Spineless

This blog post isn't going to have statistics or links or anything of that nature. I'm just going to talk about some things I've noticed lately. Call it a rant if you want, but I think some of these things need to be said.

First, it's the issue of people becoming spineless blobs of humanity. Why is it that nobody can say what they mean anymore? I recently had a friend living with me. He apparently had a problem with the rules I had set for him during his time staying with me. However, rather than telling me he had a problem with the way I ran my house, he just hid upstairs and played X-Box all day, every day when he wasn't at work. After a while, he apparently got to the point where he decided it would be best for him to move out. Now, this is the second time I've let this particular friend stay with me. Nothing like this happened the first time. If it had, there wouldn't have been a second time and I can assure you, there will not be a third. On top of his problems with the rules I had set, he had been unemployed for a few months. It wouldn't have been a problem if he had been LOOKING for work so he could pay his mounting rent. But, he played X-Box all day. The day he moved out, he decided it would be best for him to bring all of his issues up with me. I told him what I just told you about his time unemployed. He fired back with a line about my continued unemployment. Now, what I'll tell you about my unemployment is there are many reasons that have added up and led to my long period of unemployment. One of them is a problem with my ankle, another is the economy, the jobs available and my ability to do those jobs with the problems I have with my ankle. (By the way, sorry this paragraph is so long) Others I won't go into. In any case, I told him my point of view and he took a step back and started making other accusations and bringing up other points. In the end he left and has yet to pay what I am owed.

Ok, so why did I tell you that story? Well, if he had a spine and had TOLD me what his problems were before letting them build in his head until his brain popped, there may not have been a problem. There are many many other examples I've seen, but this is the most prevalent for me right now.

Another thing I want to talk about is parenting. I'm not a parent and that may discredit anything I have to say with some of you. But, I've noticed more and more parents are falling into 2 groups when it comes to being in public with their children. Either they're Nazi disciplinarians or have a complete lack of any disciplinary practices. If your child is screaming his or her head off in the middle of whatever public establishment you're in at the time (assuming the child is old enough to know better) it is your job as the parent to discipline them in a way that is appropriate for that behavior. That's just an example. Your job is NOT to ignore the child (in most cases. Sometimes that is the appropriate action) and let them continue to annoy other patrons. Conversely, if your child is simply running around in circles around you in an empty grocery store because they're bored and need some sort of way to get rid of the copious amount of energy children have, what's the problem?

As a parent, it's hard to know when to and when not to do things when it comes to your children. But, always getting on their case or never getting on their case isn't the way to do it.

Ok, rant over.

this may be an odd post, but it's been bumbling around in my head all day and I decided I'd just write it down whether it made sense to people or not.