Ladies And Gentlemen...

[gnasher16 31,602]

I couldnt give a shit if its old fashioned and untrendy or not i,ll always have manners and be respectful around any woman theres nothing worse than people who lack class regardless of their standing in life.

[lanesra 4,007]

There's An Old Saying "Manners Cost You Nothing" . . You Earn Respect By Showing It Is My Opinion !!

[Rake aboot 4,936]

I must hark back a bit, I shout at the telly when BBC newsreaders don`t even wear a tie. Scruffy twats.

 

And I`m always polite to both women, and my elders. Manners cost nothing.

 

 

But. I can be a proper nasty cnut when the occasion calls for it, regardless of who it is that's asking for it.

[NEWKID 29,094]

My dad wasn't around all the time when I was a kid, but no way would my mum let manners and respect for my elders etc slip..

Opening doors for woman, giving up your seat for woman or elders, and the dead simple things like shaking a hand properly, please, thank you... Even hello, which seems missing in some kids today...

My kids ain't perfect, no way near at times, but it's still drummed into them,

And don't start me on table manners, I had a lad worked for me, one of my best mates still, we'd go in the greasy spoon got 10 o'clock break, he couldn't even hold his knife and fork properly, f***ing beans right up his fingers... I couldn't help but say " hold them properly Ffs"... He could never understand my problem lol...

[Born Hunter 17,960]

Well, nice to see it's not completely lost in todays world. I think the art of being a gent is more than just good manners though, but they are a fair chunk of it.

 

Just looking back to some of the men in the war/post war period and I just think "now there's a real gent, he oozes class".

 

And women, I'm not talking about subserviant women of yesteryear that were supposed to look pretty and ladylike etc but confident women that know how to behave in the broad spectrum of social environments and allow their man to treat them like a lady, now that's sexy!

 

Nothing to do with inequality or male dominance and everything to do with class and old fashioned style...

[gnasher16 31,602]

and the dead simple things like shaking a hand properly,

 

One of the most simple yet important things a man could teach his son when we was young.....yet now it seems to mean nothing i think theres nothing worse than a limp wristed handshake from a man looking at the floor............i was a bit of a f**k up as a parent but when my boy shakes your hand you,ll know you cant take liberties with him....i can still see us now practising in the front room....he was only 3

[NEWKID 29,094]

 

and the dead simple things like shaking a hand properly,

 

One of the most simple yet important things a man could teach his son when we was young.....yet now it seems to mean nothing i think theres nothing worse than a limp wristed handshake from a man looking at the floor............i was a bit of a f**k up as a parent but when my boy shakes your hand you,ll know you cant take liberties with him....i can still see us now practising in the front room....he was only 3

My dad was the same mate, grip his hand and look him in the eye...

It's funny how even now I don't trust a bloke who can't shake my hand properly...

[Born Hunter 17,960]

Handshakes, can't stand it when some pathetic excuse holds his hand out like he's expecting you to bloody kiss it, equally find it irritating when someone seems to think it necessary to try to break bones in some thuggish show of manlyness. Firm, short and a definite shake with good eye contact and don't be afraid to initiate it. I was asked to take part of the interviews for this years industry student at work and one of the deciding factors in who we took for me came down to the handshake as daft as that sounds, the lad showed he had a bit about him, not someone we would have to carry about like a child.

[NEWKID 29,094]

Handshakes, can't stand it when some pathetic excuse holds his hand out like he's expecting you to bloody kiss it, equally find it irritating when someone seems to think it necessary to try to break bones in some thuggish show of manlyness. Firm, short and a definite shake with good eye contact and don't be afraid to initiate it. I was asked to take part of the interviews for this years industry student at work and one of the deciding factors in who we took for me came down to the handshake as daft as that sounds, the lad showed he had a bit about him, not someone we would have to carry about like a child.

Bang on mate,

It's vital in business to be able to shake hands properly IMO...

You can't walk into a meeting with all that druggie hand shake carry on, can you... 3 or 4 hand positions in one shake Ffs.. Lol

[gnasher16 31,602]

 

 

and the dead simple things like shaking a hand properly,

One of the most simple yet important things a man could teach his son when we was young.....yet now it seems to mean nothing i think theres nothing worse than a limp wristed handshake from a man looking at the floor............i was a bit of a f**k up as a parent but when my boy shakes your hand you,ll know you cant take liberties with him....i can still see us now practising in the front room....he was only 3

My dad was the same mate, grip his hand and look him in the eye...

It's funny how even now I don't trust a bloke who can't shake my hand properly...

 

Totally agree......our ol fella drilled it into me and my brother,square at the shoulders,eye contact,firm grip.................i still get in rows today when people try give me a palm all muggy american style.... i,ll say shake my hand properly you prat .......dont always go down to well but old habits and all that.

[scothunter 12,609]

Tbh I'd rather no shake a strangers hand at all lol

A nod is sufficient

[Born Hunter 17,960]

Tbh I'd rather no shake a strangers hand at all lol

A nod is sufficient

 

We built a wall to keep that sort of barbarity out of our civilised society.

[gnasher16 31,602]

Tbh I'd rather no shake a strangers hand at all lol

A nod is sufficient

 

You would refuse a handshake and just nod ?

[scothunter 12,609]

No that's not what I said gnash lol

 

I'd rather not. But if a hand is offered I won't be a rude dick and refuse it .

Unless it was some one I really didn't like.

[Born Hunter 17,960]

To be fair, I can't really imagine ever shaking a strangers hand. Implicit in the hand shake is the introduction, hence not a stranger. If someone just stopped me in the street for the time or directions and wanted to shake my hand there's no bloody way that'd be happening. Hand shaking is for family, friends, aquiantences and associates, people you know or are being introduced to.