On the lack of social etiquette among the young and people of today, or, Why the hell people nowadays are so freaking inconsiderate????? (Part 2)

First off, I would like to assure my friend Sheng Hui that the events stated below did not actually take place. They are just my way of making a point. Of course the events are highly blown up, and probably do not actually happen everyday in real life. But it could. That’s my point. Everything I have said down there could very well happen the next time you take the MRT, the next time you take the bus, the next time you walk down the street.

And so what is it actually that brings our society down to this level – a level where the people do not appear to care about the strangers about them, or for that matter, their friends and family members. Well, allow my to share my views on the matter.

As I have said many times before in the past, we are living in the Age of the Self (self as in selfishness). People nowadays do not really care about the people beside them while they are walking down the street. How many times do you actually see someone holding open a door that they have just walked through to allow someone behind them to pass through? Not very often, I would say. Why, this very thing happened to me just as I was making my way out of the LT. A few of my female friends were walking on ahead of me, with me walking just a few steps away. So naturally, they opened the door first to allow themselves to pass through – then let it close shut in my face. And after I make it a point to keep the door open for them (or for anyone else, for that matter) should I know that they are about the go through the door.

I mean, how difficult is it to keep the door open to allow others to pass through? All it would take is a few seconds and a few joules of energy to keep the door from closing. But that is exactly my point. It just goes to show how caring we are towards our fellow man. And us living packed in blocks like sardines fishes in a can isn’t really helping matters much. If anything, it is making us even more selfish than ever.

That ends part 2 of my rant on the lack of social etiquette among the people of today. Stay tuned for final installment of my ongoing rant on this topic that concerns all of our lives.