Recently I was on a flight to Taipei and there was a young girl in front of me that needed to go to the window seat. She had a bookbag on and she literally SMACKED this elderly Vietnamese woman sitting in the outside in the face without apologizing. The woman asked, "Tại sao con không cởi cặp ra?" Which meant: Why didn't you take your back pack off? The girl gave her a condescending look and did not respond. She wasn't Vietnamese but there were others from her country that were very respectful, kind, and nice on the flight so I'm not about to make this into a racist war.
So I went to my seat, put my stuff away and came back. Even though every part of my body wanted to fight the girl and take justice into my own hands, I took the high road instead. First, I asked the elderly lady if she was okay and if the girl was still giving her trouble. She (the elderly lady) said something along the lines of this girl isn't respectful. I said yes I saw it and if she gives you any more trouble to let me know and that I'll come and handle it. The elderly lady looked comforted and at ease and said thank you to me with a big smile.
So a lessons to all of my Ems:
1. Be respectful to all your elders of ALL races. I don't care if they are black, white, red, yellow, I don't care if they're a telletubby, you treat EVERYONE with the most utmost respect. Do not make us look bad. Our parents taught us better.
2. If you ever see another person in need, help them. We gotta stand up for each other.
3. There may be times you will want to physically harm someone and take justice in your own hands. DON'T. Do not resort to violence at all costs unless it's self defense and you haves no other choice (but whatever because security got chu). Even though you have every right to be angry of the injustice, remember that they are human too and that most likely they are just ignorant and need education. We resolve this by being a role model ourselves through our actions and the exhortation of words as the educated people that we are.
4. Ask ourselves have we disrespected anyone, if you have, learn from your mistake and do better. We all made horrible choices, but now we gotta live better and do better. That is all.
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