A Little Respect
Some people just neew to learn how to have a little respect for others. No, I’m not insinuating that they are ill-bred or lack basic manners, but many a times I just feel there’s something lacking in them that incompletes them as a person.
If you know you are going to be late for an appointment, have the due respect to call or sms while on your way to ask the other party if it’s alright to reschedule it to a latter time. You don’t keep quiet about it and arrive past the agreed hour as if you are the super big star everyone has queued for hours waiting to catch a glimpse of.
If you know you are going to meet someone and engage in an oral conversation of close proximity, have the due respect to brush your teeth and clean your breath. Don’t show the world what you ate for lunch or dinner a few hours ago with the vegetable or meat particles stuck between your teeth. Worse, if you are a smoker, refrain from smoking before you meet up. Don’t assume everyone relishes socialising with smokey chimneys.
If you know you are watching a movie inside the theatre, switch your mobile phone off or turn it to silent mode. Don’t yack in the cinema hall as if your grandfather owns the hall and you’re flaunting your rights as anointed heir for all to see. Worse is to have to tell your left and right companions what’s going to happen next in the film. If you already know the film’s storyboard by heart, why bother buying a ticket to watch it?
If you know bus seats are meant to allow commuters to rest their butts, then move in to the inner seat that faces the window. Why insist on taking the other seat? Is there a ghost from the 7th month occupying the inner seat? Or do you think it’s right to take two seats for the price of one?
A little respect goes a long way as it improves the social relationships between people and is a sign of a caring society. Alas, some people really have to play catch-up. Fast.
