Time spent hanging around waiting to go to court has given me a moment to contemplate an issue I have been dealing with recently. I seem to have developed a fairly low tolerance to rudeness and stupidity. OK, I guess most of you probably share a lack of tolerance on these issues but lately I have become quite verbal.
My current foible is Shouting At Parents. Aside from the violent disregard of the law by which some people cycle it is true to say that pedestrians will often behave like brainless sheep endangering themselves and drivers. If some idiot wishes to cross the road whilst talking on his mobile phone and paying no attention to the traffic, then that’s his own affair. What I find impossible to tolerate are the parents who drag/push their kids across the road ignoring traffic; safe crossings and any basic common sense. Hopefully a “YOU HAVE A CHILD – CROSS SAFELY” yelled at them might shame them into using their brains. I doubt it, but it might help.
Rudeness can come in many shapes and forms but like most people over a certain age, the one that annoys me the most concerns the mobile phone. I am not so archaic as to think that mobile phones aren’t a valuable asset to modern life and yes, I would kill for an I-phone. What I have trouble with are the people who speak on their phone whilst in company. I am not talking about the odd emergency call or anything like that. I am talking about people who think nothing of taking a casual call whilst in company. Hey guys – THIS IS SO RUDE!!! Especially if you have made plans to meet someone and then spend time chatting to someone else. Call them back when you are on your own.
There- I have had my say now. Got to go. I am wanted in court. Oooooo….
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