Our Society Is Slowly Dying — Here’s Why
Where did all go wrong?
I don’t know how is the situation with the parking slots in the US or UK.
But here where I live, the situation is getting out of hand.
Usually, when people buy a house or apartment, they buy a parking slot as well.
I rent an apartment in a big city, and a parking slot comes with it. So I can use it freely, basically, it’s mine.
Today as I was arriving home, I saw that somebody occupied my slot.
I am usually ok with it. I know that there is a problem in the entire country. There aren’t enough parking slots available.
Here, when you occupy a slot that is not yours, you leave a little paper on the dash with your phone number so when the owner comes home, he can call you.
After I saw the occupied slot I checked where the phone number was so I could call the guy to move his car.
Surprise!
There wasn’t a phone number.
I was mad…in fact, I am still mad as I’m writing this.
The temperature here is quite low. I had to wait 40 minutes in the cold until the guy finally came to move his car!
40 damn minutes!
That is the last thing you want when you get home from work feeling tired.
And guess what?
When I asked him why in the hell was he so ignorant that he didn’t even leave a phone number on the dash, he didn’t even look at me.
He was indifferent and ignorant.
No apology, not even a single hand gesture of sorry. Nothing whatsoever.
And I am used to it now. It happened to me multiple times.
But I am getting so frustrated. I had enough!
People nowadays are ignorant, and indifferent.
They don’t care about anybody else but themselves.
They don’t have a basic level of education, emotional intelligence, or good manners.
And as I am writing this I wonder…when did people become so self-centered?
Why did people become like this?
Where did we as a society take the wrong turn towards the total lack of good manners and empathy?
Don’t get me wrong, there are still people who know and possess these good traits. But there are fewer and less.
And as a man who soon becomes a dad, I am afraid and worried.
What kind of world did we create for our children?
What kind of society will they live in?
Can this negative trend be stopped?
Let me know what is your opinion!
Best wishes, Zoltan.
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