You probably know the feeling very well. You’ve asked someone how they are, have listened to a litany of complaints, but when you’ve then enquired what they’ve done to remedy their problems the answer is “oh, nothing.”
I don’t know about you, but it drives me mad.
Excuses common to the apathetic include, but are not confined to, “I can’t be bothered”, “it just seems like so much effort”, “what’s the point?”, and the classic “I just don’t have time.”
Time is a limited resource for the majority of people these days, I’m perfectly willing to concede that. However, when someone is nursing a cold/cough/broken limb and claims they “don’t have time” to see their GP…well, if they aren’t prepared to find time to worry about themselves, why should you bother?
It really is infuriating – all the excuses that people find for not doing the simplest of things. Not to mention the time wasted complaining – surely they can find better things to spend ten minutes on other than complaining?
They are supposed to be ‘busy’ after all…
10/09/2004 ©
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