Breakdown of Communication and Common Courtesies

Long ago in a world almost unrecognizable neighbors knew one another and looked out for one another. People were polite and no one felt they were entitled to anything. No one took anything or anyone for granted. With the way technology has exploded there is less and less good “old fashion” communication. People prefer emails or better yet text messages rather than actually writing a letter or making a phone call and more and more there is less and less we should get together for lunch or dinner sometime and have it actually happen. Simply with the modern conveniences we enjoy there seems to be less and less time to really get to know your neighbors, co-workers and even those you go to church with. Sadly in some households this includes communicating with your own family without the use of modern technology. I am just as guilty as the next person on a lot of the things mentioned above.

One example of a lack of common courtesies happened to me a few weeks ago when I was at Wal-Mart. I had finally come across an empty parking space only to find that someone had left a shopping cart in the middle of it. A man was walking by he saw the cart and noticed I was trying to get into the spot. He walked right on by more concerned about what he needed to do than to help a stranger. I could not believe it! Why did he choose to be so rude and would someone leave a shopping cart in the middle of an empty parking space? A perfect example of looking out for oneself and not taking any consideration of others. I could go on and on with other examples but know I am sure I will come back to this subject.

I miss getting letters in the mail or an in-depth email for that matter. Anymore the main form of communication I receive is a quick have to figure out the acronyms text. I know you have experienced the same took me forever to figure out what lol meant or rofl.  Who would have thought a get lost message would not be delivered in person but in a text, on facebook or twitter or an email. I know more about what is going on with my family on facebook then any other way these days. Then I find myself “creeping” on them as my college kid calls it. Creeping means checking out their facebook page to see what is going on in their lives as the newsfeed does not always show what they have posted.

There is so much more to say on the subject of the breakdown of communication and the lack of common courtesies but I will end this for now as I know I will have much more to say on these subjects and I’m only getting my feet wet with my first blog. Testing the waters as I have not read many blogs or written one before.