Are We Getting TOO Casual?

Y'all I have to ask this question, “Do all y'all think, as I do, that we as a society might have gotten a little too casual?". Not only in attire but also in attitudes and manners? Think about it, not only is it acceptable to walk around looking like bums but our manners have gotten way too casual in how we treat people.
Okay, I'll admit I don’t care much for flip-flops and how they are creeping into every style of dress, however, I do think that there can be other choices in footwear once in a while. What's wrong with dressing up a little to go somewhere once in a while, if for no other reason than to stay in practice? We went out the other night and I couldn’t believe how most folks were dressed. It was like they had rummaged thru the bottom of the closet and just grabbed something. Wrinkled, scruffy and flip flops, some way to dress to go out for an evening. To me, and I may be off base, but it shows a lack of respect for self and for whom your with. When I was going out when was younger, my boots had to be shined, clothes ironed and my hair combed. I’m serious about this, I had to pass an inspection by my grandmother before leaving. To this day, this has stuck with me and I think it has served me in good stead.

And that leads me to this. Has attitude about dress affected our attitude to how we should treat people? I guess it was my upbringin’ by mother and my grandma Adele that instilled in us kids both manners and how to treat people. It was always yes/no maam/sir; never yep or nope. God forbid a yeah came out ever came out of mouth. We were taught to respect ourselves as well as others. Men were expected to rise the first time a lady walked into the room, chairs were to be held and doors opened. Men were to hold a coat so the lady might don it more easily. Men were to walk on the outside (curbside) and to offer an arm if the lady desired. A date was to begin and end at the front door, not with the honk of a horn.

Why is it that it’s now acceptable to just kinda talk at people instead of to them or with them? I’ve seen it more than once when people would ask a question and someone would either just blow them off or just barely acknowledge their very existence? I seem to notice this more in large urban areas and up north. Not sure why that is, but like I said, I’ve seen it firsthand. If communication is the cornerstone of society, then good manners should be the mortar that holds it together.