It went wrong when.....

I was giving a friend a ride home from work today and we got to discussing something we've both noticed.  A lack of caring from the general population.  Not just the younger generation, but all ages.  They don't seem to care about how their actions (or lack thereof) affect themselves or anyone else.  They come to work to make money to pay their bills.  I get that, I go to work to make money to pay bills too.  But I care about doing a good job.  I care about how my actions affect others, my bosses, my agents, my family, the customers, myself, even my little pal, Kaci, my weener dog.  (Dachshund if you must, but he goes by weener dog, LOL)  Why do I care?  Why does my friend care?  Because we were taught to do our best growing up.  Because we don't want to be responsible for our friends, coworkers, family, bosses (& weener dogs) left holding the bag, so to speak.  

I can't NOT do my best.  I can't NOT mind my manners.

That doesn't mean I'm perfect and I'll never make a mistake, but if I make a mistake I want to learn from it and not make THAT mistake again. 

My friend and I also have noticed a serious lack of MANNERS amongst the general population, again, every age.  I talked about this briefly the other day (here's a clue).  But people don't even say please, thank you, you're welcome (they might give you a "no problem" if you're lucky), excuse me, I'm so sorry, etc.. 

Why?  Where did it all go wrong?

They it started with the baby boomers in the 60's, some say punk rockers, some say the hard rockers, the goth's, the bikers, the gangsters, etc etc etc....

I think it went wrong when the rest of us didn't stand up and say "mind your manners!"  it went wrong when parents became worried what would happen if they spank their child as a form of discipline ( thanks so very much for NOTHING Dr Spock!)  it went wrong when people stopped caring about each other, including and especially their neighbors. It went wrong when we stopped paying attention to the world around us and just focused on going to work, to make the money, to pay the bills.

Just say'n.