Drive down the road.
Visit the library. Share something with someone. Look in the mirror.
Chances are, you've seen someone who is inconsiderate.
Got a prescription, started to pull out onto the back street to come here to the library not expecting to see any traffic. Looked right, looked left, thought about pulling out, looked right again, and out of "nowhere" came a UPS truck hauling buggy, its driver thinking only of making it to his next stop with no thought that people would be pulling out of the pharmacy. It's especially obnoxious on Fridays. Dad pointed out to me when he was one of the last of the true Civil Servants that "people bug out on Fridays" to get a head start on the weekend. I'd almost guarantee you, that there are more auto accidents. I bet bikers are in far greater danger from the work force escapees.
When you go to the refrigerator, what do you do? "Well, I'll be right back tomorrow, so I'll set this right up front, top shelf and it'll be okay to shove this other stuff to the back. After all, my wife, husband, room mate won't be back soon. Their stuff stays in here and spoils. Matter of fact, why don't I just shove ALL their crap to the back, better yet, put it on the bottom shelf in the back. So WHAT if Maude has to get a pillow and get on her knees to look for her stuff. I'm important!"
Well, maybe we don't say that or even think it, but it's the message we're sending and it's the impression we leave.
I asked a certain person why certain OTHER people of his category (the category doesn't matter) why they often park in the loading zones at stores and why they seem to go out of their way to walk on the left side of an aisle or sidewalk knowing full well, that the rest of society walks to the right, just as we drive our cars. His reply was that those "rules" were for people of MY category, written by them and for them and didn't apply to HIS category. He had matured enough that he doesn't subscribe to that way of thinking, but he was speaking of others.
Someone said that the USA is the only place where there are handicapped parking spaces, so people don't have to walk too far to go walk on a treadmill. I doubt that's true. The world is FULL of inconsiderate, selfish, thoughtless people.
Here's a word...courtesy. The world needs a lot more of it!
Got a prescription, started to pull out onto the back street to come here to the library not expecting to see any traffic. Looked right, looked left, thought about pulling out, looked right again, and out of "nowhere" came a UPS truck hauling buggy, its driver thinking only of making it to his next stop with no thought that people would be pulling out of the pharmacy. It's especially obnoxious on Fridays. Dad pointed out to me when he was one of the last of the true Civil Servants that "people bug out on Fridays" to get a head start on the weekend. I'd almost guarantee you, that there are more auto accidents. I bet bikers are in far greater danger from the work force escapees.
When you go to the refrigerator, what do you do? "Well, I'll be right back tomorrow, so I'll set this right up front, top shelf and it'll be okay to shove this other stuff to the back. After all, my wife, husband, room mate won't be back soon. Their stuff stays in here and spoils. Matter of fact, why don't I just shove ALL their crap to the back, better yet, put it on the bottom shelf in the back. So WHAT if Maude has to get a pillow and get on her knees to look for her stuff. I'm important!"
Well, maybe we don't say that or even think it, but it's the message we're sending and it's the impression we leave.
I asked a certain person why certain OTHER people of his category (the category doesn't matter) why they often park in the loading zones at stores and why they seem to go out of their way to walk on the left side of an aisle or sidewalk knowing full well, that the rest of society walks to the right, just as we drive our cars. His reply was that those "rules" were for people of MY category, written by them and for them and didn't apply to HIS category. He had matured enough that he doesn't subscribe to that way of thinking, but he was speaking of others.
Someone said that the USA is the only place where there are handicapped parking spaces, so people don't have to walk too far to go walk on a treadmill. I doubt that's true. The world is FULL of inconsiderate, selfish, thoughtless people.
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