Two lines that really set my nerves on edge are "Why should I have to ......" or the frequently heard "How come they get .....", always seeming to come from someone who thinks they're getting something less than their fair share of heaven only knows what, or that someone else is getting more than their fair share of that something.
I've known people who seem to keep ledgers in their heads. It's like there's some kind of adding machine that keeps working out a bottom line of some kind that keeps getting revised and which illustrates some sort of obviously uncorrected outrage while asking either overtly or implicitly: "Don't you agree with me?????"
I find I have precious little tolerance for such mindsets.
Mr. Malcontent from the gurney in the hospital is merely one example. I hear it coming from politicians, from elected officials and from wanna-be officials. One really angry voice caught my attention with (my paraphrase) "You think that??? You just wait 'till I get elected and you'll see what happens then!!!!"
Yes, threats are also part of the baggage.
A basic respect for civics and civility, a basic grasp that there are people out there who have different circumstances and different needs compared to one's own, these traits seem very much absent. That lack of respect seems to have roots.
My wife who taught school offered an interesting perspective. Many modern adults never learned in elementary school to stand in line in size places. That minimal failure of compliance has now escalated, expanded and in my words, has run amok with Covid-19 which has led to tragic results.
My urgent suggestion is that if you who are reading this have not been vaccinated, please get vaccinated.
Please don't be like the mother of two whom I read about in today's news who feared vaccination side effects, who did not get vaccinated, who then contracted the Delta variant of Covid-19, who was placed on a respirator for a month and who then died.
Please see:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/a-missouri-woman-didnt-want-a-covid-19-vaccine-for-fear-of-side-effects-she-caught-the-delta-variant-and-died/ar-AALLjAZ
and:
https://patch.com/new-york/merrick/s/hnol2/rise-of-delta-variant-concerns-some-health-officials-poll?utm_term=article-slot-1&utm_source=newsletter-daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter
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