No offense here but I was raised saying, Yes sir/ma'am or No sir/ma'am or fill in the blanks. I was raised in a fairly strict household yet with very loving, kind, common sense, smart parents who would NOT put up with a 'Brat' or BACK TALK aka sassing to a parent, mentor, etc. ONE LOOK meant that you knocked it off - you were expected to act like well behaved children and teens INSIDE the house, outside the house, in school, in Church, in a restaurant, shopping, etc. We had CHORES too. Responsibilities. Manners. You were raised 'properly' yet you were NOT raised to be a door mat in politics or in other ISSUES. We were raised that NO question was off limits and we had open discussions about ALL subject manners... not this or that was NOT allowed because it might OFFEND someone. There is a big difference between being OPEN and polite versus this new age P.C. garbage. Gag!
I might not ALWAYS say it NOW in every social situation but to an older person including my late parents, mentors, teachers, etc. it was VERY normal and common to say such things because GOOD MANNERS and respect for people was expected in raising a young lady or gentleman.
Emily Post manners, white gloves, clean hankies, don't LITTER, treat the other person according to the "Golden Rule" out of the Bible and because it was the right/proper THING TO DO, treat all people with respect and don't PUT one person above another person because we are ALL equal.
Just because some people THINK that they are ABOVE THE LAW AND ACT LIKE IT IN ANY PROFESSION INCLUDING POLITICS - does not make them 'god like'. If a person in ANY profession treats ME with respect - they get treated with respect back from me. Sometimes when people are real JERKS or 'high/mighty' types... I try to treat them with even more good manners and/or talk to their 'boss' because that REALLY ticks them off. Grin. Now, if the man or woman, in any profession, has NO freaking clue about x, y or z and treats ME, the customer, the taxpayer, etc. like CRAPOLA - I might just need to kick off the jogging shoes, put on MY high heels and put them in their place. I don't mean being RUDE, not being a lady, a jerk or an idiot like they are... people that don't know their own job... you can be a lady or a gentleman and follow through. GET all names, facts, etc. written down.
Disclaimer: I have never had a parking ticket or a problem with a peace officer.
I don't like people who don't do their JOBS especially when I am paying TAX dollars to support their jobs, their bennies, their overtime, their vacation, their retirement, etc. I had some of those 'winners' in my former state from the lying, RINO, anti ccw Gov. to an idiot in the county's office who was HIRED to take an election ballot issue for my former township - all of the way to the FREAKING state supreme court. We won on the county level with the judges on this issue and it went to the state capitol - the black suited folks did NOT want it on the ballot. BIG money you know! That #%(@ is another LONG story and not allowed here. Too bad those idiots did not get fired but as I told HIM... money talks and bs walks - incompetent people sometimes end up to be in a HIGHER political office! Gag a maggot time. True story.
Catherine
I think to many people use this as a way out.
