After living through the last few months of winter
and a particularly upsetting issue it has come to my attention that nothing has
changed. People are still the same. I find it impossible to see how change is
going to occur when we are not a maturing race of humans.
I went to my local gym this morning for the second
time and was harassed by a man who was just sitting there wasting time with
nothing to do but speak rudely to a woman. It astounds me that some men have
not grown beyond this illegal and disgusting behaviour. We as a society have
made this behaviour against the law so that people get the message that it is
not acceptable. So where did the message not get through to this guy???? Does
his own arrogance help him believe he is above the law???? I suppose I cannot
answer that but my best guess would be “Yes”.
There are a multitude of reasons why people are rude,
some being that they just do not know that they are rude and that is blind stupidity
to ones personal behaviour. Now not saying yours truly is perfect because I can
be cantankerous with the best of human beings. But it is to me so obvious that
we have lost our ability to be polite. No one says excuse me at the grocery store
people just barge right through. If you are looking at the shelf from across
the aisle someone will inevitability park their cart right in front of you and
stand between you and the shelf and block your view. This is where I have no patience.
I have been known to speak up and say “Excuse me, is there something on the shelf
behind me I can get for you as I see that I am blocking your view of the shelf?”.
Usually I get a cross and very confused look.
But human stupidity is linked in my mind to poor
behaviour. We concentrate so hard on ABC’s and 123’s we forget that teaching
respect and discipline is so very important. The English brought a very stiff
and proper manner of behaviour to us centuries ago. Now I will not agree with
it all being called civilized but I will say that many of the concepts of
respect are a good place to start and should be in our daily lives. Simple
things such as courtesy. If you do something wrong then apologize. Be aware that
you have hurt some ones feeling and have the nerve to make it better. Or better
yet have the frame of mind to know when you are hurting someone and stop. Think
about repercussions before you act. Be a proactive person not a reactive
person.
Please understand this is not my view of the entire
race of humans that roam this planet, there are kind people out there. I have
met some very lovely ones in the last few months, but in the same breath I say
I have recently felt the sting of the whip too. There is only so much
negativity we can shoulder before we need an outlet for it. I get it I am human
too. I will never look at your emotional explosion as you being crazy as I get
we are all under the same pressure of mankind, but I will not stand for rudeness
or arrogance or a combination of the two.
Please be aware of your own self and know what is
polite and what is not.
