[Shine]

People really don't know how to dress appropriately today.

At my dad's funeral two years ago, some people he knew from work came, almost all of them were in jeans, and one woman was in CUT OFF JEAN SHORTS!!!!

Here I am in my formal suit pants, blouse, and Manolos, and this woman is standing at my father's funeral looking like Daisy Mae. I was so livid. I had to go outside for 15 minutes. I felt so insulted and disrespected.

I've also noticed how the genereal level of formality in everything has gone down since I was a kid. I mean, 15 years ago, my mom never took me to church wearing anything less than a nice Sunday dress and my shiniest patent leather shoes. Today, for the exact same mass, I've seen people in jeans and t-shirts or with athletic shoes on. I'm amazed at it. I thought it was just an out west Arizona cowboy thing.

Then there are the times I've gone to the symphony or off-broadway shows at Gammage and seen students scrubbing it in baggy jeans.

Then again, I'm also a person that thinks casual fridays at work means to wear khackis instead of slacks or a skirt. Never jeans. So I guess I've got a bit of snob in me yet.

I think special occasions lose their "specialness" when people dress them down to the status-quo casual.

Boo to lazy people who can't manage to dress it up for a couple of hours.

Regarding child behaviour in restaurants and cell phones. That disgusts me. I leave my cell phone in the car when I go out to eat. Unlike my sister who sets hers on the table like it's an extra piece of silverware. Grr. That's my peeve, when she takes calls from her pals at dinner. Movies are the worst though. I have never been to a movie since the advent of cell phones that I didn't hear one go off in the middle of it.

And the children in restaurants thing bothers me. It really does. People nowadays don't know how to discipline their kids properly. And I'm not even talking about hitting them. When I was a kid, I knew sure as shine that if I acted up in the restaurant, I was going straight to my room when I got home and losing priveleges for the next day.