Central Argument: People these days are much more ruder.
These
days, the language has changed or at least from what it had been before. It
seems like people have been much more advanced in speaking. But these days
people seem to be much more ruder than what they were years ago. And the fact
that people are more casual has made conversations more casual and informal
which is not bad in it, but that fact that people do not use the “Traditional
magic words” makes people to be deteriorating more.
As
children all of us have been taught about how you should use the magic words
like “Thank you” “Please.” According to the article, something does seem to be
missing, “The traditional magic words "please" and "thank
you" that many people learn as children appear to be disappearing.” And
that is true. People are much more informal and use the cool language that does
not involve the magic words. Even listening to conversations like in the
article, “Give me a tall latte. Hand me that hammer or have a good one” is what
we hear rather than, can you please hand me the hammer… Thank you. People have
become much ruder in the sense that they have now forgotten about the magic
words.
Even
here at school, after we ask some one else for something, we just say can I
have that. We do not say may I, or words like please. And after getting it, we
just say I got it instead of saying thank you to the person who gave use
something. This shows that we are turning into rude people when we are casual
lot of times. That shows that we are becoming uncivilized when we are now
supposed to be more than civilized people especially, because of the education
that we have. Even in the article, it talks about how “Simple things that we
took for granted as children no longer seem to count.” According to the
article, Dr. Smith has also seen lots of changes in humans, behavior wise. Dr.
Smith also mentions about how “Americans are becoming more rude and less
civil.” This shows that people of this generation are actually becoming more
uncivilized
Although,
in the article, Lacey thinks that people are becoming friendlier, it seems like
they are just becoming friendly for their business sake. “Good morning, will
you have the usual?” This might show that the person is client friendly, which
does not make anyone bad, or anything, but this shows that the person is more
of business oriented. People are becoming ruder although they are becoming much
more casual. If, one wants to teach their kids about what “Magic Words” are they
soul be able to apply it themselves in their lives. And people in general
should preserve the politeness of the speech.