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Originally Posted by Ki
Keep in mind that although it's no excuse, someone with bad manners is usually a case of never being taught good manners properly. However, if they're old enough to know what's right and what's wrong, they can learn good manners, as is why I said a parenting flaw is no excuse. Just throwing that out there.
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I think most people would have been taught to say please/thank you at the very least (especially from their school teachers) and though they probably hadn't retained all the little things (e.g.; my grandparents would snipe at me if I even put my elbow on the dinner table and I can guarantee you've never seen me do that) they were taught to be proper etiquette, I've met several people who don't even say please/thank you/excuse me or use the terms Miss/Ma'am instead of saying "HELLO? HEY, YOU!" or some other totally gross/hideous thing to get my attention.
Some people were obviously not taught some of the
less-common things associated with good manners, but there are some things that are absolutely fundamental.