Losers

I think the thing I enjoy the most
is the relativity of manners.

In a museum, everyone knows
exactly what's expected of them,
and so they behave accordingly.

...Unfortunately, most people
have no idea how to behave
just about anywhere else.

In a movie theater, for instance,
people know by now that they're
not supposed to be on their
cell phones, but what they do
find acceptable is leaving their garbage
literally wherever they want to.

They think ushers are there
to clean up after them, when
ushers are really there because
they have to be.

There's no reason anyone should
expect someone else to do that,
and I think that's our biggest
failing in society today.

If it was assumed that there
were no ushers, that we really
did have to throw our own trash
away, would someone really
flip their crap onto the floor?

I don't know, maybe it's just
my absurd belief that people
really ought to have some sense
of responsibility, even at this
most basic of levels.

Well, then again, if theaters
really want to stay relevant,
they might want to think
of a better profit margin than
selling popcorn. Why does
anyone need to eat during
a movie, much less on a long
care trip? It's just something
we've all assumed is necessary,
and I have no idea why.

Maybe as things change,
problems like this will go away;
as it is, we're already well on our way
to eliminating much of public
interaction; maybe the less of it
there is, the better people
will behave.

Or you know, it could get worse.

But I try and not be a pessimist...