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“A Confrontation in a Kroger Parking Lot”

On September 4, 2024 by Dteb With 0 Comments - down to earth believer

My wife was waiting for a lady to pull out from a parking spot in a Kroger parking lot. She had waited for quite a while, but when the lady finally pulled out, another “lady” who had just come around the corner from the other direction whipped into the parking space. My wife is not known for being confrontational, but she did speak to the lady about it. The woman just shrugged her shoulders and walked toward the entrance to the store.

There seems to be an epidemic of rudeness these days. Everything has become a competition, even finding the closest parking spot. On the other hand, perhaps we are just in too much of a hurry to be courteous. Or, is it that we are all so self-obsessed that we think that everything should be for us and our convenience? I am reminded of a tagline—as best I can remember it—from a radio personality in Cincinnati who did radio skits that purported to be investigative journalism: “Our right to know supersedes everyone else’s right to exist.”

Perhaps all the above are contributing to our individual and collective rudeness? In any case, I feel as if courtesy ought to be placed on the endangered species list.

If I am right that competition, speed, and self-centeredness are all involved in our rudeness, what might help to breed more courtesy in our world as well as in the Kroger parking lot? Here are a few suggestions that border on the obvious.

  • Recognize that not everything is a competition, so don’t turn it into that!
  • Slow down!
  • Realize that life is not about you. Instead, life is about us.
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