As she shared, she was on
the phone with me after she got into her vehicle at Target that morning. She
called because she wanted to leave the RUDE person, parked next to her/actually
in her spot, a note. She wanted my thoughts on this idea. I encouraged her to
proceed. Maybe I shouldn’t have. But I said:
Just do it, TLC. Do it. I
don’t think they’ll be the kind of human being that’ll care that they caused
you a lot of discomfort and inconvenience. YOU’LL feel better that you stood up
for yourself. And Little Leighton (LL/aka Biscuit).
A few minutes later, I
worried I’d given her the wrong advice. What if that person was watching her
and sought revenge? (I did remind her she’d be on the Target parking lot
camera/video. Her response? “GOOD.”)
Of course, as each day
passes in these United States of America
Overall, My Sweet Hubby
(MSH), TLC and I feel standing up for oneself may not be worth it—in the end.
In this case, I thought TLC should use the opportunity to make the
irresponsible culprit aware of how his/her action affected someone else. I’m
sure I’ve been guilty of not thinking about all of the consequences of my decisions.
Would I really want to be told if I caused someone else a problem? Hmmm. Not
sure. I admit—I’m not sure. Let’s agree I SHOULD want to be reminded of
the possible consequences of my actions/behaviors/choices.
MSH and I spend time each
week going to Granbury or Ft. Worth
When we back out of a
parking spot, 8 out of 10 times we have to pull back in because someone has
turned into that row—going way too fast—and obviously has no intentions of
stopping for us. Yet, when the shoe is on the other foot? When we’re the ones
turning into a row and someone is backing out from their parking spot? Said
backing-out-person refuses to stop. We, therefore, must throw on OUR brakes for
that person—even if we don’t want that parking spot.
For me, it all boils down to The Golden Rule (since there doesn’t appear to be any written parking
lot rules that I can locate):
Do unto others as you would have
them do unto you.
I’m afraid there may be a
heckuva lot of peeps out there that don’t know what this Rule is/means. Or,
sadly, they simply don’t care. I’d wonder if that possibly means they don’t think
much of themselves. Right? If, in fact, they don’t care if people are nice to
them? Or, could it be they DO want to
be treated like they’re special/ROYAL and TLC, MSH and I (and you?)
are not?
My Rant is officially
over. Thank Y’all for humouring (the way someone “ROYAL” might spell that word.
Winky. Wink.) moi.
Have a Wonderful Week, Sillies…
smooch…
