I'm growing more concerned over the way people treat one another these days. Perhaps it's the fact that I live in the North East, and there seems to be this attitude of self-importance that is prevalent there, but I'm not convinced that's regionally restricted. My profession keeps me in regular interaction with school students and parents, and the trend that I've watched over the past decade concerns me. While not true in all cases, the general approach to parenting seems to be teaching kids only to watch out for themselves, and not be concerned with how their actions affect others. The primary goal of all activities and interactions is "what do I get out of this." My purpose for posting here is in hopes of finding others who want to change the world (corny, I know) in a positive way and to organize such and effort in a sense through setting group goals. Since I'm just getting started, I'll throw out the first item for thought, but I'm hoping we can select steps together through responses.
So this week, I want to talk about one of my all-time pet peeves when it comes to social interaction in the workplace/school or other institutional type of setting. As a child and young adult, I always considered it common courtesy to say hello or wave to someone I know when passing by them. It seems today, particularly in the area I'm living now, that to act in such a way is committing some sort of social atrocity. People avoid eye contact and saying hello like the PLAGUE here. At first I thought it must be because I'm new, or maybe it's just me, but it turns out that most people find it awkward to interact when passing by. It's just weird and I don't like it. I know in certain areas people acknowledge each other when passing on the street even if they don't know each other. That to me is significantly more comfortable and friendly than pretending that others don't exist. So, the goal for this week: ACKNOWLEDGE AND GREET EVERYONE I SEE IN PASSING. I hope you'll join me.
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