The Youths
There's something that I've come to notice of recent that I feel like I have to discuss with you guys. This thing is really important because it could potentially make me end my friendship with certain people.
You see I've come to notice that the youths of today don't know the importance of someone else's time. Like, they do what they want whenever they want to, irrespective of who is waiting for them at the other side. Yesterday, I was suppose to meet someone at my home by 3pm, this at first wasn't a planned meeting.
I'm the kind of guy who always likes to plan ahead as much as I can. So most times I already know how the whole of my tomorrow would play out and so I'm always at least 80% ready for the next day. Well, this meeting with this person was one that just sort of came up on that particular day and we had agreed to meet by 3pm.
So I had canceled my plans for the day because I had earlier planned on going to see a friend for something important, so I had called him to cancel. About few minutes to 3pm I had called this person to confirm if the meeting was still going to hold to which he had said yes. So I stayed back and waited for this person, only for me to call back around 5pm (after waiting for an extra two hours) to find out that there was something "important" he had gone to attend to.
I remember being so furious that I ended the call after yelling at him. Why couldn't he have called to inform me the moment he realized that he wouldn't be able to meet up with the agreed plan but instead something in his messed up brain had told him that doing things in his own time was the right way to go. What got me more upset was the fact that I had spent all of that day at home, doing nothing when I could have gone out to go do something important.
I ended asking him never to come to my place again because I will not allow myself to be treated in a such a disrespectful manner. But now I'm wondering, did I overreact?
Is this something that is normal amongst the youth and I just don't know about it because I'm an old man in a young guy's body?
You were right to be angry, if it were me I would be really pissed off. But you kinda overreacted when you told him not to come to your place again and it's not common amongst youths, it's common amongst people
Yeah I guess you're right.. Maybe I did overreact.. It was just the heat of the moment.
The person thought you did not have something reasonable to do with your time...
That's not nice and so many people have done the same to me too
It's really not cool and you should let them know that, to avoid it repeating itself.
Can't say accurately but in recent times I also feel that one doesn't care about other's time but I think it's applicable for all not only for youth. Many seniors also do the same thing.
You have done the right thing. I would do the same if I were in your place and you didn't overreact from my perspective.
Well that's really good to hear. I only wanted him to know how important my time is to me.
It is okay to condemn people's habit of time wasting and you didn't overreact but I don't want to get pissed at him for long.
He could have should call even though something important came up along the line. I love keeping to time and I won't condone the habit of time wasting as well.
The plan is not to get angry at him for long, the plan is to get my message across so he doesn't repeat the same thing next time.