Common Courtesy and Discipline - Where is it these days??

Of late, I've been noticing a worrying trend.. One that almost all of you would have heard off too, I guess. If you haven't, let me just run through this anyway. The days of the younger generation respecting their elders and treating each other with common courtesy is slowly drawing to a close.. that is if nothing is done about it.

Picture this, in a premiere high-end mall in the city, parents with 3 kids in tow.. yelling and screaming their guts out. Not only is it distracting the shoppers but shows that the kids haven't been brought up well. Quite certain that my parents would have had given a couple of strokes of the 'rotan' or a good telling off. The next prime example is how kids behave in a car, as witnessed by me and a very good buddy of mine over the past weekend when we were on the way up to Genting Highlands.. Scenario: Parents seated at front.. three 'hooligans' frolicking and playing about in a moving car and in a couple of instances throwing out litter onto the road.Well, it doesn't take a genius to tell you or them (if they had their brains screwed on properly) that in an accident, the kids at the back would indeed become deadly projectiles and could very well be killed in an accident. No surprise here, since the enforcement of rear safetybelt usage is virtually non-existent. Back in the days when I was a kid (sounding very old aren't I) kids travelling in a car were expected to sit down and behave instead of becoming like monkeys jumping about.. Oh well, one can still hope for things to improve.

On another note, had the perfect weekend with friends and a quick getaway to Genting for the Jazz festival, watching the MotoGP race where Casey Stoner probably rode the race of his life to win against rival Valentino Rossi and ending up with the French Open which saw Rafael Nadal becoming the 2nd person to win the tournament 3 times running. Good stuff indeed, oh well back to the crazy work week ahead.. Have a great one y'all!