Telephone Made America Rude

In the two articles, "Is Anything Wrong With This Picture?" and "How The the Telephone Made America Rude" by Lauren Tarshis and Kristen Lewis it explains how technology has made us rude. In "Is Anything Wrong With This Picture?" The authors make it clear that we not only are rude have become more selfish in some ways. "We take them into the bathroom stalls. We don't bother to take out our earbuds in the check out line. We post unflattering photos of our friends because we look good in them"(Tarshis Lewis 25). Phones have changed the way we act in public and how we treat people the changes are obvious. Now that we have changed our actions we are becoming more and more accustomed to the changes in etiquette. In "How the Telephone Has Made America

What about the many reasons why it is important for us to use manners? In "Is Anything Wrong With This Picture?" it states that manners are a great thing for many people in many ways. People "Good manners make people feel good- they also put people at ease. In other words manners serve to make the world a happier and more pleasant place to live" (Tarshis Lewis 25). This makes it clear to us that manners are a great way to keep the people around you happy or in a decent mood. The effects of more manners would most likely not be negative. In, "How the Telephone Has Made America Rude", it talks about how people felt about telephones and what was considered proper etiquette when talking on the phone. "For the first time, you could talk to loved ones in real time weather they were around the corner or half way around the world. At the same time, many believed that the telephone was ruining all of America's good manners" (Tarshis Lewis 27). This tells us that American's liked the idea of a telephone but not what it was doing to manners. The people clearly valued their manners and others feelings just like stated earlier. The way those people valued manners makes it easier to see that manners are more important than some