Courtesy

Tonight I went to Burger King where I was served by the assistant manager. She sneezed on my food and then proceeded to hand me the tray with my order as if nothing had occurred. Needless to say I refused the food.

The following confrontation between my sister and this assistant manager drew the attention of everyone in the restaurant. I tried to maintain the incident quiet out of courtesy to the establishment, but the manager addressed me with snide remarks. She left me no choice but to make her and the restaurant aware, that she had sneezed on the food. To this, she quieted down.

After I got home, I decided to go online to chat on Facebook just to relax a bit after the bothersome incident. A young man who was on my friend's list agreed to chat with me once I initiated the conversation. I had never met him nor chatted with him before, although he was the one who had sent the friend request in the first place.

We were chatting normally. I wrote a response according to what I understood of his conversation. He then became defensive; apparently I had misunderstood his comments. I quickly apologized and asked him for a correct understanding of what he had said. He then proceeded to tell me that there was something wrong with me for having misunderstood him in the first place. Needless to say, I deleted this stranger from my account without any further conversation.

You know, I get really tired sometimes. I get tired of fighting for what is right. It seems these days, common courtesy no longer exists. Everyone thinks they are in their right mind for every action they take. And if you don't like it, then... "Screw You", they think.

I've learned in life that living in this world of social relations, one must be open to the thoughts and reactions of others. You cannot live your life as if you are the sole survivor of your own little planet. Courtesy must have its place in order to maintain peace and social cohesion.