Why is it that people nowadays seem to be losing sense of common courtesy? Didn’t their mothers ever teach them to mind their manners? Or is it just that some people have reached a whole new level of selfishness?
Manners on the road aside (that topic will have to be broken up into a multitude of posts), why have Malaysians become so damn inconsiderate that they’re just plain rude nowadays? If you want to know whether you’re being mindful of your manners and the proper etiquette, just ask yourself if you happen to be inconveniencing anyone at the time. And no, just because you don’t mind your own big ass being right smack in the middle of the way doesn’t mean someone else won’t.
Most of the time, I’m flabbergasted at what parents are willing to put up with from their children nowadays. Admittedly, I’m not a very patient person. Still, if you have a super annoying kid whom you cannot or will not control, or if you are under some illusion that it is fine for them to be screaming at the top of their lungs all the time, or even if you are deluded enough to believe that everybody thinks your kid is adorable and therefore doesn’t mind being rammed into or stepped on, then I suggest you take a step back and look at the other kids.
Because if your kid is the only one in the vicinity who is running around like a maniac, or if your kid is the only thing you can hear around the neighbourhood, or if everyone in the restaurant is throwing you dirty looks, then bloody hell do something about it. Because no, N-O, no, it isn’t fine.
Why would you bring a baby out shopping or to the restaurant when it is inevitable that it will start bawling (well, unless you drug them first). Yes, you should keep them at home. You chose to have the baby, not the rest of the world. Suck it up and stay at home with it until it’s old enough to know better.
Why would you allow your kid to run amok at home, terrorizing the maid and perhaps some innocent neighbours who don’t know any better, screaming from day till night, and then expect any different when you bring them out to a public place? You chose to allow such abominable behaviour, not the rest of the world. If he’s old enough to know better and he’s still acting like he’s possessed then stop having kids! You’re obviously a horrible parent.
Why am I saying such mean things about your kids? I’m just stating a fact. A fact that YOU allowed to happen. A fact that YOU helped create. Why would you have 2, 3, 4 kids when you can’t even parent one?
I don’t hate all kids. I know lovely, wonderful kids who are balanced and have been brought up well. A rarity nowadays, but a huge testament to the admirable parenting that must have taken place. All I’m trying to say is, YOU chose to have the child, BE a parent, not a dumb baby-making machine.
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