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What I dislike most in people
What I dislike most in people is when they do not keep
their words. I have had many encounters with people who
do this and I must say I find it most unpleasant.
I usually keep my word. If I find that I am not able to
because of extraordinary circumstances, I make it a point
to tell the person involved so that he or she will not feel let
down. For example if I were to tell a friend that I will come
to her house at 9 a.m. but cannot do so, I will make sure I
let her know before that time so that she will not have to
wait for me in vain.
However, I know from experience that many people do not
keep their word. I have been kept waiting a number of
times by friends who said they will meet me at certain time
but come later or do not show up at all. What is worse is
that they do not even apologize or say why they did not
keep their word. These people then become less of a
friend and more of just an acquaintance. I do not feel sorry
for it. I am definitely better off without having to endure
further disappointments.
It seems to me that some people simply say things without
meaning what they say. They just utter words out of
convenience. There is a man who replies “no problem” to
any request made to him. He works as an electrician-cum-
plumber. When we require his services we would ring him
up and invariably his answer will be “no problem”. He
always promises to come the next day but almost always
he fails to show up. So we ring again and he will again say
“no problem” but again he will fail to keep his words.
Perhaps after a week or so he will appear to render his
services. Sometimes we can wait, but more often now we
get someone else to do the job. This someone else also
does not usually keep his words but at least he does not
say “no problem”.
Then there is an uncle of mine who is just as bad. Once
he borrowed my father’s crash-helmet promising to return
it the same evening. He never did return the helmet. When
asked he denied that he ever borrowed the helmet. My
father decided to let the matter rest as it was an old helmet
not worth arguing over. It goes to show how untrustworthy
a man can become. His words mean nothing. It has no
value at all.
I always go by the saying “say what you mean, and mean
what you say”. It seems many people can not be bothered
about saying what they mean and meaning what they say.
They just say anything they like and do something else. It
is impossible to trust people like this. They will let you
down.
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