I am so tired. I didn't go to sleep to late I guess, around one in the morning.
Ahhh what I wouldn't give to be able to sleep in until ten thirty in the morning. But waking up to such a cutie makes waking up at 8 o'clock seem like nothing. When she wakes up, she puts her nose right to mine and starts babbling, like she knows how to be cute or something. She's dangerous. HAH.
Here's the subject for this post. It's kinda long, but here we go.
I am generally a nice person. I think so. I mean I speak my mind and sometimes it comes off as rude or mean or a b!tch I guess, but I think people just misunderstand. I say what I feel, and try to be tactful and not rude, but it doesn't always happen. Anyways, my point is this, I try my hardest to be courteous of people, I am speaking of strangers that is. I let people into traffic, all the time, even if it means I'll miss a light. I let people cut in front of me in line, if I have more things. I help little old ladies open doors or pick up things they've dropped. You get the picture. I do those kinds of things numerous times a day (especially the little old lady thing, we are over run with old people here.) But I can't tell you how many times people just over look me when I need obvious help. For example. I'll have grocery bags in my hands, a baby in the other and I'm trying to get to my car, but I drop my keys, a person will see this, even make eye contact with me, but keep on waking. I cannot tell you how many times that has happened to me (yes, I've dropped my keys that many times.) Oh another example, I was at the movies with my husband and two friends. The movie was over, we just stood up to walk out of the aisle, not even 30 seconds passed when the couple behind said "Could we get a move on here?" "Yeah, what the hell is the hold up?" I just looked at them, blank expression and proceeded to walk. I didn't say a thing. Now usually I would have tore them a new butt hole, but it wasn't worth it. But it's things like that, that make me think, "is it even worth it to be nice to people?"
Another example. I was 40weeks pregnant, I was walking from my work during lunch break to get some lunch down the street. I was walking behind some restraunts when a oncoming van forced me to the side of the road. As I walked to the side of the road I slipped on some algae that was growing in a puddle, I fell instantly. As I fell, the van passed right next to me. Did they even brake? Nope. Look, yes, make sure I was ok? No. Not even a little. Bastards. What if I was seriously injured? I was nine months pregnant for goodness sake, but they didn't care that they just passed a pregnant woman that just ate some concrete. Needless to say, I was fine, but I started crying like a baby...well..because I was pregnant.
Even after that I still treat people with courtesy and go out of my way to be polite. But honestly mankind makes it hard to be nice when they're such jerks. And I'm not trying to imply anything, but I am just throwing this out there, most of the time, it's men that totally ignore my need of help....I am just saying...that's all.
So I guess I'm giving a disclaimer here, if you drop something or need a door opened, or if you fall and need a hand...don't count on me, I might give up this whole "be nice" gimmick. It's overrated, and people don't deserve it.
Monday, October 26, 2009
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I, like yourself, try to go out of my way all the time to be nice to strangers. And I also have noticed how I'm ignored when I need help. But I chalk it all up to their karma. It's good of you to be good, even if you don't get it in return. It makes you feel good and it WILL come back to you!
ReplyDelete8:00am...that is sleeping in for me, LOL! I wake up at 5:00am for work and Jillian is almost always up by 7:00am or well before on weekends. Of course I probably go to bed much earlier :)
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, it sucks when you can't get help when you need it!