tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589113.post115132275012248542..comments2023-11-25T06:26:33.387-05:00Comments on Inside Zebster: On courtesy, kindness and respectZebsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684616018807468693noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589113.post-1151398696844917472006-06-27T04:58:00.000-04:002006-06-27T04:58:00.000-04:00Well said, Zeb! Too often people get the wrong per...Well said, Zeb! Too often people get the wrong perception of me when they mistake kindness as weakness. On the other hand, I've noticed I've been the exact opposite when confronted, as if it's a defense mechanism in today's society.<BR/><BR/>The lack of kindness and respect is not only a societal problem, but it's one that's uniquely American.El Mas Chingónhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149297079216397410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589113.post-1151352302277711552006-06-26T16:05:00.000-04:002006-06-26T16:05:00.000-04:00Wow, I should've had you folks write this for me o...Wow, I should've had you folks write this for me or I should've been closer in time to an actual incident, so that I could rant with much better passion like AA.Zebsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684616018807468693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589113.post-1151337793175609282006-06-26T12:03:00.000-04:002006-06-26T12:03:00.000-04:00Well said Zeb, and an oppurtunity to relate a stor...Well said Zeb, and an oppurtunity to relate a story. I was driving up to the pump one Sunday at a small store. There are 2 pumps, each with 2 hoses. A full size, and I mean full size, puckup was pulling in on the ohterside, there were 2 cars already at the pump so we had to be nose to nose. Now we're pulling up at the same time. She, the driver, keeps pulling ahead, I had to stop, a quick look told me the hose wouldn't reach. Noting that she had stopped her truck so the tank was right next to the hose in the pump, I, politely I might add, asked her if she could please back up a foot or so, so the hose would reach my tank. You'd have thought I'd asked her to sacrifice her first born. After the disgusted look and grumbling she did back up enough for me to pull ahead enough for the hose to barely reach my tank. When I went in to pay for the gas she was already gone. Another customer who had been at the pump on the opposite side of me, made the comment "You were getting no love from her were you?", so it wasn't just me. <BR/><BR/>David your comment about yielding is so true as well. People keep saying that you can't legislate niceness, but it seems it's the only way to get it today. I complain about people not yielding and I get, "Well by law they don't have too...". And that is the problem, no one does anything unless they have to "by law".LittleCuzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03413878326255321137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27589113.post-1151334366426695122006-06-26T11:06:00.000-04:002006-06-26T11:06:00.000-04:00Right on the mark Zeb! As a society, we need to g...Right on the mark Zeb! As a society, we need to get the cell phones out of our ears, ignor the text message when we are in conversations, drop the "me first" attitude, and quit thinking of "values" as some political football to be tossed around to make us feel good about our candidates.<BR/><BR/>The interstate is not the Daytona 500, and merge means allow others to get in line.<BR/><BR/>Oh...one more thing...families need to have more conversation at the dinner table and less at the drive thru window.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10235511328970565339noreply@blogger.com