Saturday, May 27, 2006

The Scoop on Poop


If it's your yard, well... okay. Even if it's in my neighborhood I'll allow you to let your dog go poopies in your own yard. But not in my yard. When my yard is introduced to the business end of your dog, and you do not clean it up; you are in contempt.

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Monday, May 08, 2006

Our Little Podcast is Growing Up...


Episodes 2 and 3 are now online. Episode 2 deals with opening doors for others, and Episode 3 is all about the Office environment.

Head over to the Manners Cast website to get the mp3s or subscribe in iTunes.

Caught in a Cinema Gravity Field


Why was it on Friday that all twelve people who entered the showing of Mission Impossible 3 after us all sat within 4 seats of us?

There are something like 350 seats in the theater. We sat a good 7 rows from the nearest people and over to one side. But mere minutes before the movie started everyone decided to come into the theater and sit RIGHT next to us.

Had there been only a few seats available, fine... sit next to me; but when the place is empty, please pick a spot that is out of ear shot especially if you are bringing in a pickle or popcorn.

In fact, just don't bring in a pickle. It stinks. No one wants to smell it.

Concerned for your safety,
Trent

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Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Believe the Hype!


Well, the second podcast is up on iTunes, and I noticed something this last weekend. Since starting the Mannerscast, I have become hyper-sensitive to how others are acting but especially to my own manners.

I realized that I was over thinking my every word and reaction to anything that was happening around me with something like a spider-sense. It was a little creepy at first, and then I realized that is the only way I will be able to better myself. If I look at the world with such intensity for a time, it will eventually become second nature.

I hope it does.

Trent

Monday, May 01, 2006

A Defining Moment


I got this from http://www.wikipedia.org. I thought it does a neat job of summing things up.

"The body of behaviors we call "manners" are evolution's solution to easing the stresses of communal living. In essence, mannerly behavior recognizes the right of another to share the communal space. Many of our daily expressions of politeness reflect this function. Saying "excuse me," for example, shows that you recognize that you have invaded another's space, and regret the necessity of doing so. It is a basic tenet in law that it is wrongful to cause damages to another (see norm). Since there cannot be a law for every slight, daily causing of damage to another, manners serve to at least acknowledge, if not make recompense, for the damage."

Look Up "Manners" in the Wikipedia.

Trent