So, was talking to one of my oldest friends today who happens to work in a pre-school, she was telling me all about Political Correctness and the things that she can and can't do. For instance, no child is allowed to lose...
Now correct me if I am wrong but isn't that sending out the wrong message to a whole generation of children? Whether you as parents like it or not, life is never fair, not by a long shot. But a small minority of you and the government (because those in power are quite frankly stupid enough to listen to you), are effectively telling your children that they will win at everything life. The only good thing that this will achieve is a rise in the number of therapists and psychologists wishing to earn a living. Life is not fair, life is a gift given to you by whoever you believe in to teach you lessons, to teach you how to be strong. My own personal belief is that one should live life to the best of their abilities, to make the most of what is given to you (whether you do or not is entirely up to you, which is why we are given free will). Now whether or not you agree is beside the point, what I am doing is using this example to demonstrate that Political Correctness has gone too far.
Further proof is nursery rhymes, my friend was telling me that she wasn't allowed to sing Baa Baa Black Sheep, and instead had to sing Baa Baa White Sheep. How did a simple nursery rhyme that is AGE old, become racist? Now correct me if I am wrong but...Don't we have black sheep and white sheep? Do you go out to fields and see sheep's segregating from each other because of the colour of their wool? No, you don't. But the heart of is, is that it is considered racist. But, if we are going by this line of reasoning, isn't it just as racist to sing Baa Baa White Sheep? I mean after all, the point still stands, white is still a colour, still a race. Reverse racism doesn't work, by its own definition its racist. Now I myself am Chinese and I find the whole concept not only appalling but quite laughable. It is again sending the wrong message to children. I personally have never used the colour of my skin to start arguments, used it like it should be something that people should be aware off. All I ask is that you treat me as a PERSON, a person with opinions and a brain, a person whom you would treat your friend or an acquaintance. I don't want to be treated specially because of something as irrelevant as the colour of my skin, treat me on my abilities its as simple as that (of course there will always be those who are ignorant and don't know any better which case chances are they aren't educated enough).
Another nursery rhyme that quite simply put, astounds me, is Humpty Dumpty. Now correct me if I am wrong, but isn't Humpty Dumpty...an Egg? If he is, then please explain to me how an egg can be offensive to fat people?! This GENUINELY astounds me, I absolutely cannot put my head around a simple egg being offensive to fat people. People PLEASE use your head! Where has the common sense in this world gone?
It is an appalling state of affairs when the public no longer use their own head and instead have a sheep mentality. Why were we given the ability to think if people don't use their brains? Its what its there for. Society has certainly gone down hill in the last few decades and I for one am sorry for it, we have become selfish, out for what we can get for OUR selves, those pockets of selflessness are unfortunately now few and far between. Have we as a nation become so self involved and so materialistic that we have forgotten what it is like to sit around a dinner table as a family to discuss the day? or take a day out and do nothing? Personally, I think it has and I am sorry for it.
(as a side note I would also like to add that the stupidity of people will always astound me...Today I discovered that someone had stolen the back windscreen wiper of my car. Just goes to show that people will steal anything nowadays. Incidentally, the jokes on whoever stole it because the wiper needed replacing any ways)
Sunday, 22 November 2009
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
People
People never cease to amaze me, just when I think they can't surprise me anymore, that I've SEEN it all....One person will always come along and prove me wrong, always.
Helping out in the family restaurant has taught me to look beyond the surface of an individual, to do otherwise would lose you a tip (although I must add that over here in the UK there are no laws saying you should give a tip, in fact most don't). Its incredibly important to remember to look at the customer when they first come into the restaurant, to smile and say hello. It is those first few seconds that are most crucial. Here you can learn an awful lot from them.
I must urge you dear reader to remember this piece of advice, whether your married, have a partner, or a girlfriend/boyfriend. NEVER EVER go out to eat after you have had an argument. During my 13 years of working in the catering sector I have had more then my fair share of unhappy customers, mostly through no fault of my own...or anyone elses. The simple fact of the matter is, is that the customers were unhappy before they even entered the building. Now quite frankly, once this has happened, the staff have absolutely NO chance of making you happy.
