Hi, my name is Randy Hill and I am just one of thousands of people around the world, tired and frustrated with the lack of consideration that is displayed by a growing "demographic" that I call, "the great unwashed and ill-mannered." People who can't seem to get outside their little world long enough to see the stress that they create on the rest of the population.
Archive for September, 2007
E-mail etiquette: 15 essential things you need to know
Monday, September 24th, 2007About 171 billion e-mails are sent each day according to a 2006 study! This amounts to nearly 2 million e-mails sent every second, and although 70 per cent of them are spam and viruses, about 1.1 billion of us send legitimate e-mails. But that doesn’t mean we’re always sending appropriate e-mails. In fact, because e-mail […]
Rules of Etiquette and Home Culture, 1886
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007Do not play with the table utensils or crumble the bread. Do not put your elbows on the table, or sit too far back, or lounge Do not talk loud or boisterously Be cheerful in conduct or conversation Never, if possible, cough or sneeze at the table. Never tilt back your chair while at the […]
A big mouth and ego to match.
Monday, September 10th, 2007I was at my favorite haunt the other night (Border’s Books) and heard the following line from a one-sided conversation that had me shaking my head in disbelief. A couple of people in their mid-to-late 50’s were strolling through the video section of the store, when all of a sudden the wife says, “That movie […]
Parking tips for the parking challenged
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007High on my list of complaints against humanity in general is the tendency of some people to park to close to the car next to them in a parking lot. Sometimes it’s a huge truck or van parked in a “compact” parking spot that creates the problem. Unfortunately, I can’t count the number of times […]