People are not people anymore

I’ve always been one to give excuses for people, but today, I was just thrown off. I woke up very tired, and after entering my kitchen, I found out it was either I go grocery shopping or die out of hunger. Trust me, I had no intention of having an encounter with the sun today, so going out affected my mood.

Also, I left my place on an empty stomach, and at a point I could barely smile. I mean, they didn’t lie when they said a hungry man is an angry man. When I got to the supermarket, I immediately wore a smile because I knew I was going to deal with human beings. And after all, they weren’t the reason behind my hunger.

I took all that I had to take, and then right when I was about to check out with my stuff, I saw a set of spoons. They looked so pretty, but when I checked the price, it made no sense. Not that it was expensive; it was way less. I couldn’t help but take it to the cashier to ask if that was the price for everything or just one.

When I got there, she was dealing with others, and she was just so rude. Very rude. I can’t even describe it because that was my first time seeing someone be that rude to her fellow humans. I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt, so I waited patiently for my turn and then asked her. “So don’t you have eyes? Whatever you see there is what it is.”, She replied
See, I looked back to make sure it was me she was referring to because what do you mean? It’s not like I went with a frowning face; I was smiling and all.

In that moment, my smile dried, and before I realized I was telling her to clear my cart so I could leave. I really wanted to be rude to her. I wanted to match her energy, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. My hunger even vanished, and all that I had to do afterwards left my brain. My whole day got ruined. I was just so sad that there were still people in this world behaving like that to their fellow humans.

I always say you never know what someone is going through, and the least you could do, the very least, is to be nice to them. It won’t take anything from your account, it won’t take anything from your life, and it won’t reduce your dignity. Just like how we make sure to take all that we need before we step out of our homes, let’s not forget to take our humanity cape too. I mean, that is if you even have it at all. And if you don’t, you should make yourself one.