PretzelGirl
09-24-2010, 04:24 PM
Okay, this is a bit of a vent but not at anyone in particular but at a thought process I have always seen here.
We tend to get worked up and very upset when people make assumptions about us or say comments. A big one is people who are deliberately calling us sir and it is obvious it is intentionally made to make us mad or embarrassed. Or maybe it is a SA who realizes we want to shop in the women's section and gets rude or just walks away. I agree it is fair to be mad. But I am always big on educating people because we just might swing some people to acceptance. I also agree that sometimes you can't cure stupid.
So if we get so mad when people make assumptions about us (pervs, gay when we aren't, whatever) then why do we turn around and trash other people too? Specifically what got my mind churning here is a thread where someone makes degrading comments about someone because they worked at McDonald's. For the people that didn't work there, I would like to mention that there are many CEOs that worked there, I worked there, and my two best friends who are doctors worked there. I wouldn't be surprised if many of us worked there. I would bet a lot of US adults worked at a fast food place as kids.
The other item that fits this mold is talking about the People of Walmart page and the general degredation of those that shop there. I get it if you don't want to shop there because it is the big corporate steamroller. But do we need to talk bad about the people that shop there?
So the Educational Moment that I see here is how is it right for us to talk down about any other member of society when that is exactly what we are fighting against ourselves? We have people that do treat us bad and a lot of them can be educated because I believe a lot of the responses are from them not having dealt with us before. We really are all breaking fairly new ground and have to think that way. So while we fight that battle, how about if we act in the same manner we want others to act and not talk about other people because of where they work or shop, who they date, where they live (dang hicks) and what they wear? We yell about not labelling ourselves here often and turn right around and do it to others. Maybe it is time we treat others as we keep wanting them to treat us. Seems fair.
We tend to get worked up and very upset when people make assumptions about us or say comments. A big one is people who are deliberately calling us sir and it is obvious it is intentionally made to make us mad or embarrassed. Or maybe it is a SA who realizes we want to shop in the women's section and gets rude or just walks away. I agree it is fair to be mad. But I am always big on educating people because we just might swing some people to acceptance. I also agree that sometimes you can't cure stupid.
So if we get so mad when people make assumptions about us (pervs, gay when we aren't, whatever) then why do we turn around and trash other people too? Specifically what got my mind churning here is a thread where someone makes degrading comments about someone because they worked at McDonald's. For the people that didn't work there, I would like to mention that there are many CEOs that worked there, I worked there, and my two best friends who are doctors worked there. I wouldn't be surprised if many of us worked there. I would bet a lot of US adults worked at a fast food place as kids.
The other item that fits this mold is talking about the People of Walmart page and the general degredation of those that shop there. I get it if you don't want to shop there because it is the big corporate steamroller. But do we need to talk bad about the people that shop there?
So the Educational Moment that I see here is how is it right for us to talk down about any other member of society when that is exactly what we are fighting against ourselves? We have people that do treat us bad and a lot of them can be educated because I believe a lot of the responses are from them not having dealt with us before. We really are all breaking fairly new ground and have to think that way. So while we fight that battle, how about if we act in the same manner we want others to act and not talk about other people because of where they work or shop, who they date, where they live (dang hicks) and what they wear? We yell about not labelling ourselves here often and turn right around and do it to others. Maybe it is time we treat others as we keep wanting them to treat us. Seems fair.