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I never gave it much thought before-

I always say thank you when someone hands me their karaoke slip. Unknown to me until the end of the night I had a KJ from a neighboring bar come in. He came in to see how I run my show. Very nice man that just started up his show with his wife. Anyway he went on & on about how nice it was I acknowledged him by saying thank you every time he handed me a slip. Boy it's funny how such a small thing can really resonate with someone. I was wondering if it is such an odd thing to do or do you all do it too?

Seems I made a new friend. He's bringing his wife in with him next time. Woo Hoo !

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If I don't say thanks, I smile and nod, at least. Sometimes, I get people handing me slips from on the floor and I'm on the stage and they just wouldn't hear anyways. But I always try to acknowledge them in one form or another.

Common courtesy goes a long way..

You've touched on my biggest pet peeve. Today, common courtesy seems to be a lost art. As an example, yesterday I was in a McDonalds drive through, ordering a quick lunch. During the entire transaction, the only words uttered by the workers were, "what's you order?". After giving them my order, I received no "thank you", or for that matter any response at all! At the first window, I give them my money, they give me back my change, again no response, however "I" said thank you, no response again. I get to the pickup window, an arm comes out with the bag, "I" say "thank you". no acknowledgment, no "thank you", "your welcome", no NOTHING! If I were the manager, I know of at least TWO people that would have lost their jobs immediately. But then again, the manager is probably no better.

tbreen

Tbreen, good thing you didn't go inside. If you would have said something to the manager, he may have said " BREAD?, YOU WANT BREAD?" Then SNATCHED your bag back and said "NO SOUP FOR YOU".

Srnitynow

My pet peeve? I hold the door open for someone coming through behind me. As a matter of practice now I say, loudly enough to be heard, "Oh, you're welcome" because about half of the people will actually utter those important words.

If I'm singing and someone hands me a slip I will smile and nod to them, otherwise yes. Never really thought about it before, its just something I do.

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Amen to that. Drives me up the wall.

Apparently this common courtesy gaff isn't so recent - when my son's father took him to the barbershop (son is now 32) the barber almost fell down when my little blond-haired tot looked up and thanked him for the haircut. Such a simple thing to do, thank someone for something/anything, yet many have not been trained to do so.

Oh GREAT now this KJ is going to say THANK YOU at his shows just like you ..the bastard. What's he going to steal from your show next..... Hello my name is Babs ?
The nerve of some people

I did think it was odd he didn't mention anything else. I was hoping he must of liked other things about my show because he's coming back with his wife.

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I think our whole culture has changed over the years. I was brought up saying yes sir, and yes ma'am (from the south), also thank you, and MR. or MRS., or MISS so and so. I also open doors for people, used to open car doors for ladies, the whole bit. That's the way I was raised. Little, by little, I am losing the old ways, because of the negativity of these old ways. I USED to think it made you a GENTLEMAN to open a car door, or help a woman carry something. Now when you do it, you're told "I can do that, I'm not disabled". The last time I made the (mistake) of telling a waitress "yes ma'am", she said "don't ma'am me, I'm not your mother". I STILL consider myself a GENTLEMAN, but it ain't as easy as it used to be. Today I guess it's more SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE to be RUDE.

Srnitynow

I was walking out of work the other day and there was a woman walking about 15 feet in front of me. She stopped at the door and just stood there, waiting for me to open the door for her. No problem there, as I probably would have done it anyway without thought, but then she DIDN'T SAY THANK YOU!!

THAT is my pet peeve. A man opening a door for a woman is not a RIGHT, it is an act of courtesy!!

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C Mc
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I always thank singers when they give me a slip. Also I thank them for coming if I catch them when they leave. When I am at another show, I thank the host when my song is over. It's so easy, but I feel that it goes a long way.

Good point. I always say welcome to people on the mic when they thank me for singing. It happens so seldom though.

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It goes a long way to let the singer know that their presence is appreciated.

I wouldn't be surprised that is what your new KJ friend felt; appreciated.

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"Thank you" provides the grease to the axels of life. If you don't use it, things get rusty and squeaky soon. It's a simple thing that goes a long long ways...and though it has nothing to do with sound, rotation, or song selection, it probably makes a show 10 times greater than it otherwise would be.

I totally agree Drizzle.....btw, next time we head down to Lonnie's show, I'll stop and pick you up -- just tell me where.

I don't necessarily say "Thank You" every time, but I always acknowledge them in some way. I always look at the slip and say something positive like "Awesome choice!" or "Oooh, that's a good one!". (even if I really didn't notice what the song was).

I come from a culture where the word 'thank you' does not exist. Even the concept of thanking some one for their good deed is non-existent. There is no word in my language that is the equivalent to 'thank you'. I can give an anthropological explanation on this, but that is a topic by itself

I have to force myself to say thank you even when I mean it. I normally give a nice warm smile.

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