It has always been the same scenario as well and, unfortunately, its the women who tend to create the most problems (sad but true nonetheless, and as a female myself I find myself in a bit of a conundrum). Men, you will find will always act like nothing happened, that everything is fine, women on the other hand will sulk and have a tendency to keep very quiet. However, they will be the ones who will be the ones who will pick at everything. The reason why I urge you dear reader, not to go out when your in a bad mood is because you will, inevitably, blame the innocent staff, and it will always be the waiting on staff that get the brunt of your frustration and anger, and it will always be the most inane circumstance that will break the camels back. Something which under any other situation you probably wouldn't even notice. As a consequence, the poor waiter or waitress will end up with the short straw and bear the brunt of your displeasure.
What I find amazing, something that never ceases to amaze me, is that for the most port, the general public tend to forget that we who serve, also have feelings and brains. In fact many a time I have had a customer surprised that I actually went to university, let alone did a degree in International Relations. Which always begs the question...why are you surprised by all this? No offence but doesn't that strike you as, well, ignorant?
So, as a parting to you, I urge you to remember, if indeed you are in a bad mood and insist on still eating out, please take that extra few seconds to think about the people who have to serve you, because inevitably it will be them who will bear the brunt of your anger (unless of course the staff did something so outrageous that to not complain would make it a travesty).
Helping out in the family restaurant has taught me to look beyond the surface of an individual, to do otherwise would lose you a tip (although I must add that over here in the UK there are no laws saying you should give a tip, in fact most don't). Its incredibly important to remember to look at the customer when they first come into the restaurant, to smile and say hello. It is those first few seconds that are most crucial. Here you can learn an awful lot from them.
I must urge you dear reader to remember this piece of advice, whether your married, have a partner, or a girlfriend/boyfriend. NEVER EVER go out to eat after you have had an argument. During my 13 years of working in the catering sector I have had more then my fair share of unhappy customers, mostly through no fault of my own...or anyone elses. The simple fact of the matter is, is that the customers were unhappy before they even entered the building. Now quite frankly, once this has happened, the staff have absolutely NO chance of making you happy.
It has always been the same scenario as well and, unfortunately, its the women who tend to create the most problems (sad but true nonetheless, and as a female myself I find myself in a bit of a conundrum). Men, you will find will always act like nothing happened, that everything is fine, women on the other hand will sulk and have a tendency to keep very quiet. However, they will be the ones who will be the ones who will pick at everything. The reason why I urge you dear reader, not to go out when your in a bad mood is because you will, inevitably, blame the innocent staff, and it will always be the waiting on staff that get the brunt of your frustration and anger, and it will always be the most inane circumstance that will break the camels back. Something which under any other situation you probably wouldn't even notice. As a consequence, the poor waiter or waitress will end up with the short straw and bear the brunt of your displeasure.
What I find amazing, something that never ceases to amaze me, is that for the most port, the general public tend to forget that we who serve, also have feelings and brains. In fact many a time I have had a customer surprised that I actually went to university, let alone did a degree in International Relations. Which always begs the question...why are you surprised by all this? No offence but doesn't that strike you as, well, ignorant?
So, as a parting to you, I urge you to remember, if indeed you are in a bad mood and insist on still eating out, please take that extra few seconds to think about the people who have to serve you, because inevitably it will be them who will bear the brunt of your anger (unless of course the staff did something so outrageous that to not complain would make it a travesty).
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
3am rantings of a mad woman...
This is my first time writing a blog and well, I'm not exactly what you call net savvy...knowing my luck I'll somehow be the first person in the world since the invention of the internet to actually break a blog somehow.
Its probably a good idea to introduce myself, I'm 25, female and from the UK, and recently like millions of other people, I found myself sans job. Laid off because there just wasn't enough work coming in. So here I turn to blogging to get my mind of things, and ironically enough, I find myself in a good place. I have time now to really collect my thoughts and really think about what I want whilst helping out in the family restaurant.
Its an odd age 25, its almost like an in between world, your no longer a student but then your not quite fully an adult, you think you know what you want but society says that you should start giving back to the economy by getting a job, become more mature as you know have to think about how to pay off your loans, taxes are now needed to be paid...Gone is the freedom of being a student, when you went out every night partying and staggering into the lecture theatre still drunk from the night before.
