Words
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Generally, I would say I'm slow to anger.
My level of patience can be stretched.
But there are a few things I really can't stand.
One of which is when people are rude and display disrespect in the things that they say.
It's a total bummer when you try to be nice to another person but instead of receiving a reciprocal respond, you get nothing but a smack in the face.
It disappoints me when people say things without thinking the repercussion on the person who hears it.
Word has meaning.
And meaning can bring a person a long way in life.
Words are not merely alphabets to a language, it carves out the person within us.
If you say to a 5 year old "You cannot be a doctor", the 5 year old will never be a doctor although he may have had that capacity to do so and all this because of the words he was brought to believe in.
People can call me stupid or a fool.
It's ok.
I can pretty much take it.
Like I said, my level of patience is above the average.
But it frustrates me that people go on thinking it's ok to say things like that,
disrespecting one another in words.
Pearl Strachan
3 comments:
But did you let the person know what they are saying is disrespectful, rude and inappropriate?
Because if not it could be 2 things;
1. They don't know they are being rude (Yes, some people are just don't know they are being insensitive)
2. They know what they're saying, and need to be 'sounded' in a polite manner bout how what they are saying is rude.
If you have any problem with any of the above, tell me who and I'll deal with the rude person.
=p
Cause if you just keep silent and mute, the Rude people just keep on being rude and nothing will change. Maybe its not so bad since you can 'handle it', but others, like the 5year old, will not be able to and will suffer the negative consequences.
So don't be afraid to put the person in his/her place in an appropriate manner.
Hmmmm...
Can I opt for the "If you have any problem with any of the above, tell me who and I'll deal with the rude person" choice? :)
I'm not particularly close to this person and it was the first time I felt mistreated by "it's" words.
It caught me off guard.
U think I should just stay away from it now on since we're not that close in the first place, OR go speak the truth to that person anyway?
Okay, sms me the person's name and number, I'll set them straight...
Have to see what's appropriate la, i know there's the sucky circumstances where nothing can be done, but where possible its alright to just say,
"Well, X, thats not a very nice thing to say..."
or
"Hmmm, I have to disagree with you on that."
"I don't appreciate what you just said about me/him/them..."
Polite but honest.
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