comments are not so sincere or spontaneous.

By oldbugle at 01,Sep,09 13:56 Hide

Having read this topic I am deeply embarassed to admit that I am a serial offender,....for which I now apologise to all users of this site.

In future I WILL try to at least acknowledge a comment on any of my pix.

With hindsight, I now realise that, although I always aknowledge messages (even just to say 'Hi' or 'thanks but nothanks') I do not take too much notice of comments on pix,...and sometimes don't even look at that part of my page. In addition, I realise that comments by other men to my pix has never had a great impact on me,...so a bit of 'low priority' comes into play here, especially since I usually only make flying visits to the site.

So, I'm sorry, and I will do better in future.........

By [deleted member] at 01,Sep,09 14:35 Hide

Hm hm hmhm hmmmmmmmmmm..... yeah, also guilty. I never look at the comments on my pic, big time apology from the depths of my heart

By foreskins4ever at 01,Sep,09 14:56 Hide

-foreskins4ever flogs the offenders with his foreskin!

Whack!

:)

By [deleted member] at 01,Sep,09 15:09 Hide

hey, by now I said thank you!

By foreskins4ever at 01,Sep,09 18:01 Hide

OOPS.
Please forgive the flogging. You are now entitled to give me a good (fill in blank) of your choice!

By [deleted member] at 02,Sep,09 15:04 Hide

forgivness granted, & I will give you a good (blanked left empty) of my choice when I catch you online:)))))))

By foreskins4ever at 02,Sep,09 21:27 Hide

-foreskins4ever runs and hides behind the couch! Catch me if you can! :)

By [deleted member] at 03,Sep,09 02:19 Hide

Oh that's how it is huh *joanna goes to the shower, tosses her clothes out & turns on the water* see if I actually have to come & catch you!

By topspy at 04,Sep,09 03:09 Hide

while 4skins is rounding up dust bunnies, I slip into the shower and begin soaping JJ up...all over.... heh, heh...

I think we hijacked BP's thread....sorry BP! ;->

By smallfry4 at 27,Oct,09 11:53 Hide

I was also guilty when I first joined SYD but now respond to all comments. Maybe not as quickly as I should but I do respond. I'd like the flogging though. OVER and OVER and OVER AGAIN.

By Masturstroke at 27,Oct,09 13:10 Hide

That's gonna leave a mark!

By littlegrower at 02,Sep,09 11:19 Hide

I generally try to either say thank you or reciprocate and comment on thier pics.

But, I agree with Routemaster - Common Courtesy is not what it used to be!

By MRVenom at 02,Sep,09 18:23 Hide

Yeah, I agree. I've quit the site twice cuz I get burned out when the ladies don't respond. I log in daily and probably write to no fewer that 3 girls every day and very, very, very rarely do any of them even say hi. It sucks cuz I've been trying for months to find some to mail and chat with and no luck. I'm starting to get a complex!!

By Jaguar27 at 04,Sep,09 04:53 Hide

I aggree I try to comment an answer

By Masturstroke at 04,Sep,09 05:23 Hide

Courtesy and manners are, as the yute say, "so like YESTERDAY!"

In my younger days, if I bumped into someone on a sidewalk, I'd apologize even if it happened because of inattention on the other person's part. Let it happen today and the bumper will instantly and loudly say, "Hey, you fucking asshole! Watch where the fuck you're fucking going, fucking cocksucker." (In their tiny, drug-fried brains, that's clever.)

There are justifications for killing, and scumbags like that are among them.

By penisworshipper at 27,Oct,09 14:54 Hide

I agree in the case of PM comments.I just wish I could find a non-discourteous way of getting rid of the poor poor persons of penile physiology,some well endowed and some not,who get on here DAILY and have to grovel for people to comment!

By algodown at 04,Nov,09 18:40 Hide

It's hard to assume what the etiquette is here. I kinda' figured that a "thanks" was implied...I mean, who's gonna' bitch about a compliment?! Anyone who comments on my pics or sends me a message, I try go to their pics (if they have any) and return the favor...just kinda' thought that's how it worked. I'd think I'd rather have the comments on my pics, than a bunch of "thank you" replies.

By mailroute at 04,Nov,09 22:58 Hide

I agree. And since we are talking about giving courtesy to comments, bushpilot I sent you a pm about three weeks ago but never got a return message. Did you not get my message or do you not respond to men who send you pm?

By topspy at 05,Nov,09 03:08 Hide

I don't think he's on here as often as he was before.....or, at least I don't see his comments/presence around as much lately.

He was always good about responding and being a friendly and helpful guy. A lot of the ladies really liked him because he is intelligent and thoughtful.

By MoeJoe at 05,Nov,09 03:40 Hide

I have to admit, that I do not reply to every comment I get, but I do take a look at their pics and return a comment or two on the pics that I like. I do respond to all PM comments, though. I make tons of comments everyday, as I roll through the previous 24 hours new postings, and if I miss replying to someone, I hope they don't take it personally, as I will eventually catch up to them in some fashion.

By swallow10 at 05,Nov,09 03:53 Hide

I do try and respond to all the comments I get and do like to receive responses.

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