Saying please and thank you, opening the door for strangers, discretion, arriving on time, and overall respect are aspects of social etiquette that is gradually disappearing in today's society. Maybe it's because of it's drive thru windows, big screen televisions, and cellphones constantly attached to us. It's too easy to block out the real world and become consumed into the virtual world. When it is so readily available at our fingertips, why would anyone want to look up when their walking, or when someone's speaking to them? Online and especially on social media is where everybody learns about and aspires to have that "Kanye" attitude of pure self-absorption. It's become "cool" to treat others with disrespect, and utter rudeness because of the idea that we are greater than them, based on nonsensical measures like the amount of followers, friends, likes, or money you have. I think it is essential to bring back social etiquette and what it means to be respectful. Through social media exposure about social etiquette people should be taught that cellphones do not have to follow us everywhere, and that there are times when you shouldn't be taking a phone call or answering a text, or have ear buds in when speaking with someone. Being on time has become a lost skill that many seem to not have anymore. Whether it is because we don't care enough, and think that people can run on our schedules, its utterly disrespectful. Dressing appropriately is another factor of social etiquette that is becoming less common. Many feel as if they don't have to make a good impression to others correlating to the self-absorbed attitude I mentioned earlier.
Although not every aspect of social etiquette is lost, it is becoming less common as time goes by. This scares me because I don't want to live in a society of ego-centric jerks, where opening doors, and saying please and thank you aren't a thing.
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