The Way One Was Brought Up Isn't

Nowadays, We Never Allow Ourselves The Convenience Of Being Temporarily Unavailable, Even To Strangers. With Telephone And Beeper, People Subject Themselves To Being Instantly Accessible To Everyone At All Times, And It Is The Person Who Refuses To Be On Call, Rather Than The Importunate Caller, Who Is Considered Rude.

Learn Graceful Ways Of Saying No And Of Pointing Out That This Pressure To Do Something Is Not In Line With Most People's Wishes.

Being Listened To Should Be Sufficiently Gratifying In Itself, Whether Or Not The Advice Is Followed.

When Someone Has Tried To Please You, It Is Rude, As Well As Disheartening, To Respond By Announcing That The Effort Was A Failure.

Why Bring Children Into A World Where No One Writes Letters?