Sorry, Please - Manners and Etiquette

Why does everyone has to learn to use their manners and politeness?

It's not like we need it to survive. I mean when it is last time that we need to stop farting in a gas station because the smell of the fart, the gasoline, and any spark that could cause an explosion. Which is BS. And we don't have to use forks when we eat or to take a shower every single day. So What's the deal with the manners and politeness? Who invented these "manners," anyway?

Public Comments

1. It's necessary if you don't like being slapped silly.
2. Its all pointless 12 12 12 is the end so who cares right?
3. its common sense, and if you want a date or anything in life, chances are that you'll have to have "manners". why do you even ask that question?
4. because if we dont use them we resemble animals more, which we kind of art and thats "disgusting" and "beastly" for crying out loud once i drank from a waterbottle and someone said "geeze calm down" because my mouth was open a little wider then they have liked.
5. I don't care where you fart as long as it's not near me, so i'm with you there. As far as not showering everyday...if you stay home that's cool, but if you are going out in public, please shower! That's not manners, it's not being an A-whole. We use forks so that we don't look like animals when we eat, although I am all for using my hands at home, when eating a hamburger or something, but eating a steak with your hands makes you look like an idiot. You don't have to be proper and use the "salad fork" and all of that crap, but basic common courtesy is appreciated, especially in the shower department!
6. I most certainly agree with what you typed about flatulence. I don't know what country you're from but I live in the U.S. and farting is taboo here. Not that I pass gas when out in public but I don't understand why it's so "rude" to exercise a natural function of the human body. Granted, I wouldn't fart at a wedding but if one slips out, people act as if it'll literally kill them due to the smell! I also agree with what the other members have typed: Having manners allows us humans to be more civilized.
7. Manners are imperative because we live in a community with other people. If you were to disregard other people and just did whatever you want and everybody thought that way then the world would just be chaos. Some manners are just there because around other people you have to think about them too. Why would anyone want to be near someone that smelled bad (and if everyone thought like that maybe even a whole subway full of people that smelled bad)? Other manners are in place because in the old days it showed your status. People who understood manners (that I find useless) like which fork to use first etc in the olden times were the royalty. The peasants were the ones that didn't care so manners showed that you were educated and a member of the high-class.
8. i think it's just that people didn't want to be grossed out by what others do. but shower everyday is good or other people think you smell like shit even tho you don't smell it yourself. It's all on how people judge YOU.
9. It's a way of watching that your behavior doesn't offend other people. Having manners shows you care about other people's feelings. You shouldn't fart next to people if you can help it, it's rude to make other people inhale your rectal gases. But if one slips out, it's rude to call attention to it, or shame the person. And there are foods you can eat without a fork, but you shouldn't eat like a pig.
10. It is common sense, and plain everyday habit - like burshing teeth or combing hair. Who asks you to do those things. No one. Who asks you to wipe your bottom after you did your business? You could just pull up the pant, zip up and leave? Why should you flush? Leave it stinking. Let the other person flush before use. I can go on and on............... Same goes for manners. Some are accepted societal norms, both in the interest of being sensitive to others and from the point of view of personal hygiene. Says who? Nightrider.
11. Manners are essential in your natural progression toward a better life, a career, a relationship with a significant other. It's cool to down-play manners when you're young but someday you gotta grow up and realize that it's not really "manners", it's being a domesticated human being and not an ape or a dog. Ya feel me.
12. Of course we have to use manners and politeness to be more educated person .
13. You may not think there's any survival going on, but there is. Etiquette is part of social cooperation. It's a set of standards that lessen chaos, confusion, and offense when the community interacts. Simple expectations like letting people off an elevator before people get on simply makes things run smoothly. If you dive into a community without regard to its standards, you will be isolated and ostracized. You cannot work (diplomacy), you will not have friends (courtesy), you will not be asked to social gatherings (hygiene), and the list goes on. Manners are even evident in the animal kingdom and individuals are kicked out of the packs from wolves to monkeys to meerkats when they don't follow the rules. Sure, they can hunt and such on their own, but when no one's got their back, they're dead.