Tips for better living:
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When driving and you are about to miss your turn or freeway exit, you do not have the right to endanger other peoples’ lives in order to ensure that you get where you need to go. Plan ahead. If you know you are going to have to make a right turn, get in the right-hand land ahead of time–don’t swoop across multiple lanes without signaling. P.S. – Signaling at the last second is no guarantee that I can or will make space for your car to merge into my lane as it may be unsafe to do so. Flipping me off doesn’t help matters… you’re rude and can’t get with the program. So you lose 5 minutes circling back to make your exit–it’s not the end of the world. Egomaniac.
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When I arrive at work, don’t accost me with a request as soon as my foot crosses the threshold of the building. Please. Give me a minute or two to set my stuff down at my desk, grab a cup of joe and get settled. Type A-hole.
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When you call me and ask if I have the time to help you with a request and I say “Sorry, I’m real busy with other requests right now, can you call back in an hour,” DO NOT respond by saying “Oh, well this will only take a second” and tell me what your request is. Why did you ask if I had time in the first place?! Pushy.
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If you love to swear, fine and dandy. Just don’t do it loudly and in a public place where children are. I’m a big boy and I can see you for the low-class trash you are, my kids and their friends unfortunately are too young to put your words and actions into the appropriate context. They may believe your crude behaviour to be appropriate. I do my best to set them straight, but your spew isn’t helping. Low life.
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If you get into an elevator with me, please don’t stand there and stare at me the entire ride. Elevators force people to invade each others’ personal space enough, without having some freak stand there and stare at you square in the face the whole way. In addition, if it’s just you and me on the elevator, you don’t need to stand so close to me that we’re almost touching. Space can be a good thing. You wierdo.
5a) When you’re getting on an elevator, how 'bout letting the people off first, huh? And if you forget and are standing right in front of the elevator door, waiting to enter when people are getting off, don’t insist on pushing your way through everyone to get on as they get off. The last time I checked, elevator doors stay open for at least a second or two. Pushy jerk.
- There’s no law that states that people sitting next to each other on an airplane MUST converse with one another. If you ask me a trivial question or utter a nonsequitor and I don’t answer to your satisfaction… drop it right then and there. The “Why I’m gonna force this guy to talk with me” cause is in no way a noble one. You must be lonely or starved for attention. Freak.
Whenever you’re about to do ANYTHING, ask yourself, “Would I like it if someone else behaved this way towards me?”
Show others a modicum of respect, that’s all the world asks.
-dietrologia