They’ll ask me to do something, and then a few seconds later they add, “Please, thank you,” as if they realized that they have to say it.
They’ll ask me to do something, and then a few seconds later they add, “Please, thank you,” as if they realized that they have to say it.
This is a sign that they truly believe it’s “the magic word.”
I think that’s the attitude. Please should mean something. Thank you should mean something. But when you grew up being told to say it just to get what you want, then that’s all it means to you.
Yup, this is my boomer mother exactly. Even told my nieces and nephew many times if you do something wrong just say it was an accident and nobody can be mad at you.