Why must this world be consumed with bitterness? Why do some people have to be so unrelenting in their pursuit of unhappiness? I don't have the answers. Maybe it's human nature to spread sour moods through the population. If you look at the great characters of history, many of those who were world leaders were also assholes.
I work in a coffee shop, and today a lady came in asking for her drink to be made with a certain kind of milk. Many of the things in my workplace have an Italian, or French names in place of the western terms. In this instance, the lady asked for her drink to be made with breve, instead of the usual 2% milk. This would usually be a no-brainer, except English is a second language for the girl whom I was working with. Of course, my colleague didn't know what breve meant. Breve isn't a layman’s term, so I wasn't surprised she didn't understand. However, the customer decided this wasn't acceptable, and started complaining. The unruly lady repeated her order several more times until I had to intervene. What bothered me about this encounter was the fact that the lady never explained what breve meant to my ESL colleague. Breve, for those who don't know, means half and Half Cream. Had the lady simply clarified her order, the whole ordeal would have been avoided. Instead, I had to listen to her complain. Why couldn't this lady be reasonable and help my colleague who doesn't have a solid grasp on the language, especially when the problem word wasn't even English?
The point of this story is to express my distaste for rude individuals. Why some people can't seem to grasp that we're all in this together is beyond me. We only have the one life, so why do some people have to take everything so seriously; we should be trying to have as much fun as we can. If I die tomorrow I don’t want to be in a sour mood when it happens. We are all essentially trapped on this planet, and if we can't all get along it's going to be a long ride.
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this obviously ignorant woman, does not understand the concept of compassion; nor does she comprehend that we do not all know or haven't experienced the same shit. however, maybe her dog had just died, or she had to sleep with her ugly-ass boss later in the day for a promotion; so maybe there was something more to her implied ignorance of other peoples lack ability. this is an example of empathy which she did not possess. lol im drunk
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