I actually miss those days sometimes, it true when they say that University is the best years of your life, because they absolutely are. You didn't have any worries about money, or needing a job, you worked because you wanted to not because you particularly had too. But now? Now its a case of your degree being obsolete, trying to make ends meet because everybody is in the same boat as you...Able to work but stuck because what they were trained to do in the first place is now no longer useful. But you take comfort where you can get it, comfort in the fact that everyone else is in the same boat as you...comfort in the fact that yes, you still have your health, but comfort can only take you so far because the reality is, is that you may never find work, at least not while the economic climate is still the way it is, the reality is, is that while your wondering where to find the money to buy a loaf of bread that has yet again gone up in price, the only jobs available are the ones that are easy to get, and you don't have any choice but to take them because simple things like food have to be paid for, mortgages and debts won't reduce simply because you can't afford to pay them.
Yes I'll freely admit, I am cynical, incredibly so. But with good reason, cynicism keeps me sharp, it keeps me aware and most of all, cynicism doesn't surprise me at every turn. Cynicism doesn't keep me awake at night worrying when my next pay check is coming in, it keeps me one step ahead of the game. It doesn't allow for airy fairy notions but instead it keeps me grounded in the reality and while this blog may seem angry and frustrated, it really isn't. Emotions can't be interpreted on the web and so its easy to misconstrue, misinterpret, but instead its better to read this entry and keep it at face value, at the end of the day, I can't please everyone nor do I expect to. In fact chances are I'll probably anger more people then actually please but that's just the way life goes. So, you know what? I am going to take whatever life throws at me and keep my chin up because I know that this too shall pass and I'll come out the other end a better and wiser person for it.
Its probably a good idea to introduce myself, I'm 25, female and from the UK, and recently like millions of other people, I found myself sans job. Laid off because there just wasn't enough work coming in. So here I turn to blogging to get my mind of things, and ironically enough, I find myself in a good place. I have time now to really collect my thoughts and really think about what I want whilst helping out in the family restaurant.
Its an odd age 25, its almost like an in between world, your no longer a student but then your not quite fully an adult, you think you know what you want but society says that you should start giving back to the economy by getting a job, become more mature as you know have to think about how to pay off your loans, taxes are now needed to be paid...Gone is the freedom of being a student, when you went out every night partying and staggering into the lecture theatre still drunk from the night before.
I actually miss those days sometimes, it true when they say that University is the best years of your life, because they absolutely are. You didn't have any worries about money, or needing a job, you worked because you wanted to not because you particularly had too. But now? Now its a case of your degree being obsolete, trying to make ends meet because everybody is in the same boat as you...Able to work but stuck because what they were trained to do in the first place is now no longer useful. But you take comfort where you can get it, comfort in the fact that everyone else is in the same boat as you...comfort in the fact that yes, you still have your health, but comfort can only take you so far because the reality is, is that you may never find work, at least not while the economic climate is still the way it is, the reality is, is that while your wondering where to find the money to buy a loaf of bread that has yet again gone up in price, the only jobs available are the ones that are easy to get, and you don't have any choice but to take them because simple things like food have to be paid for, mortgages and debts won't reduce simply because you can't afford to pay them.
Yes I'll freely admit, I am cynical, incredibly so. But with good reason, cynicism keeps me sharp, it keeps me aware and most of all, cynicism doesn't surprise me at every turn. Cynicism doesn't keep me awake at night worrying when my next pay check is coming in, it keeps me one step ahead of the game. It doesn't allow for airy fairy notions but instead it keeps me grounded in the reality and while this blog may seem angry and frustrated, it really isn't. Emotions can't be interpreted on the web and so its easy to misconstrue, misinterpret, but instead its better to read this entry and keep it at face value, at the end of the day, I can't please everyone nor do I expect to. In fact chances are I'll probably anger more people then actually please but that's just the way life goes. So, you know what? I am going to take whatever life throws at me and keep my chin up because I know that this too shall pass and I'll come out the other end a better and wiser person for it.
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