dropping litter at a bus stop(choc wrapper and cigarette butt)- but i felt it wasn't my place to say anything - why?
2006-11-06 16:35:16 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Beacuse she's your elder and you wanted to respect her. That was very kind of you to bite your tonghe.
Next time, call the police.
2006-11-06 16:37:10 · answer #1 · answered by TrainerMan 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
And they were all fighting in the war so we can be free today, right?
Well, not quite 'all' i think.
There is an arogance among some older people who think they deserve respect just because they are older and i don't agree.
Some of them are bitter sad old people who have been left behind as life moves on expecting a free ticket to the future and yet the 'fought in the war' generation is very thin on the ground now.
I do think we should give them some allowances, make sure they are well looked after, give then a certain amount of curtesy but there is a limit when some are extremely bad mannered and 'expect' preferencial treatment.
Older people should respect the enviroment as anyone else, just because they wont be around to suffer the backlash is little excuse.
2006-11-07 00:44:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You were brought up to respect elders that's why! But you're quite right in your observation! Two years ago my son (23 at the time) Had to get on a bus as his car was at the garage for the MOT. It was packed and he had a seat. An elderly woman got in with stacks of shopping bags and my son did the only thing he could think of ... Stood, offered her to take her seat. She gave him a lot of verbal abuse!!! Told him she was not that old (He reckons she was in her mid 60s) and spent the next few minutes wilfully attacking with her bags, you know he got hit a few times by them! So he got off the bus next stop and walked! I guess you meet bad mannered people in all walks of life and ... Any age really! Sad because you'd expect people that age to show others a good example of behaviour!
2006-11-07 04:31:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would you have said something to someone your own age? Or someone younger? Or an old man? Saying something probably wouldn't have had much impact any way - actions speak louder than words and all that - I would have made a point of picking up the two items and putting them in the bin myself hopefully setting a good example to others and embarrassing the 70 year old a bit too.
2006-11-07 03:45:11 · answer #4 · answered by Andy M Thompson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Respect for elders is ingrained in people from birth. You could have maintained decorum and embarrassed the woman by exclaiming, as you picked up the litter, "Young people today have no respect for others, dropping their litter on the street like this!"
2006-11-07 00:38:55 · answer #5 · answered by Supplicant 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing wrong with respecting an elder. I would probably have offered to pick it up for her, or just did it, if it bothered me that much.
Elderly people are often so sweet that it is proper to overlook some of the things we would chew an younger person out for.
You acted in a commendable manner!
2006-11-07 01:10:11 · answer #6 · answered by Charles-CeeJay_UK_ USA/CheekyLad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think we should respect everyone no matter what their age is. And everyone has the same rules no matter what their age is. And no has an excuse no matter what their age is.
Next time say something, the repsect should extend as far as being polite, but everyone should still earn respect. Even if my mother who I respect tremediously littered I would have something to say about it!!
If its not your place mention the littering then whose palce is it?
2006-11-07 02:21:26 · answer #7 · answered by nycgrl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why wasnt it your place to say anything? Talk to the old woman, guide her to the right place to drop such litter(say the dustbin) and tell her not to drop at the bus stop again.
2006-11-07 01:07:34 · answer #8 · answered by Kaiz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only you know the answer as to why you felt it wasn't your place to say anything.
However, here's how I'd approach it. Simply say, "Excuse me, but you dropped something."
You may have mistaken her accidentally dropping something for actually littering. If not, then you can politely informed her that she dropped something -- but you're doing it without embarrassing her by accusing her of littering.
2006-11-07 00:49:04 · answer #9 · answered by writer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's nice that you show respect for the elderly. But littering?, she should know better, next time pick up her mess, try to smile sweetly, and say "I think you drop-ed this, let me put it in the trash can for you". Hopefully she will get the message,and you still sound respectfully.
2006-11-07 00:41:02 · answer #10 · answered by Kimberly H 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why? I don't Know !But if it would have been me I would have said something to her like that's why we have so much litter in the world today because NO ONE CARES ANYMORE . And then I would have gone over and picked it up and disposed of it properly.
2006-11-07 00:52:01 · answer #11 · answered by saltydog54_47591 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