You know who you are.
I know you do.
You must.
You are the person who lets a door close in front of a mom holding a toddler in -10 degree weather without bothering to look back and hold it open.
You are the person who walks next to your friend on a sidewalk or down a store aisle without even the slightest move to the side to allow people to walk in the opposite direction.
You are the person who walks between a mother and her child causing the mother to lose site of her child and moves so incredibly slow passing in front of them that the mother has no idea where her child has gone.
You are the person who pulls out in front of someone while driving without even looking causing others to slam on their brakes in order to avoid a collision.
You are the person who basically thinks they are the only person in the world at that moment. You think the world revolves around you, that everything stops in order to let you go about your business. You have no regard for the needs of others and honestly I wonder if you realize we are here at all.
You are rude.
You are obnoxious.
You inconvenience me and have the potential to cause harm.
And I just want to shake you and ask if you if you are awake in there.
Have a nice day.
Jerk.
About Kim
Great letter!
My pet peeve is when people drop the door in my face. It makes me LIVID. We are never too busy to look around, grr.
The sad bit is that we’ve all also been *that person*. *sigh* And we of course didn’t notice, because we were oblivious to those around us!
When we’re late, or upset, or just pulled inside our own heads, we fail to connect with those around us.
Shelley, 2 Christmas Eve’s ago, I saw a man in his 80s trying to cross the street in his wheel chair. He was at a corner with no ramp, and he fell out of his chair, right on the street. Did anyone stop? no. It made me want to vomit. On CHRISTMAS EVE! I stopped my car in the middle of the lane, to protect him, got out, leaving my 2 kids in the car, helped him cross the street, then wrote a letter to the editor for our small town paper about how disgusted I was at people for not stopping. Then, I called the city council and asked WHY the corners next to the county hospital did not have wheel chair ramps. So many people dropped the ball there, and it still makes me angry.
Thanks for the reminder to 1-be aware of those around us (as mamas I think we are pretty aware anyway) and 2- raise our babies to be kind, courteous adults.
I speak up, LOUDLY, when I see this happening…if you’re in front of a Mom with children, you’d better open the door for her and hold it open or I’m going to ASK you to. Same goes for inconsiderate drivers, “Get back, and let them cross!”, I’ve yelled out more than once. I was in the grocery store two days ago and saw this man running his cart to the checkout so he could get ahead of a Mommy with two kids-one in the cart, one holding her hand and whining for something he wanted to buy-anyway, I pushed my cart in front of his and then I asked the Mommy to go ahead of me in line, Hee hee. I thought the man was going to freak out, but he ended up waiting a lot longer than he had anticipated. I teach by example, LOL!
Amy,
A lot of drivers are that way – not paying attention to pedestrians and it is scary! I’m afraid to cross the street sometimes!
Jacquie,
Hehe, punching is a more natural reflex but I probably shouldn’t do that in front of the kids!
Staci,
Unfortunately I think they are EVERYWHERE!
You’re right, I didn’t even touch on rude bathroom people. That’s a whole post unto itself!
Mimi,
It’s sad too that I am surprised when someone is actually polite. Politeness should be normal not rudeness!
Shelley,
That is awful! People should pay MORE attention not less. At least you can have a sense of humor about it. I guess that’s all you can do. Or RUN THEM OVER!
Suzanne, that is hysterical!
Darn it! I only thought those people lived in my area! :)
Thanks for posting this, since we can all relate.