Bartuc08
Mostly known as Zomby Jezuz
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to those who know i recently joined the Air Force, and just finished my Tech training (leave for Germany Jan 7th). I'm currently on leave in Mississippi and one of the first things I've noticed is how rude people are compared to the military life.
In the Military you address everyone as Sir or Ma'am, not necessarily because you're required but because it's a show of respect, not only that but you just show respect in general, because you don't know who that person is, or what they've done. In the civilian world it's the other way around it seems. the only time a civilian address's me as sir is while I'm in uniform. I went down to the school to pick my brother up early, I wasn't in uniform, and the teachers there were just straight up rude. They though that cause i was young, that i was part of their school system, and if i wasn't part of their school system then i was just young and hopeless regardless. They didn't acknowledge me beyond "hey you", that's not how our society should be.
Something else that kind of bothers me, and this happens in the military too. People that make your food, take out your trash, or just check out your items at the register, are people like you. they deserve the same respect if not more as you, they're doing the jobs you don't want to do.
Anyway, what I'm kind of trying to get at is this, learn to show respect to each other, you don't need to join the military to learn that, it starts with you. Start addressing everyone as sir or ma'am, regardless of how they act towards you, and be courteous to you're fellow man and woman.
And to finish my rant, I joined the Air Force wanting to change the world, I realize now how hard a task that would be, but I've also realized that it can be done, just one person at a time. Show respect and care for those around you, and you can see how it changes the world around you. If some body is down, pick them up.
In the Military you address everyone as Sir or Ma'am, not necessarily because you're required but because it's a show of respect, not only that but you just show respect in general, because you don't know who that person is, or what they've done. In the civilian world it's the other way around it seems. the only time a civilian address's me as sir is while I'm in uniform. I went down to the school to pick my brother up early, I wasn't in uniform, and the teachers there were just straight up rude. They though that cause i was young, that i was part of their school system, and if i wasn't part of their school system then i was just young and hopeless regardless. They didn't acknowledge me beyond "hey you", that's not how our society should be.
Something else that kind of bothers me, and this happens in the military too. People that make your food, take out your trash, or just check out your items at the register, are people like you. they deserve the same respect if not more as you, they're doing the jobs you don't want to do.
Anyway, what I'm kind of trying to get at is this, learn to show respect to each other, you don't need to join the military to learn that, it starts with you. Start addressing everyone as sir or ma'am, regardless of how they act towards you, and be courteous to you're fellow man and woman.
And to finish my rant, I joined the Air Force wanting to change the world, I realize now how hard a task that would be, but I've also realized that it can be done, just one person at a time. Show respect and care for those around you, and you can see how it changes the world around you. If some body is down, pick them up.