Day in day out, we hear the older generations teaching us to be courteous, but do they really practice it?
Do you disturb and demand people to reply you when they are on the phone? Do you "request" to see something that someone else is reading? Apparently, older generations like to do it. That is their apprehension of courtesy.
Been to a wedding dinner recently, and these things did happen. I was obviously on the phone and busy with stuffs, but they don't seem to care. They continue talking to me and asking me questions, this and that, endlessly, as if they will never ever get another chance to talk to me. Yes, I do have two ears, but they can only work cooperatively not individually (even if they do, there is only one brain processing).
Also, while looking at the menu for the day, one of them said to me :"Is this the menu? Let me see. (and proceed to move her hand towards the menu I am holding on to)". She could well just say:"Can I have a look at it?". "Can" still sounds demanding, but still, asking; rather than just demanding it.
You have seen the older generations "disciplining" the younger generations just off the streets, many times. Some of them was necessary, while some of them were just redundant. But have you seen the older generations being ticked off when they did something un-courteous, wrong, or annoying? No. Because we were all taught to not talk to strangers. Whatever.
Just why is it that younger generations have to put off with older generation's nuisances? Just because you older generations can't get use to seeing (看不惯) something that us younger generations are doing, doesn't give you the authority to chup jit kah (poke their noses into the matter). Just because us younger generations didn't tick you older generations off, doesn't mean you are right. Its because we are avoiding trouble.
Is it not funny that the moment we voice our views (of the older generations) to them, we are being rebutted with:"Oh! How can you talk back to me? I am your older generation. I ate salt more than you ate rice. You should listen to me. You are rude."? If you do eat that much salt, you shouldn't be still alive, much more to say to discipline us. If we were rude, so are all those who "scolds" younger generations in the public. And yes, I would like to listen to you on how to use the computer, since you said so.
Not that I say that all of us younger generations are right, but when you older generations are faced with reasoning rather than "don't kaypoh/diam la/your problem arr?", you should start rethinking if the society have changed, or were you really wrong.
Generation gaps, caused by older generations being unwilling to accept modern reasoning.
Do you disturb and demand people to reply you when they are on the phone? Do you "request" to see something that someone else is reading? Apparently, older generations like to do it. That is their apprehension of courtesy.
Been to a wedding dinner recently, and these things did happen. I was obviously on the phone and busy with stuffs, but they don't seem to care. They continue talking to me and asking me questions, this and that, endlessly, as if they will never ever get another chance to talk to me. Yes, I do have two ears, but they can only work cooperatively not individually (even if they do, there is only one brain processing).
Also, while looking at the menu for the day, one of them said to me :"Is this the menu? Let me see. (and proceed to move her hand towards the menu I am holding on to)". She could well just say:"Can I have a look at it?". "Can" still sounds demanding, but still, asking; rather than just demanding it.
You have seen the older generations "disciplining" the younger generations just off the streets, many times. Some of them was necessary, while some of them were just redundant. But have you seen the older generations being ticked off when they did something un-courteous, wrong, or annoying? No. Because we were all taught to not talk to strangers. Whatever.
Just why is it that younger generations have to put off with older generation's nuisances? Just because you older generations can't get use to seeing (看不惯) something that us younger generations are doing, doesn't give you the authority to chup jit kah (poke their noses into the matter). Just because us younger generations didn't tick you older generations off, doesn't mean you are right. Its because we are avoiding trouble.
Is it not funny that the moment we voice our views (of the older generations) to them, we are being rebutted with:"Oh! How can you talk back to me? I am your older generation. I ate salt more than you ate rice. You should listen to me. You are rude."? If you do eat that much salt, you shouldn't be still alive, much more to say to discipline us. If we were rude, so are all those who "scolds" younger generations in the public. And yes, I would like to listen to you on how to use the computer, since you said so.
Not that I say that all of us younger generations are right, but when you older generations are faced with reasoning rather than "don't kaypoh/diam la/your problem arr?", you should start rethinking if the society have changed, or were you really wrong.
Generation gaps, caused by older generations being unwilling to accept modern reasoning.
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