I've been seeing these posts or videos on FB about how to handle bad manners. Most of them kind of go like this. Person A does something that they believe displays good manners. Person B ignores them. Person A gets made and does something jackass obnoxious to 'punish' Person B for not acknowledging their good manners.
Fuck Person A. Seriously.
Manners should never be dependent on someone else. You should never display good manners because someone did it first or not display them because someone didn't play alone. Showing good manners isn't a tit-for-tat thing. Either you have them or you don't. You're not 'teaching' someone to be a better person by pushing them back through a door when you held it open for them but they didn't say thank you. You're not 'schooling' them by screaming YOU'RE WELCOME when they didn't say thank you. All you're doing is showing them that you're a creepy asshole.
No one owes you good manners back, nor should you expect them. Having good manners is a personal thing, based on how much integrity you want to have. It really has nothing to do with anyone else. They don't have to pet you or play along.
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