{"id":656,"date":"2010-11-02T18:26:08","date_gmt":"2010-11-02T22:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloriacrist.com\/blog\/?p=656"},"modified":"2010-11-28T12:16:19","modified_gmt":"2010-11-28T16:16:19","slug":"uncovering-the-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloriacrist.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/uncovering-the-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncovering the Code."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Get the civility back.\u00a0 Please.\u00a0 I loathe the simple &#8220;can&#8217;t we all just get along?&#8221; usually said with a sigh and the head titled to the side and a smile.\u00a0 Well, no.\u00a0 We can&#8217;t.\u00a0 There are some people I just don&#8217;t want to get along with.\u00a0 ever.\u00a0 But when I see them, I am civil, as rules apply.\u00a0I am never outwardly nasty.\u00a0 Even if in my heart of hearts, I&#8217;d just as soon pull a Alexis Carrington on their ass.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t.\u00a0It is ingrained.\u00a0 But lately, everywhere I go, it seems as if civility has become a litmus test for the human condition.\u00a0 Humans are failing.\u00a0 And the age of civility, or rather lack there of, is getting lower.\u00a0 Beyond the brat stage-not only rude-but stupid rude.\u00a0 Stupid rude is when someone has become so focused on being rude-they no longer make sense.\u00a0 Not that stupidity makes sense anyway&#8230;or rudeness for that matter.\u00a0 Attach rude to stupid and you define just about everyone I saw at the &#8220;big giant mega store&#8221; on Halloween.\u00a0 And it was only 11am.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gloriacrist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/imagesCAXLO8YB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-657\" title=\"imagesCAXLO8YB\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriacrist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/imagesCAXLO8YB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to hear -rather be forced to hear conversations on cell phones while I am waiting in line.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t care if:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0He owes you money.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s a skanky ho.<\/p>\n<p>You ain&#8217;t got, tired of any one&#8217;s shit, pregnant, not pregnant, fat assed, out of work,not gonna do, to tired to, how you are going to get to, the\u00a0 mall, the store, the emergency room, need cigarettes, McDonalds, a pumpkin, or haircolor( that clearly is not your shade).<\/p>\n<p>Stop yelling at your kids, or your mother, or your father, step father, babydaddy, babymama, put some clothes on, please, pull up your pants,get a larger size, quit getting in my way, stop showing your ignorance, your ass crack, braless wonders, overhang ( men and women)\u00a0stop rolling your eyes, acting like you are ghetto,emo or anything else you are\u00a0not,\u00a0stop texting, or acting like you are, please, please, please&#8230;. just say thank-you.\u00a0\u00a0Just say\u00a0please.\u00a0 Just because.<\/p>\n<p>Hold the door open if anyone is justthisclose behind you&#8230;.and try a little kindness.<\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); 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