Would the world be a better place if we stood up to the little things that affect us?

VonLuck

Everyone has their daily gripes. Someone cuts across you in a car on the way to work. You see people littering while walking along the street. Your work colleague distracts you with loud music in their headphones when you're trying to concentrate. Your flat mate leaves a mess in the kitchen when you get home. The list is endless.

Rarely do people actually stand up and say something for fear of abuse or being seen as uptight and controlling.

But is this not our downfall, that we let people do as they please, flaunt the law and disregard societal norms? Would the world, and everyone's daily lives, be better if we actually put our foot down and took action?

It also begs the question, is it that important to follow the rules? Would life become boring if everyone did things the way they're supposed to be done?

whoopsadoodles

The opposite.

The world would be a better place if we let the small stuff slide.

lifeandtimes

There's a saying

Don't sweat the small stuff

Fr_Dougal

We need to be more passive aggressive.

SEPT 23 1989

Its the bigger picture you should worry about

Look over there and get animated over insignificant **** while we fcuk you over

It's the way it's designed

TallGlass

Usually one for keeping my cool, but I was on the verge of taking action, some little bitch in the shop earlier.

Firstly she skipped me, then I was keeping it in check, but what done it for me and looking back I should have called her an arrogant little ****. She didn't even say thanks to the guy behind the counter.

Then the other clowns walking along head in phone and we are ment to move out of their way.

Fúck right off. Stick of letting them away with it. It's only getting worse.

TallGlass

TallGlass wrote: »

Firstly she skipped me, then I was keeping it in check, but what done it for me and looking back I should have called her an arrogant little ****. She didn't even say thanks to the guy behind the counter.

I always give a polite "excuse me, there was a queue" to anyone who tries to skip. Better then passive aggressive irritation.

Irish Guitarist

Telling someone to stop littering will most likely either result in them telling you to fuck off and make you more annoyed or worse it could result in physical confrontation. If you see someone fly tipping and can get their licence plate it might do some good to report them but if you see someone throwing a cigarette box on the ground it's best to let it go. Nothing you say will get them to stop.

The same goes for most things regarding strangers. If someone is being an asshole they're not going to rethink their ways because you say something to them. You might end up getting your head kicked in though.

I actually know someone who told some scumbags to stop littering by the river here. As a result he was beaten so badly he almost died. The scumbags are still scumbags so he achieved nothing.

Generally I don't let little things bother me but if I see someone being rude to a person in a service position for the sake of it, I can be pretty cutting. I've rolled my eyes and tsk-ed more than once, I can tell you.

I hate unwarranted rudeness and I've waded in a few times when someone has been obnoxious for some petty reason. I'd also be pretty damning about someone who doesn't say please or thank you, or who wouldn't hold a door for an elderly person or someone with a stroller or wheelchair. Manners are free and all that.

AllForIt

Candie wrote: »

Generally I don't let little things bother me but if I see someone being rude to a person in a service position for the sake of it, I can be pretty cutting. I've rolled my eyes and tsk-ed more than once, I can tell you.

I hate unwarranted rudeness and I've waded in a few times when someone has been obnoxious for some petty reason. I'd also be pretty damning about someone who doesn't say please or thank you, or who wouldn't hold a door for an elderly person or someone with a stroller or wheelchair. Manners are free and all that.

I wish you shadowed me way back when I used to work as a waiter. A customer once beckoned me over and said 'Our wine bottle is empty, what are you going to do about it?'. 'I'm going to bash the empty bottle over your head' I though to myself.

AllForIt

AllForIt wrote: »

I wish you shadowed me way back when I used to work as a waiter. A customer once beckoned me over and said 'Our wine bottle is empty, what are you going to do about it?'. 'I'm going to bash the empty bottle over your head' I though to myself.

I've had jobs like that myself. If anybody talked to a waiter like that in my company, I'd probably never have anything to do with them again. It says a lot about who they are, and none of it good.

KungPao

Larry David is my hero for calling people out on stuff like this, but in the real world it just makes more hassle.