{"id":23,"date":"2015-04-25T13:39:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T13:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/?p=23"},"modified":"2015-07-24T08:10:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T08:10:56","slug":"mind-your-manners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2015\/04\/25\/mind-your-manners\/","title":{"rendered":"Mind your manners!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day mum and I had been shopping in the mall. I was tired, my feet were sore and actually I was a bit fed up watching her try on gajillions of clothes.<\/p>\n

Mum suggested that we stop for a break and a bite to eat. I wanted to go to McDonalds. Mum wanted to go to another little tea shop.<\/p>\n

Obviously, because I\u2019m the small one and mum has the money \u2013 we ended up going to Mum\u2019s place.<\/p>\n

I was not very happy and started to pout.<\/p>\n

Look said mum, they have chocolate cake and milkshakes. I did not want chocolate cake or a milkshake. I wanted a cheese burger and a coke.<\/p>\n

I was really miffed. I plonked down at that table and sulked. When the waitress came to take our order I did not look at her, nor did I say please or thank you.<\/p>\n

Mum said I\u2019d been really rude.<\/p>\n

Really rude? Me? I didn\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n

But mum insisted. She said just because I was having a bad day I should not take it out on other people. They were just doing their job.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease and thank you are the cornerstones of politeness\u201d, she said. And a smile does not hurt either.<\/p>\n

Mum went off to find the Ladies room and left me sitting there \u2013 thinking.<\/p>\n

Hmmm\u2026 probably I had been a bit rude hey? Come to think of it \u2013 I was not very proud of myself. I don\u2019t ever like it when people think they can be rude to me, just because I\u2019m a little kid. I guess it works both ways. One can\u2019t just be bad tempered and mean when we don\u2019t get our own way.<\/p>\n

Even if it is something important like going to McDonalds!<\/p>\n

\"Sibo<\/a>In fact you could say that my behaviour had been downright dodgy.\u00a0 The next time I saw the waitress passing our table I smiled at her and said I was sorry for being rude.<\/p>\n

She patted my shoulder and said it was okay. She thanked me for apologising and said she also found it tiring going shopping with her mum.<\/p>\n

I\u00a0said sorry to \u00a0mum when she came back to the table.<\/p>\n

The chocolate cake was delicious.<\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/p>\n

Cool word for the week:<\/p>\n

Word:\u00a0 nook<\/p>\n

Meaning:\u00a0 a corner or a small recess<\/p>\n

Example: Sibo and her mum found a nice little nook in the restaurant and sat down to have a snack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The other day mum and I had been shopping in the mall. I was tired, my feet were sore and actually I was a bit fed up watching her try on gajillions of clothes. Mum suggested that we stop for a break and a bite to eat. I wanted to go to McDonalds. Mum wanted … Continue reading “Mind your manners!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[19,17,18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}