I had a rude encounter this morning with a very terrible driver. I was sending Marsya to school. We were late so the back gate was already closed. So Bie went to the front gate where most of the traffic was coz that’s the main gate that parents sent their kids to. After dropping Marsya off (luckily the prefects were not out yet, so she didn’t get her name written like yesterday), we wanted to drive away but we couldnt because our way was blocked by this car. The thing is, this driver was blocking our way. But because he didn’t want to queue up like all the other cars, he resorted to the most simple thing that his pathetic mind could think of, which I think was very selfish, he stopped his car on my side of the road, preventing me from moving. I actually had to wait for the driver to get his kids off the car. I was mad. Really mad. And of course, I showed the hands gestures. Not rude swear gestures, but told him to move coz this is my way and I want to drive off. But he wouldn’t move. He kept his engine on and made signs in his car asking us to move!! I mean, COME ON..!! It’s my bloody way. Even if I go to the police, the police would say that I was correct. I had really wanted to get off the car to tell him off. But Bie did the noble thing and relented. He swerved the car to the other side of the road and got back into our side of the road leaving the sick car there. And all the while, he was waving his arms about in the car, obviously mad at us for a mistake that he did. It was OUR side of the road. Queue up like the others. But no, for reasons that are obvious selfish, he wouldn’t budge. Silly, sick man.
That made me really frustrated. How are we going to teach our children positive values if the parents themselves are not doing it? And it’s sad that there are many parents like that out there right now. Their everyday actions are being watched by their children and later on, their children will also do that, thinking that, that is the right thing to do. I’m not saying that we’re perfect, but we try our best to instill good and positive values in our children. Things like saying thank you for every little thing, be it at the person who is holding the door out for them or the cashier whom we just gave our money to. We teach them not to be selfish and to always queue up and wait for their turn to use or play the slides. Not push and simply cut queue. But other parents do not teach that. And it is apparent sometimes when at playgrounds, these kids just move their way to the front and cut queue without feeling any guilt or remorse. Who do we blame when that happens? Shouldn’t we be instilling these values first so that our children can emulate and instill them in their lives? Shouldn’t we ‘walk the talk’? It’s just so frustrating. And it’s a Friday morning. And I think I am looking fabulous in my new Punjabi suit. Yeah [smiling…], I am wearing a Punjabi suit today. And I like it. I think I look great, well at least to my eyes, who cares what others think. And I am not going to let what happened this morning to affect how good I feel about myself today.
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