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Show School Tn 'i and i Homo 7 by Dr. Daryl J. McCarty Executive Secretary .j Utah Education Association Wjf A man. seated in a crowded downtown restaurant, took ae.bite of his steak and began roaring to a young wai-ess wai-ess something abour the meat being overdone. ""E" SHE tried to say somerhing, his vofceTrose and."'"5 . -Jdegrewso loud that everyone in the establish- i t heard it. The man angrily denounced the waitress, to incidentally had not cooked the steak. She fled the . :'ig room in tears. ' j fas, rudeness is no rarity these days. ! WBE ONE of the most obvious departures from the i pi old days of courtesy is the language people use. , 1 ; iacbers will tell you it's not unusual to hear young j --ten uttering obscenities that would make a drill t ffgant go rosy-cheeked with embarrassment. It'snot just trie boys who use this language. Sometimes 1 1 '. '!ing girl can turn the air blue with four-letter words. I tBOUTTEN years ago, the Utah Public Employees Elation started a campaign aimed at stimulating TOy among its members. In fact, a savings bond is atedeach month to a state employee who is cited for f" association official said he believes the program inspire better manners among employees when g with the public. In fact, the program became y own as "Courtesy is Contagious." MSCOURTESY can be just as infectious, though. Jneheroine of the incident involving the waitress and - '"Waiirant customer was, of course, the young lady. she were by nature a rude person, she could have "hed a shouting match that would wilt the daisies on tablecloths. WITHER SHE nor others who find themselves in such "Omstances should have to take that kind of abuse. observer who was writing on good manners stated U essence of courtesy is consideration for others. :l 5 cutting short your stay in the booth of an ice cream Worwhen you see that people are waiting for seats. COURTESY is something that children get a feeling ""g before they enter school. So the job of educating fjrai about this is largely up to parents in the home. best way for us to accomplish this is to set good Nfcat home. |