Chew, Swallow then talk!
I have encountered several people who seem to have thrown their eating manners out the window. I remember when I was young and those days we would all sit around the table waiting to be served, there would be no talking, no eating at whatever cost. The talking was left to the grown ups. It never got to me then why the hell we, the kids, were not allowed to share jokes while we ate. Why should I care you ask?? Well, because it simple is irritating for someone to eat, chew loudly, with their mouth open and talk before they can swallow,while they talk splattering little bits and pieces here and there........and that's not gross? I bet you have met people like that.
Well, the fact that we are moving into a fast paced world does not mean that we have the right to speak with food in our mouths? It is not hard to swallow the food before you can speak. Put yourself in the other persons shoes when she/he speaks and a small bit of food splats onto your cheek, how disgusting. Of course we can be careful and no food splats but a full mouth sounds terrible during a conversation. You tend to be unclear and improper pronunciation of words become the order of the conversation.
Men watch out! you are the culprits of this bad habit.
Thank you, Please and excuse me
3 simple words but how hard they are to use....
Yap these three words are one of the (what should I say here?), most important polite words that must be in every one's vocabulary..? hmm? Has someone ever come up to you and say:
"Bwana si you get me 6 redz (Six hundred shillings)? I will pay you at the end of the month..."
Where are your manners you wish to ask, but this might be your boss so you just hand the dude your 6 redz.. You even do not dare wait to hear a ka thank you, coz in the first place if the dude or dudette did not say please, what really makes you think he is going to give you a slightest thank you? Forget it!
Excuse me
Have you been in some queue, in a bank or supermarket and someone just shoves past, pushing you in the process or when someone is seeking clarification on something they just go:
"Hey! just check this out what do you think?" Irrespective of whether you are busy, on phone, have a client or doing something you are actually engrossed in? The person will insist on talking to you or showing the "burning issue"..Like it is a life and death thing? People please where the hell are your manners? I know someone once told me that I have to be multi tasked. Must be trying to justify their behaviour, yes, its good but you cannot be multi tasked in that sense..or kindly correct me here if am terribly wrong.
Have you tried asking someone a question and they go 'eeh' in process twisting their mouth like a sneer almost that you wished you did not ask them or even worse "mbu ki ki" or "ati nini? or ati?" What happened to I beg your pardon?
Borrowing
I know someone who has lost his personal things this way.. Yes people RETURN WHAT YOU HAVE BORROWED! The Oxford Learner's dictionary meaning of the word borrow: to take and use something that belongs to somebody else and return it to them at a later time. But here's the Ugandan term of borrowing as: to take, use and spoil something that belongs to someone else and keep it for good irrespective of whether the owner needs back.If they really really want it back give it to them in its sorry state.
For such people do not lend them your things again ever! But on the other hand in what state do you return borrowed items? Some people's hands do have a habit of spoiling each and everything they touch. Not by their own doing but by their hands own doing. Like there is anything like that.
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