People are so unpredictable. When I was making arrangements for a hang out, I was looking for a good eatery then I remembered somebody here who advertise his eatery. I said let me patronise him, I searched for him to contact him and make arrangements, I found him but when I was about sending him message, I saw two of my unreplied messages hanging in his inbox. I’m that type of a person who hates to be snubbed because when I’m snubbed, it shows that the person doesn’t have any regard for me.
I thought of sending him another message but “what if I get snubbed again?” I muttered to myself. One of the worst things somebody can do to me on the social media is refusing to reply to my message that’s worth replying to (based on my standard) and I’ve unfriended many people for doing that.
I reached out to somebody else to look for a good eatery, we found it, made arrangements and finally hung out. There’s no point patronising somebody that cannot reply to my message or feign not to have seen my message. If I were to be in a position of authority, I believe that the person would have found a way to reply to my messages, I thought.
Sometimes people go after the “big names” who don’t have their time while they ignore other people thinking that they are not important. I’ve seen people who have refused to reply to my messages but ended up running back to me when they need me for one thing or the other. I’ve seen people who have despised me, thinking that I have no value but ended up needing me. This got me wondering why people despise others just because they think they have no value.
Treat People How You Want To Be Treated
People see it as a norm, treating other people as trash but end up running to them when they realize that they have something to benefit from those whom they have despised. I’m of the opinion that that people have to be punished for that, otherwise people wont see anything wrong with that.
Listen, sometimes those whom you despise and think are not important to you are the ones who will help you. Those whom you so much venerate, thinking that they have something to offer don’t have your time.
Treat people with dignity, you don’t know whom you will need tomorrow. Don’t think that people don’t have value, may not be valuable to you today, but they will be valuable to you tomorrow.
Reply to people’s messages that should be replied. I said “messages that should be replied” because there are people who are good at sending irrelevant and chain messages which shouldn’t be replied to so that they won’t be encourage to continue.
Even if somebody ask for help from you, it doesn’t mean that you should ignore them. If you don’t have or you are not willing to help them, you don’t have to ignore them. Give them kind words, make them understand that you don’t have, show that you care. They need your help tomorrow but you may need their help tomorrow. Don’t think that it’s not possible, we see it happening.
The table can turn, human beings have value, treat them as valuable.
By Bulus Shehu
