Too Used To Being Rude To Be Polite

On a roll todae.

This morning on my way to sch i got waylaid by a young girl who tried to burden me with a flyer to accompany me on my long long ride on the mrt, just outside the station. she tried something different - with every offer of a flyer, she let out a cheery "good morning!"

but the five ppl before me and I didn't give a crap. we just showed her our defensively open palms to indicate our disinterest. her fren some distance behind her good humouredly remarked that it was akin to having your picture taken unwillingly...

immediately after i heard that, not only i found humour in it, but also saw the contrast. here were 2 ppl, 1 trying harder than the other but still not getting anywhere. so y bother to try so hard? and i'm ashamed to say that i didn't at least give her a "good morning" back. too busy rejecting the flyer.

maybe we're too used to the sullen aunties and bored youngsters standing outside mrt stns dishing out limp flyers without a word... usually the youngsters wld be emotionlessly plugged into their mp3 players as well. we match disinterest with disinterest, used to it so many times until we cannot change tack even if the other party does.

in this case, its not abt service. i wldn't hv taken the flyer no matter wat. but it's abt being polite when been polite to.

note to self: return greetings as well as non-greetings!