Has your neighbour played music so loud that your walls shake to the music? Have you encountered someone who talks so loud that you could hear her from another room? Have you heard things that should not have been said in the open? Hardly is anyone commenting on or complementing the rudeness that is overtaking the world.

Someone sits in front of you in the bus and spits every now and then. The window is open and the bus is speeding. So she spits and the wind carries the spittle and lands it on you. You go into an office and the person who should attend to you is on the phone. You try to be polite so you decide to wait until she finishes. But you learn that the person is making plans on how to spend the weekend on the phone with her friend and gossiping as well. You ignore the behaviour so that you can get on with your business but the next person who enters the office is greeted by the same behaviour. We hardly comment when confronted by such bad-mannered people. They deserve to be corrected even if it is through criticism. But who will criticize when you and I don’t?

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