30th May, 2008

All I wanted was some thanks

I bought breakfast for my former in-laws. One former sis-in-law and her three kids. It wasn’t a fantastical breakfast, it was just some McDonalds food and drinks. After spending $22.06 at McD for some people, I would expect to hear something, like thank you.

Manners are something that must be hard to find in former relatives as it is in strangers. Actually, I’m pretty sure that if I bought a stranger breakfast from McD, that person would say thank you. Thank you. It’s not a hard thing to say. And I’m not asking for some sign of emotion either, just saying the words is all that it would take.

Since I didn’t get my thank you, I’m not going to be buying breakfast for them for a while. I use to do it every week and use to get a thank you every week. No more thanks, no more food.

Am I being a Retard about this?

Oh ya, and in advance I would like to say thank you for reading this blog and for any comments you want to give.

Posted by: michael

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Michael, you were very generous to take them out for breakfast and spend your hard earned money on them. It would have been the right them for them to thank you.
My one comment for you is that I wish you didn’t use the word retard. It’s hurtful to people with special needs and their families. They didn’t ask to be born retarded and it’s not okay to take away their dignity with a casual remark.
I always think that people who use the word retard or retarded just didn’t realize how much pain it brings. But, now you do!
Thanks for listening.

By: HJacobs on June 1st, 2008
at 12:40 pm

HJacobs, thanks for taking the time to read and comment.

Are you sure about the word Retard? The reason that I ask is that the word is incorrectly used all the time, and I believe that you are defending a category of people with special needs or mental (and or physical) handicaps.

I’m not sure if you are familiar with cars or not so I’m not positive this will help you learn the word Retard, but while setting the timing on cars (that are not all electronic), you can “retard” the timing. This is not meant to insinuate the car has a learning or other disability.

By: michael on June 1st, 2008
at 10:55 pm

michael: thank you!

manners are lacking in most people…a few weeks ago i went with my dad to the military base (he’s retired military)…i was surprised about how polite people were…that should be the standard, and not shocking when it actually happens…i sometimes feel as though i’m the only one who says thank you, or calls strangers sir or maam

HJacobs: is it possible to have any kind of humor that isn’t either offensive or hurtful to some people? i’m not trying to be a jackass, but almost everything that is funny will hurt someone

michael: nice try on trying to make ur name reference cars! :-)

By: john on June 3rd, 2008
at 9:55 pm

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