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opinion
In tragic times,
why are people so rude?
Recently I have noticed
that people have become more and more rude and selfish, and
I would like to know why. It just doesn't make any sense to
me, especially after the Sept. 11 tragedies, in which I though
that people would be nice to each other, at least for a couple
of months.
For example, I
called my credit card company because they had made a mistake
on my bill. I wasn't upset because I understand that human
beings will make mistakes, and that's OK as long as you fix
it. This was not the case. The woman on the phone was extremely
rude, telling me she didn't have time to be bothered with
this matter. You don't have time? I thought this was your
job. Maybe I was wrong. In the end, she didn't fix the mistake.
I had to call someone else two days later to do it.
What happened to
customer service? What happened to "The customer is always
right?" Please, the customer couldn't be more wrong.
I went to Las Vegas a few weeks ago, and my friends and I
decided to catch the bus to go back to our hotel rooms. What
a bad decision we made. The bus was very crowded when we got
on, and the bus driver was screaming at us to move behind
the yellow line. We moved behind the line, and he was still
cussing us out. One of my friends decided to cuss back at
him. This was ridiculous. I paid my hard-earned money to ride
that bus, and I get cussed out for following the driver's
directions, what is that?
People never cease
to amaze me with how rude they can be. While driving on the
605 freeway this man put his blinker on,didn't stop to look
before merging, and he almost side swiped my car. Then, he
gets upset with me because I guess I was supposed to be psychic
and I was supposed to know he was coming, and he flicks his
middle finger at me.
Now I'm not saying
that I'm perfect and I've never been rude to people, but I
have never been intentionally rude to someone. I may feel
sick one day, hold my head down and not want to talk, but
I am not just going to do run people off the road and talk
to people like they are stupid.
I've also noticed
that people don't like to speak anymore. I try to speak to
people I see walking by, but it's hard when people are looking
mean, and it's even more difficult when you speak to someone
and they don't speak back.
I want to encourage
everyone to try to be a little more pleasant with others.
You never know how you can change a person's day for the better
when you give them a smile, a hug or a nice "hello."
Larry W. Brunson
Jr. is a journalism and English major at Cal State Long Beach.
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