Building on what I posted on the 28 March thanking the faceless and nameless people who - however insignificant - complete our daily life, let May 1 bring a few minutes' pause to recollect how many times we've walked past a person with a self-made balaclava and soiled trouser only to size him/her up and rolled our eyes? I've seen...
A visitor once said:
If the painters and cleaners are to be respected, then the same ought to be given towards junior, small time workers. Some work under the usual pressure, and some under fear. Others with heads held low and dignity stripped away, berated daily by educated fools holding the managerial positions. Others are called "stupid", "dumb", "slow", "incompetent" and almost always with a threat leveled at them.
So, to such insolent men and women, know that you're once in the gutter. You may don designer clothing, fanciful wigs, and wear the sweetest smelling perfume but deep down, you may be just another loathsome human being. It's uncalled for when one puts him or herself above another person through disrespectful words and actions.
It's not easy to be nice and humble just to eke out a bare existence. That's life. This is society you say? Think and say it again. Life's like this because of people like you.
A visitor once said:
The sad reality that society only places far too much importance on people who wears a tie, dress in a coat; where underneath it all he/she might be a loathsome human without any life value.What to do? Everyone is taught to mind their fortunes and well-being; everything else is secondary. If I could just add to what I've written, I want to say thank you to the rank and file. The drones. The supporting crew. Having just said how selfish society is, it'd be clearer if I were to juxtapose the drones and the head honchos. I don't think there are any other days accepted the world over where the labour and the toiling of these "cari makan" and "makan gaji" people are, sort of, appreciated.
If the painters and cleaners are to be respected, then the same ought to be given towards junior, small time workers. Some work under the usual pressure, and some under fear. Others with heads held low and dignity stripped away, berated daily by educated fools holding the managerial positions. Others are called "stupid", "dumb", "slow", "incompetent" and almost always with a threat leveled at them.
So, to such insolent men and women, know that you're once in the gutter. You may don designer clothing, fanciful wigs, and wear the sweetest smelling perfume but deep down, you may be just another loathsome human being. It's uncalled for when one puts him or herself above another person through disrespectful words and actions.
It's not easy to be nice and humble just to eke out a bare existence. That's life. This is society you say? Think and say it again. Life's like this because of people like you.
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