just consider
We spend our lives relying on that others are trying to take care of their own. That they don't want any trouble. We speed past them in dropping lanes and cut them off just to prove we're faster. And then we honk, yell, and flip off others as they zoom past us laughing. We assume our subversive plans at work and home will go through as we carefully hide our motivations and intentions. We take liberties every day assuming that no one will take the effort or find the courage to oppose us.
Let's consider for a second pulling out into the road in our cars. We see someone pulling up near, but we want to get into the road now and refuse to wait for traffic, and after all, they don't want to dent their mercedes; they'll slow down. We pull out with no regard for traffic courtesy and calmly begin to accelerate our turn into the road. Next thing we know, our jaws are wired shut and we can't count to chair or taste blue so good anymore. What we didn't realize is that mercedes that didn't want to get dented was driven by that guy who's wife just left him after he found out his son was gay and the prostitute he bought to drown his sorrows turned out to be his daughter and she wasn't that good anyway. He had nothing to lose.
Let's consider for a second driving down the highway as a car zooms past us. He passes us and then pulls ahead of us and then slams on his brakes carelessly. We brake in kind but not without being substantially spooked by the near rear-end. We honk and and yell and jolt our hands out of the window one finger raised. He's not going to do anything about it. We've won. We've expressed our anger and will continue to express it by following him closely and dangerously to return the good scare he offered us. Suddenly we are wondering how we are going to pay for our vehicle repairs along with those of the guy we just rear ended after he slammed on his break to a complete stop. Our necks our sore, so throw chiropractor visits and physical therapy onto the heap of expenses. What we didn't realize is that this man's parents broke up and his bigot father had just disowned him after finding out he was gay and he was on his way out of town to stay at a motel to cool off. He didn't feel like putting up with anybody's mess. Also, the insurance money will make up for some of the inheritance he just lost.
Let's consider for a second we are holding a meeting at our workplace to discuss the state of things in the company, report the success of the latest project we and our department just worked on, and detail how Bob in another department, both of which we don't care too much for, has lost a great deal of money on a project he recently failed and may need to be liquidated. As we begin our presentation we find that our powerpoint disk has been reformated. Odd, but no worries, we've provided paper charts to hand out. We hand them out and notice Bob smiling at our fumbling. He'll sure fell dumb when we unload our reports to the room. After giving our captivating report, we notice Bob is still smiling. The stunned fool. We ask "any questions?" and Bob smoothly stands up and starts passing out papers of his own, asks for the floor, and starts his own powerpoint presentation. Over the course of his discussion he reveals how his department's latest failure is only due to our department's slow timing on sharing vital information to the project with his department. He also details how our department has been diverting budget funds to aid our own projects. Next thing we know we are cleaning out our desk and the name plaque is being taken off of our office door. What we didn't realize is Bob has been planning to take our job and get promoted himself even before we began our plans and was fully aware of ours as must as we weren't of his. We weren't the only tricky ones.
Let's consider for a moment we walk into a convenience store. We go in for some gas, cigarettes, and a honey bun. While feeling around in our pocket we realize we only have enough money for gas and cigarettes. We browse around the store and pick up our smokes and go to the counter to prepay for our gas and purchase those nic-sticks. We pay and walk away to fill our tank. The attentive attendant behind the counter then notices a shimmer of the plastic of a honey bun package we have in our pocket...that we didn't pay for. Next thing we hear is "Stop thief" and we suddenly feel something warm run down our back and hit to floor. The paramedics are by shortly thereafter to cart you away and hopefully save us from the bullet wound. What we didn't realize is the convenience store had been robbed three times in the past week and it's only tuesday. The attendant pulled out a gun and shot us as soon as he noticed we had stolen merchandise. He was tired of the bullcrap.
I just really realized this the other day while walking around a department store. Just popped into my mind and so I wanted to share with everyone my advice. Don't rely on anyone else playing it safe. It doesn't take insanity, it doesn't take rage, it only takes carelessness or frustration for someone to stop playing it safe and ruin your day/life/family.
Remember this.
Let's consider for a second pulling out into the road in our cars. We see someone pulling up near, but we want to get into the road now and refuse to wait for traffic, and after all, they don't want to dent their mercedes; they'll slow down. We pull out with no regard for traffic courtesy and calmly begin to accelerate our turn into the road. Next thing we know, our jaws are wired shut and we can't count to chair or taste blue so good anymore. What we didn't realize is that mercedes that didn't want to get dented was driven by that guy who's wife just left him after he found out his son was gay and the prostitute he bought to drown his sorrows turned out to be his daughter and she wasn't that good anyway. He had nothing to lose.
Let's consider for a second driving down the highway as a car zooms past us. He passes us and then pulls ahead of us and then slams on his brakes carelessly. We brake in kind but not without being substantially spooked by the near rear-end. We honk and and yell and jolt our hands out of the window one finger raised. He's not going to do anything about it. We've won. We've expressed our anger and will continue to express it by following him closely and dangerously to return the good scare he offered us. Suddenly we are wondering how we are going to pay for our vehicle repairs along with those of the guy we just rear ended after he slammed on his break to a complete stop. Our necks our sore, so throw chiropractor visits and physical therapy onto the heap of expenses. What we didn't realize is that this man's parents broke up and his bigot father had just disowned him after finding out he was gay and he was on his way out of town to stay at a motel to cool off. He didn't feel like putting up with anybody's mess. Also, the insurance money will make up for some of the inheritance he just lost.
Let's consider for a second we are holding a meeting at our workplace to discuss the state of things in the company, report the success of the latest project we and our department just worked on, and detail how Bob in another department, both of which we don't care too much for, has lost a great deal of money on a project he recently failed and may need to be liquidated. As we begin our presentation we find that our powerpoint disk has been reformated. Odd, but no worries, we've provided paper charts to hand out. We hand them out and notice Bob smiling at our fumbling. He'll sure fell dumb when we unload our reports to the room. After giving our captivating report, we notice Bob is still smiling. The stunned fool. We ask "any questions?" and Bob smoothly stands up and starts passing out papers of his own, asks for the floor, and starts his own powerpoint presentation. Over the course of his discussion he reveals how his department's latest failure is only due to our department's slow timing on sharing vital information to the project with his department. He also details how our department has been diverting budget funds to aid our own projects. Next thing we know we are cleaning out our desk and the name plaque is being taken off of our office door. What we didn't realize is Bob has been planning to take our job and get promoted himself even before we began our plans and was fully aware of ours as must as we weren't of his. We weren't the only tricky ones.
Let's consider for a moment we walk into a convenience store. We go in for some gas, cigarettes, and a honey bun. While feeling around in our pocket we realize we only have enough money for gas and cigarettes. We browse around the store and pick up our smokes and go to the counter to prepay for our gas and purchase those nic-sticks. We pay and walk away to fill our tank. The attentive attendant behind the counter then notices a shimmer of the plastic of a honey bun package we have in our pocket...that we didn't pay for. Next thing we hear is "Stop thief" and we suddenly feel something warm run down our back and hit to floor. The paramedics are by shortly thereafter to cart you away and hopefully save us from the bullet wound. What we didn't realize is the convenience store had been robbed three times in the past week and it's only tuesday. The attendant pulled out a gun and shot us as soon as he noticed we had stolen merchandise. He was tired of the bullcrap.
I just really realized this the other day while walking around a department store. Just popped into my mind and so I wanted to share with everyone my advice. Don't rely on anyone else playing it safe. It doesn't take insanity, it doesn't take rage, it only takes carelessness or frustration for someone to stop playing it safe and ruin your day/life/family.
Remember this.