I was crossing the street yesterday, when a car was pulling out from an underground garage. He did not notice us, and pulled out onto the street as we were walking. It seemed like a legitimate mistake (giving him the benefit of doubt) Imagine a person with his neck craning to gain visibility when he is peering out from the car at some place much higher than his perch.
At this a man kicked the rear of the car really hard - and swore that this should teach him not to be rude!
Hmm.....if rudeness would teach a person not to be rude.........
Maybe, a war on terror would terrorize terrorists into not terrorizing innocent people!
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Posted by nourish-n-cherish at 1:44 PM
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Interesting observation.
Your statement is true, assuming the rudeness on the part of the bystander resulted in the car guy to be less rude in future. But, there is also the condition of rudeness getting into a recursive loop of turning into more rudeness... What if terrorists do more terrorizing things as a result of the war on terror...In the recursive case, it is not just the bystander or the car guy who is at stake, but also the public in that area...which seems to be the reality...isnt it ?
Landing in Banglore airport this morning, forced to wait for more than an hour just to reclaim my baggage,only to be badgered with rude questions from the customs officer, definitely put me in an unplesant mood.I was polite and smiling only to be returned by hostile stares....and that too for a baggage which weighed 12KGs , with a few gifts inside...:-(!! Tell me about rudeness!! Wonder if it would have helped if I had retorted with a stare and given curt replies....Knowing me, I guess I would have done it if they had gone further and talked about duty etc...:-)
To answer your question mindframes.....that is what will happen. The guy whose brand-new car was kicked at is going to get angry, and god knows how else he will perpetrate it.
Unpleasantness is a chain that goes into an endless loop doing more harm than good.
Survivor: I can very well imagine how you would have felt. Sometimes, it takes all our will-power to remain polite and calm. But good job! I am sure you felt better because you were the bigger person by remaining calm and objective
survivor...bigger person...I digress..;)
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