 Why are Filipino's bad mannered to each other?
It always annoys me when people lack manners, I expect it is because I am British and have been taught that saying please and thank you or excuse me was very important and respectful. In all the many Filipino languages please, thank you and excuse me can be translated and they mean exactly the same.
I wonder why Filipino’s never seem to use these words of respect, often I sit outside a local shop drinking a cold beer. I hear children and adults asking for items and without using a single polite word.
If I am shopping with my partner, Filipino’s barge by me like I did not exist, I have had elbows dug in my back and when I get annoyed the offender looks at me with a face that states I am in the wrong.
Are the children taught these kind respectful words at home or at school apparently not as the parents do not use them and the teachers seemly go around being rude as well. If I was a shop owner I would not serve anybody that was not good manner or respectful.
I wonder if this rude attitude is a hand me down from the Americans from the colonial days? I have noted that many Americans are just as rude but not all of them of course, so 'Joe' don't take what I say to heart unless your bad mannered, lol I sometimes notice the thank you when you recieve but not the please when you ask. Perhaps these people are type casting the movie stars who similarly seem to have no polite words added to their script.
If you tell Filipino off for being bad mannered they seemingly think you are arrogant, something is truthfully wrong when people are not polite to each other. To me manners show that someone is civilized and care about their fellow human beings.
What really annoys me most is the fact when a foreigner gives a gift these filipino’s suddenly seem to remember the polite words or if a child are prompted by their parents to say thank you. That tells me they know what manners are but why don’t they use politeness to other Filipino’s in the streets and shops? I expect that they realize if they are polite to the foreigner he or she may keep on giving gifts. lol  |