One would hope

One would think that in the past two million years since the Homo genus diverged from the australopithecines back in deepest, darkest Africa that this species called homo sapien would have learned a thing or two.

I'm hear to tell you the answer is unequivocally NO!

We still grunt, we still fart, and we still have no manners. Take for example the woman I stepped aside for this morning. The bus came, it stopped, I was right outside the door, and I stepped aside to allow the woman behind to board first.

Perhaps my ears were deceiving me for I heard neither an appreciative grunt, nor an audible "Thank you." Now don't get me wrong, I'm not a prude. But I was raised to believe that manners maketh man (and women). That's one lesson my father drilled into me. So it now comes as a force of habit to say, "Please," and "Thank you." Three simple words which mean so much.

Do you think this homo sapien said Thank You? Hell no!

Now this is not so much of a rant as it is a sad observation. We have learned to walk upright. We have sent men to the moon. We have devised aeronautical devices that fly through the air at tremendous speeds, we have used our development to cure disease.

But apparently, we have not yet fully mastered the art of simple good manners.

Who knows, maybe in another two million years.