... quickly everywhere. Personal manners have been on the decline in the past decade. As Jill Terreri of Columbia News Service says, "In a widely reported study of rudeness released in early April, about eight in every 10 people surveyed by the nonprofit citizens' group Public Agenda identified a lack of respect and ... courtesy as a serious problem.- Some say that this study was not the best because one person's definition of what is rude is another's way of life. I do not agree with this assertion. Mark Caldwell, a Fordham University English professor states, "One reason why surveys keep ...

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