Ugh. It hurts to hear/read it, but it's true - common courtesy is now "a surprise." If I didn't say "please" or "thank you" every single time it was called for

Ugh. It hurts to hear/read it, but it's true - common courtesy is now "a surprise." If I didn't say "please" or "thank you" every single time it was called for, my mother would have taken me out of this world (you know, since she brought me in to it) years ago.