OK, first this article
might offend some people, and if you are offended by words, like the one in the
title, please do not read on - I do not wish to offend anyone. Second, I was
told not to rant so much, because people don’t like to read rants; I was also
told not to smoke - I didn't listen to that either. Right or wrong, here I go.
I was reading a post
from a new blogger, she was saying that she was ready to quit, and wanted to
know what people thought of her decision. I wrote to her, and gave her some
ideas; I was being positive with her. She was fragile, and she thanked me.
Then not two hours
later, this douchebag gets on her post and says, (and I paraphrase) “You think
you can just sit down and start a blog, real bloggers…” WTF dude! She needs
encouragement, she needs to grow. You weren't born to be a blogger, you were not born with a keyboard in your hand (if you were, I am sorry for your
mother), and you had to start somewhere. Who was your inspiration, who taught
you the ropes and who gave you encouragement?
I like people who are
positive, and helpful. People that lend a helping hand - ones that don’t forget
from where they came.
In my “Brick and
Mortar” I called a customer back for a co-worker. I was pre-warned that this
customer was difficult, but difficulty was not what I experienced
After my greeting, the
customer lit into me and started swearing and using fowler language than I
heard in my twelve years in the Navy.
After he was done, he
said, “I would never speak that way to a woman, but you are a man, and I will
speak that way, because I am a man.”
No, dude, you are a
douchebag.
Being a male is a
matter of birth, being a man is a matter of age, being a Gentleman is a matter
of choice and effort. There are a lot of men out there, but to change from
being a man to a Gentleman takes effort on the part of the subject.
Being merely a man,
beating your chest, dragging your mate by her hair to your cave and chasing off
beasts with your club: You are dangerously close to being a douchebag.
My point is, we need
to be nice to each; for instance, I was connecting to a blogger named Matt
Banner from OnBlastBlog.com, this is an awesome guy, and I really liked
his blog. He then sent me a message saying “Thanks for the +1.” Wow, that was
really nice! and then I thought how many times did someone +1 me, and did I
thank them? To be honest, I never have done that.
So apparently I need to update my Gentlemanliness and decrease my Douchebaggery: So, here's to
change.
