What happened to the world?
It's been some time since I received some kindness from people. The last time I heard some kind words or got a kind gesture was very long ago. Today, whoever I interact with behaves absurdly without any compassion. The shopkeepers won't talk politely if asked about a product, the house owners will talk rudely and make random rules any day, people won't smile on the metro, in restaurants they will shout on the waiters and the list goes on. I am not even bringing up autowalas and taxiwalas. What does it take to show some compassion? How much does it take to compromise a little bit so that other person feels good about this world? Why does everyone want to just rip other off? š
I have shifted from banglore to my hometown in rajasthan and its lovely here. Greet everyone with ram ram /radhe radhe and people smile back greet back, its superb. I was missing this element in banglore
Here is my smile for you, my friend: :)
Please don't mind my ugly smile - I've been told I look better brooding.
WickedStop97
Stealth
6 months ago
Not one person looks good brooding. Period.
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Kamlesh
Stealth
6 months ago
Move out of tier 1/2 cities if you want compassion. It is rarer there.
Everybody just wants to dump their frustration/anger on someone. And the biggest cause of their frustration/anger is getting someone else's frustration/anger dumped on them.
Seems like the cycle has gone off enough to make everyone just rude at this point.
StrAngEr
Stealth
6 months ago
I guess it's different with different demographics,
I always get complements from old people on my height from time to time!.
Ps: my height is 6'7.
VagueElbow
Stealth
6 months ago
Thank goodness I am born in Mumbai. I visit like 10 odd food places since childhood. Everyone knows me, they smile and talk. Small resto uncle will give gyaan on politics. Auto driver will tell his story and why BMC is a thug. I think the crux here is to ensure they know you are friendly and they will open up. I have had conversations with liftmen at Palladium that are better than ones I have with people from industry.
SeniorImpostor
Stealth
6 months ago
BRO EXACTLY THE SAME FEELS!!! MAXIMUM CITY FOR A REASON ā„ļøā„ļøā„ļø
Mumbai is hands down THE BEST city I have lived in! I have not felt out of place anywhere in Mumbai. Some of the kindest and sweetest people I have met. And I am from the south. If only I could afford the rent there, I would have happily settled down there. š
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Something that worked for me....I always show compassion-smile during every conversation, talk in a pleasant tone, ask how they are in whatever language they Converse in.
Yes exactly, @Kangaroo please dont focus on such people, you will find more of them, ignore them, their behaviour is not something you can control, dont let these nasty people consume your energy, what matters is only the people who are kinder.
Sapthinker
Stealth
6 months ago
Hate sells
SundayBlues
Stealth
6 months ago
Kindness and any related phenom disappears once you enter city life in India. Mostly resides in suburbs and the hinterlands.
What you feel is 100% correct.. I discussed same with my close ones and they also feel the same.
I believe this is coz thinking of our society drastically changed and shifted in extremely wrong direction that we started to value people just on the fact how much money they are making.
we started to value people very much based on money but not on ethics & moral values.
Just hear to people like ezsnippet on instagram and youāll be shocked like how many people follow and think the same.
this so called hustle culture is good but atleast we should value and respect people first.
I totally forgot when was the last time i saw people being kind, humble to others.
Hello buddy... How's it going in Paytm? Heard that there is a lot of craziness going on in there with a lot of people complaining about the work environment and a lot of folks being fired and all... Not a joke attempt, genuinely wanted to know....
Randomization
Stealth
6 months ago
Humein toh apno ne loota, gayro mein kaha dam tha.
When your relations turn themselves on the basis of money you have, you canāt hope for anything from people you donāt know.
ScaredBlow
Stealth
6 months ago
How good looking are you? Are you a woman or man?
In the corporate world, if you canāt make them money, you donāt get no honey.
"Be the change you wish to see in the worldā
- not Mahatma Gandhi
This happened
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4SpcAjNROO/?igsh=eDY0MjRzN3VkZWEw
FreeThinker
Stealth
6 months ago
That's unfortunately the sad state of the place we live in. It's like everyday everyone is going to war!
Classconscious
Student
6 months ago
What happened is capitalism. You don't have to agree with me on this, but we all understand that the labour market has been held by a chokehold and layoffs are getting more frequent. This is making people more miserable in their own lives.
Acts of goodness requires clarity of thought. And our thoughts are now in an earphone knot because our psychology is working on survival mode constantly.
What we could do is be charitable to those who cannot afford to be nice.
