Technology and manners
There was once a time when people were well-mannered. The greeted nicely, knew how to eat properly, gave the seat in the LRT to the elderly and so on. All of this is in decline, but I believe at that time, people were also complaining about the decline of manners. I think that this is a trait of time.
Instead, some manners decline while new rules of behaviour develop. Today, technology is just doing this - it is changing our behaviour, but frequently, we have not learnt how to act politely with technology that is coming onto us.
SmartMobs has put together some simple rules that might make life a little bit easier.
"You should not accept or continue a phone call if a shop assistant is serving you.
If Jean-Paul Sartre were alive, which he isn't, and he gave advice, which he didn't, he may well have shed light on the correct use of a mobile phone using his distinction between thinking of a person authentically as a being-for-itself ( être-pour-soi ) with will and consciousness, or inauthentically as being-in-itself ( être-en-soi ), a mere thing. So when we ignore the presence of someone like a shop assistant, treating them as absent and the absent caller as present, we are doing no less than denying their humanity. For the same reason ...
You should never text anybody while in the middle of a conversation.
Or email, for that matter.
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Do not smooch in the company of others.
It is an oddity of human nature that while pornography is much sought after, we do not generally delight in seeing others slurpily manifest their love in public. Maybe it is just envy: the single are harshly reminded of the lack of affection in their lives, the long-attached of the lack of raw passion in theirs. Whatever the explanation, public smooching is exceedingly irritating to others, which means we shouldn't do it. As that great philosopher Everyone's Ex once said, "Try thinking of other people for a change."
Always dump in person, not by text, fax or email.
Hamlet may have said that "conscience doth make cowards of us all", but surely it takes a special lack of conscience to be so cowardly as to end a relationship any other way than face to face. It's the only way to preserve both respect for the dumped and the dignity of the dumper.
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Remember that neither the cinema nor the theatre is your front room.
Apart from, obviously, making sure your mobile is turned off, don't talk during the performance, and if you have to say something to your companion, make sure it is inaudible to others. If you want to talk, rent a video. Sorry, DVD.
Actually, there is nothing revolutionary new here, just some plain thinking of how you would feel if this is happening to you at the receiving side. What do you think?
(By Asia Business Consulting)
Instead, some manners decline while new rules of behaviour develop. Today, technology is just doing this - it is changing our behaviour, but frequently, we have not learnt how to act politely with technology that is coming onto us.
SmartMobs has put together some simple rules that might make life a little bit easier.
"You should not accept or continue a phone call if a shop assistant is serving you.
If Jean-Paul Sartre were alive, which he isn't, and he gave advice, which he didn't, he may well have shed light on the correct use of a mobile phone using his distinction between thinking of a person authentically as a being-for-itself ( être-pour-soi ) with will and consciousness, or inauthentically as being-in-itself ( être-en-soi ), a mere thing. So when we ignore the presence of someone like a shop assistant, treating them as absent and the absent caller as present, we are doing no less than denying their humanity. For the same reason ...
You should never text anybody while in the middle of a conversation.
Or email, for that matter.
. . . .
Do not smooch in the company of others.
It is an oddity of human nature that while pornography is much sought after, we do not generally delight in seeing others slurpily manifest their love in public. Maybe it is just envy: the single are harshly reminded of the lack of affection in their lives, the long-attached of the lack of raw passion in theirs. Whatever the explanation, public smooching is exceedingly irritating to others, which means we shouldn't do it. As that great philosopher Everyone's Ex once said, "Try thinking of other people for a change."
Always dump in person, not by text, fax or email.
Hamlet may have said that "conscience doth make cowards of us all", but surely it takes a special lack of conscience to be so cowardly as to end a relationship any other way than face to face. It's the only way to preserve both respect for the dumped and the dignity of the dumper.
. . . .
Remember that neither the cinema nor the theatre is your front room.
Apart from, obviously, making sure your mobile is turned off, don't talk during the performance, and if you have to say something to your companion, make sure it is inaudible to others. If you want to talk, rent a video. Sorry, DVD.
Actually, there is nothing revolutionary new here, just some plain thinking of how you would feel if this is happening to you at the receiving side. What do you think?
(By Asia Business Consulting)
posted by Andreas @ 1:20 pm
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