You know what, just when I think I have figured out which way is up in this world; someone comes along and shakes my brain like a snow globe. Geez…there are alot of rude people in our world; did ya know that?
I try really hard to give people benefit of the doubt when it comes to saying and doing rude or insensitive things. I try to see if they just made a slip of the tongue and said something without thinking or if they really meant it. Although, I just have to admit it…I think our world is just becoming a less caring place in how people treat each other.
Today, while shopping with my family in a large super type store I overheard something that makes me cringe every time I run it through my head. A male person (I don’t want to call him a man because he acted childish…even though he was an adult of at least 40 years of age); made a rude remark to the check out lady, who was having trouble with her register. As she finished up the transaction, he parted from her with these words…Lady, you got to be smarter than the machine! She continued on to the next customer…but, I am sure she felt some powerful emotions…I know that I did. He was gone like the wind…but, I bet he left feeling just fine.
Logically, I know he is probably an insecure person who tried to lift up his self esteem by putting her down…but…in my eyes, he was less of a person for disrespecting her that way. As time went on, I thought to myself…I wished that I had seen where he went so that I could have let him know that she did not deserve to be treated that way.
I didn’t appreciate being a witness to it…nor, did I appreciate the example that it set for my family to witness.
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