Are Manners on the Decline? [POLL]

Guys, if you are waiting for a table in a restaurant and sitting on a bench while waiting and a woman walks in with no place to sit, what do you do? Years ago, the answer was simple, you give up your seat. Today though, that may not happen as much. On Tuesday, the NY Times ran an article dealing with the decline of manners in the South. If you think about it, the NY Times might just be on to something. It does seem as though tradition manners are on the decline.

“Manners are one of many things that are central to a Southerner’s identity, but they are not primary anymore. Things have eroded,” said Charles Reagan Wilson, a professor of history and Southern culture at the University of Mississippi.

What do you think? Do you think manners are on the decline? If so, why?