From the perspective of being 56 and raised with very strict manners by two generations of elementary school teachers, this is an interesting article. My mothe

From the perspective of being 56 and raised with very strict manners by two generations of elementary school teachers, this is an interesting article. My mother always said, "You can't expect people to know things they haven't been taught." If there's been less education about traditional workplace behavior at home for these kids, they could very well show up unprepared and ill-informed. While it was embarrassing as a child to be corrected in public over manners or lectured before social engagements, I do think that learning that courtly behavior has helped me in life. It serves as a great lubricant for working with people in all kinds of capacities. I learned not long ago that the word "courtesy" comes from the expected behavior around royals and their associates. That kind of deferential manners was necessary when people of different backgrounds and cultures met to do businesses, and it still is today.