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Say please
By Me | February 18, 2008
At the risk of sounding like my own grandmother, I have to say that kids these days are really rude. Observe:
Me: Hello?
Child on Phone: Who’s this?
Me: Who did you want to speak to?
CoP: Just … who is this?
Me: You are so rude! Who did you want to speak to?
CoP: I just wanna know who this is!
Me: Why?
CoP: Because if this is Richard’s mom, then I wanna tell her something.
Me: Well, if you want to tell Richard’s mom something, then why don’t you just ask for Richard’s mom!?
CoP: Well, can I speak to Richard’s mom?
Me: Yes, you may. What do you want, Josh?
And people wonder why young people have so much trouble functioning in the workforce. They don’t seem to know the basics of how to make a phone call.
All I know is that, if I had behaved that way on a telephone call (especially when talking to an adult), my mom would have knocked me across the room.
Those were the days.
Let’s hear it for child abuse!
Topics: Social Commentary, WTF? |
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