DMSI, will you be the final piece of puzzle?

[Shannon]

I was raised to be polite and courteous. Little things, like you greet people when you see them, and say goodbye when you're leaving. You acknowledge them as a sign of respect and/or consideration in conversation, and you pay attention when they speak if you're having a conversation with them. Simple social graces and courtesies. But these things went out the window with the advent of the Internet, and the cell phone. Sad, but true.

I had to spend a long time learning not to take things personally, get upset because I had expectations of social conduct and manners that were no longer being observed, and expectations that women would communicate, act and think like I did.

I'm just offering you the short course on what I spent a long time learning.