"Do unto others what they do unto you," is how Christian ethics puts it.
I'm not overtly religious, but I do live by a certain code of principles that many other people probably also do. It's a golden rule of sorts with me.
I don't go to church regularly or pray that often, but I do treat others with respect. At least I hope I do. I thank my lucky stars (and not the chocolate cereal ones) for what I do possess in life, and those who are my family and friends.
I have always been friendly to those I haven't previously met and always try to make a good first impression. Maybe that's a type of flaw I have, but I see it as a positive aspect to my personality.
But one thing that completely gets my back up, is the ungrateful idiots and selfish gobshites of this world.
Am I being too sensitive? Or does society now have a breed of tolerance in all of us, that allows for this rudeness in assholes to exist? Do we all now shrug off this unacceptable type of behaviour and walk on?
I try to crack jokes and one-liners to break the ice with people - but when this doesn't work after three or four tries (and when you've resorted to explaining the joke), you've lost the audience already.
In this case, when they don't want to even try to communicate with you - why bother? What gives some people the right to be rude (for no apparent reason at all) to a face they have never seen before?
In working with the public, we all remember the bad days far more quickly than the good. They are the days where everything goes wrong, and you feel like you're in a bad dream. And if you enjoy your job working with the public, you get more pleasure out of your job when you put more in.
But what happens when you try your best and these ungrateful feckers still don't appreciate your hard working efforts?
Because inside every ungrateful asshole - is a little bit of goodness or a smile itching to get out. We keep persisting with them because we know we can extract it.
And secretly, you win them over. Welcome to the brighter side of life.
