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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've noticed this in stores - no one says "excuse me" or "pardon me" if they need to get by, or cross in front of someone. It's not an age thing either - I'm 45, and people my age or older don't say it anymore, either. Younger, all races, skin colors, etc.

My parents were brown immigrants and raised us to have basic manners and courtesy. When did this basic courtesy stop? And why? [/quote]

I say excuse me and taught my children as well as teaching them to say Please,Thank You. Good morning/, afternoon or evening. I also taught them to hold doors open if someone was behind them.

It is the duty of parents to teach good manners to their children.  Sadly, so few Millennials display good manners themselves.

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+1 to all of the above

Also:

If you’re on public transit and someone seems to need a seat more than you do, you should offer yours to them.

and

Any time you’re doing any kind of business with someone (including giving the teenager behind the McDonalds counter your order), you call them Sir or Ma’am.
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Really? To me sir and ma’am are for older people and it might seem mocking? I’m very polite but don’t do that with young people.[/quote]

It’s a regional thing, in the south children and some adults use sir or ma’am all the time. IMO everything that is “manners” down can still be window dressing for really rotten/evil culture, but the sir/ma’am thing is mostly benign. [/quote]

I’m in New England and people say those phrases all the time. [/quote]

I’m a California native (first-gen American) and DH is from Michigan.  We say “pardon me” and “excuse me”, as do our young adult offspring, who are born and bred Washingtonians.  None of us uses “sir” or ma’am” as a matter of course, but occasionally it’s useful
 to address strangers that way— e.g., “Sir, did you mean to leave your Starbucks cup on the table?  I don’t believe the gate agents have time to tidy up after us.”[/quote]

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