I had a revelation today. I was thinking about how the kids always crowd around me, stretching their arms out and asking for things – paper, pens, sharpeners, pencils, rulers, etc. They get as close as possible to me, shove other kids and cut in front of others, and it’s always a mad rush no matter how hard I try to keep order.
Being in Chennai last weekend, I realized that they are really just doing the same thing that the adults do. People will just blatantly cut in front of you in line, seriously just blatantly do it. Everything is a mad rush to the front, and the cashier or whoever doesn’t care at all. Honestly I think it’s just how people have gotten used to dealing with the insane population density.
It’s really annoying to have to deal with this. I can do it – I can fend them off, but having to do this at every store you ever go to is maddening, and you just get really pissed at everyone.
How can I expect these children to learn to think about others and not push and shove when the adults do the same thing?
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try riding a bus through chinatown in SF. you'll have all these tiny old ladies elbowing their way to get into the bus, literally stepping on you. their hair smells of unwashed, their clothes smell of cooking oils and onion. then i elbowed back and yelled at them: "this is not china!!!"
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