Hoping They'll Realize

I don.t know why not greeting here (work place) is so much an issue to people.. Where in fact in developed countries, the big bosses even permit subordinates to call them by first name to make them more approachable.. in Singapore, they don’t go around inspecting courtesy, they do their job and that’s more important than wasting time in greetings because it’s what made them successful in the first place… you ever think why private companies are more productive than the government? Because they’re goal-oriented, they don’t bother with these self-inflicted issues! so don’t wonder why we are so left behind. Self-check lang guys ha… bakit kaya sa tingin nio e mas napapansin nio pa those that do not greet than you noticing them doing their works? That’s because it’s so much imbedded in your characters that a casual, no matter what his attainment is, is still a casual and therefore MUST SHOW RESPECT! Guys, ego… pride… you’re clouded by it. It’s not as if I hate you guys… I don’t… hindi ko naman kayo iniismiran, hindi naman ako nagsisimangot, at lalong hindi ako nakikipagplastikan. I’m just me, I talk to the ones I know and I’m civil to those I don’t. binabati ko naman ung mga tao sa office where I am assigned and admittedly mas binabati ko ang mga casual kasi sila ung mas kilala ko. come on, disheartening talaga to have a big fuzz over this. Hindi nio ba naisip na one of the reasons why you expect daily greetings e dahil gusto nio lang I-assertain ang superiority nio? Maybe you deserve respect, but don’t we all? Kahit ung tagalinis, they also want to be greeted, and personally I think that they need it more to bring smiles to their faces bago pa man sumabak sa trabaho kesa sa mga nagdedemand na batiin sila. it’s never good to demand respect you know, what will be given to you is not genuine. there’s this need pa that greetings should be initiated by us, but why is that? If you really want to be noticed, ba’t di ikaw ang mauna diba? Kaya lang, there’s this bakit-ako-mauuna-attitude that is so driven by PRIDE pala by those who want to be looked up to kaya they never greet first.. And then later maiinis kung bakit hindi sila binati. It’s such a crooked manner… Bumabati naman ako, hindi lang nalalahat, so please don’t judge people merely by that. Mas matatanggap ko pa if I’m judged dahil palpak ang trabaho ko, but this? This is YOUR issue, not mine.

Remember, not because someone didn’t greet you doesn’t mean he has no respect, there are such things as silent and unspoken respect and they are way better than those voiced out.