Do you respect your elders?

I had the displeasure of witnessing a kid of say, 11 or 12 being a smart Alec with a cashier in a convenient store. Its an ugly sight.
I had a couple of friends as a teenager who were this way. One incident had the two, who were sidekicks, throwing their inappropriately prepared cheeseburgers at the manager of a Sonic drive in. Its a burger joint. One hit the man in the head. His hair fell off. It wasn't funny though. It was disgusting!

I always get this, "As long as they are respectful of ME!" Huh, yeah. Completely missing the point. Its easy to remove yourself from their presence if they ARE snippy or moody. Who knows what their day has been like. Its obviously something.

So how about you? Are you the bigger person or just a low-class product of society?
Do you respect your elders?
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