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[AndnAnge]

We are working in Yeovil nice part of the country, stopping at a nice Inn and after our meal we went for a walk around a lake which is close to the Inn. I spotted a Blackberry phone in the grass so picked it up as you would, it was locked so i thought just hand it in when we get back. If not locked would have rang a number on it to find owner.
In the meantime it rang but not long enough for me to answer, so we carried on walking, saw a young girl after a while searching so shouted her over and yes it was her phone so gave it back.

My annoyance is that I saw the girl again in the bar with her mother and she did not even say a thank you....(mother I mean) I would have bought that person a drink let alone thank them.....manners have long gone...no wonder kids have lost respect...it's the parents fault!

Sorry to rant but this really got to me!

[roachieuk (aka eciggery2011)]

I totally agree with everything you say im very polite and would of been so thankfull if that was me would of brought you a galleon of beer lol.As blackberrys arnt cheap phones.I think manners have been lost somewhere and just cause im polite and always say my P,s and Q,s even buying something from a shop i say thank you.

Its like that story not so long back a guy handed in 10k to the police and he was fined for doing so ridiculous.

I mean after all knowing the value of blackberrys you could of pocketed it and got it unlocked and sold it but NO you done the decent thing and tried to find the owner which alot of people wouldn't of done.But not to get a thank you i find very disgracefull.

[Hanow]

I too would feel a bit miffed that your kindness and honestly hadn't been acknowledged. It never ceases to amaze me how slefish/thoughtless people can be.

Four years ago, when I bought this house, I discovered that my council tax band was higher than the bungalow next door to mine - both houses identical! I was in Thailand at the time, so communication was a tad difficult - but I managed to get through to an ombudsman and present my case for getting the tax band lowered. Eventually, after weeks of paperwork being submitted, emails flying around etc. it was all sorted and mine was lowered. I could have left it there, but decided to contact my estate agent and get him to pass the information to the people from whom I bought the house. They had moved to a village 2 miles away. I had discovered that they could in fact make a retrospective claim, and I made notes as to how they should do it.

I never heard another word about it - no thank you, nothing etc. Anyway, after my return from Thailand and I moved into the house, I was talking to my neighbour. He had met up with the former owners, who had in fact followed all of my advice and put in a claim - they recedived nearly £3,000 back paid for 'overpayment'! I still haven't had a thank-you - not even when she came to the house some months afterwards to collect something that had been delivered here in error. To say I was stunned is an understatement. I was so cross, I just wish I hadn't bothered at all. As they say, 'There's nowt so queer as folk!'.

[collie2011]

A thank you costs nothing. I always try to let people know how grateful I am for anything people do for me. I am trying to make sure my daughter has manners too as I do think they are important, so far we have "Ta" and "peas" (please) lol.

[Deleted]

I even call the bus driver 'sir'...

What's happened to Manners!!!...Costs zero

Jo

[Perpetua]

I despair sometimes of people . . . even when it just comes to holding a door open for someone, or standing aside to let someone older/infirm/mum with a buggy etc pass by . . . the lack of manners never ceases to horrify me.

[jerryrm]

For me, it's when I'm walking. Some stupid teenager always screams out of the window, when the car passes me. Think they are being funny, but they look pretty stupid. They are gone so fast, that I don't have a chance to give my "review" of their performance. Hehehe.