Am I the only one that feels that there is almost a breakdown in society when it comes to respecting each other?
Every day I speak with someone or see an event that makes me think living on a deserted island might not be such a bad idea after all. There are too many examples to share but just everyday things like horrible customer service, people being super rude, cutting people off and driving like a life-endangering asshole, losing it on someone for a minor inconvenience (which is usually not that person’s fault), not admitting you are wrong when you clearly are, I could go on and on.
This kind of behaviour seems to be on the upswing and I wish I could see and experience more things that brighten my day instead of wondering how people got to be the self centered douche bags they have become. I mean my life has never been perfect, lots of bad things have happened to me, lots of good things too but I never feel the need to treat people I don’t know like absolute garbage.
I dare you, the next time you feel a rage coming on because they didn’t put enough sugar in your coffee try and remember that even in this technological age, people still get hurt feelings. —I Have Feelings Ya Know
This article appears in Jan 26 – Feb 1, 2012.
Good bitch. I agree!!
It’s true. I think a lot of it is because we don’t really have to deal with people as much as previous generations what with automated systems and smart phone apps and the internet. It used to be you had to deal with someone to get anything done, now we could probably do over 90% of what we need to do without interacting with a human being. Makes for people who don’t know how to treat or deal with other people.
I don’t know… I think basic respect and decency for others shouldn’t be something lacking no matter HOW automated we are, but it obviously is.
There is no excuse for treating others poorly. I don’t care if you’re having a bad day, or what the circumstances are. You treat others with respect. Those who treat others like crap are crossing a line, in my opinion. The line of inappropriateness.
Parents need to teach their kids how to treat people decently. My parents certainly did! I learned from an early age that you don’t treat other people shittily because it hurts their feelings. I know my feelings get hurt when someone treats me like crap, and I would never want others to feel like that because of me.
That and you’re more likely to get what you want if you’re nice rather than an asshole. Number one rule of dealing with others.
Because no one else has 😉
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People, because of technology are used to things being at their fingertips at the speed of light. Just the mere inconvenience of waiting their turn, or having to wait for someone to actually do something for them sends them into an all consuming rage. I think it’s funny, and try to push their buttons to aggravate the situation. As a person that may seem grumpy and distasteful on this forum, you may be surprised to find how good my manners really are. Please, thank you, sorry, go ahead I’m not in a rush, let me get that for you, and my mistake are all regularly used words in my vocabulary. I think self importance has a lot to do with it also, and as the gap between rich and poor gets larger, I’m willing to bet the phenomenon gets worse.
lol you’d be crazy not to make that bet, Stevie. This is not going to get better.
Thats what I said TJ, it’s going to get worse regardless, but self importance is a growing problem.
yeah, I was agreeing with you. Side note, a bunch of bitches about the oval on the same day = boring. Idgaf about the oval
Hey Tommy. Go fuck yourself.
Oops, my eyesight is getting bad, didn’t even see the “not” in there. Lol
Thanks Hugo! I’m groovin’! Justa little bit!
What Zilla?!!? No picture of Tommy fucking himself??
There was no way I could make it without the picture being NSFW. So I’ll rely on the subtle humor of telling him to fuck himself while commenting on a bitch about respect.
it was that box on the right…
the ad saying if you hate the oval, write a bitch about it..
Ahh, here we go some excitement. Fuck you too Zilla you god damned salamander!
Yeah, you’d like that wouldn’t you Mel? You little deviant you.
reality check o.p., manners and respect are dead in today’s world. most people have no time for them anymore.
I had to go to the mall a few days before Xmas, and I was dreading it. I decided to channel the Dalai Lama and go through the mall peacefully and with grace. I walked slowly and smiled at everyone who made eye contact.
It actually worked! No one was rude or pushy-just by yielding with a smile, people yielded to me with a smile. It was really very pleasant.
Mind you, this pleasing serenity vanished once I was behind the wheel of a car (They don’t call us drivers Massholes for nothing!) but I will remember the strategy.
I laughed at that ^^^ am I a bad person?
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I think as the pressures of the world get greater the less respect people show. The unemployment rate and the working poor are very aggravated as they are barely getting by. I find money is the root of evil for bad behavior.
It’s almost as though respect is practiced less as each generation comes along. I’ll be damned if I’ll allow my own children to follow in that trend.
I agree with OP but this is a very complex issue involving technology, rights and freedoms (which we hold dear), the school system, the media to name a few.
Technology is making our lives easier but also faster. We have come to expect more and expect it faster. Now this is a constant that has been going on for some time starting with fire and tool-making a few hundred thousand years ago but it’s part of the equation.
Humans have had rulers and governments for a long time as well but rights and freedoms for all have been around for only a tiny fraction of that time. The last century saw women and minorites gain the rights (on paper) that was afforded white males. This is all very fresh sociologically speaking, a new world, a good thing but a thing that creates some uncertainty in effect uncharted territory. Workplaces and home life are changing, things such as single parents, latchkey kids and sensitivity training weren’t terribly common fifty years ago.
The schools of a couple of decades ago and today don’t closely resemble each other. The balance of power in the classroom has swung to the kids or seemingly so. This isn’t good IMO. Children have to learn some respect for others to function in a society. That doesn’t come naturally, it has to be authoritatively reinforced both at home and at school.
The media, being a business in competition with others, tries to capture our attention with salacious headlines, 30 second sound-bites and shocking stories (the normal next door neighbor who turned out to be a serial killer). This creates doubt, suspicion and envy not to mention a short attention span.
So here we are, people who expect to get things fast, have some uncertainty at home and on the job, schooled with a sense of entitlement and a tad suspicious. Might this make some a tad disrespectful?
Awesome Bitch OP!