Bert and Christopher: Quit trying to hijack our negative thread! We need to vent.
If someone takes a call on a phone, I will sometimes just try to work on finishing their note. However, if I find myself waiting, I will just get up and leave. One time I came back much later and they were still sitting there waiting.
I am sure the technology has something to do with the aforementioned problem. However, there is a bigger picture in the decay of our culture. There is an overall decline in MANNERS with each generation.
Remember that many of you hippie types from the 60's threw off your parents values. This was a major time of 'deconstruction' of our culture. I know my parents stepped out of their parents way of life in a big way. Now you have their children bringing in THEIR children to your office. With what values are the gen X'ers raising their kids, when their parents challenged and 'questioned' every moral value?
These values listed below come from a Jewish-Christian culture that used to be prominent in our country:
Do unto others as you would have done unto yourself
Do not steal
Do not envy
Respect your elders
Put others first
Do not be a glutton
Respect and preference for women
