Editor:
Chivalry is dead, along with common courtesy.
It is flu shot season, and getting your vaccine at the local pharmacy is extremely efficient for the most part, especially when people are both on time for their appointments and they have their medical forms filled out in advance, as they ask you to do.
I arrived today, four minutes ahead of time, form in hand. The pharmacist then called out for the "gentleman" next to me who had just arrived, late, no form completed.
Now, erroneously, in my humble opinion, the pharmacist decided to wait for said "gentleman." tardy as he was, and by the time he had completed his form, I could have been inoculated several times over.
But what struck me most was his exceptional lack of consideration. Had the situation been reversed, I would have smiled politely, told him to go on ahead, and continued with filling out the form. That is just common courtesy.
As for the male/female dynamic, I raised my boys to open doors, ladies first, and taught them every other rule of basic etiquette pertaining to gender relations. Old school, I know. But I like it. Obviously it is has gone the way of the dinosaurs.
Be that as it may, let's at least practice some common sense in the name of efficiency. And let's be courteous to one another. It makes the world a friendlier place to live.
Shae Mills
