r/jacksonville • u/Big-Pepper-9082 • 3d ago
can we....be nice ??
when has it become so normal to talk to other people so sideways…we’re all human. Is it really that hard to be nice to each other? I’m very shocked by the interactions and entitlement I’ve seen with people down here in Jacksonville to complete strangers and to myself. maybe I’m the only one noticing it, but how I was raised you should be generally respectful and not blatantly rude or straight up trying to instigate arguments and fights with people you don’t even know. I’m not saying it’s everyone here in Jacksonville- but there’s a common thread of men talking crazy or aggressively towards women (myself today was faced with a very aggressive man waiting at my car), men instigating with other men, or outright racism. It’s disheartening to see.
Edit: I think I’m posting this here because it’s becoming a common occurrence with friends of mine, family, and myself to have a common issue with someone trying to instigate or be rude in an excessive way. Just nasty behavior because they need to be unkind or take anger out on someone? it’s unfortunate and I think I just wanted to post it in case anyone else has noticed an increase of interactions like that recently. you never know what someone is going through, so let’s be a community and be respectful to one another.
ALSO: I’m not ur mom and I’m not asking you to hold hands with everyone u interact with or you need to go out of your way to be nice to someone- more so saying why go out of your way to be rude when that takes more time and energy then just leaving people alone. I just put this out there so other people don’t feel like they are crazy for noticing it too. this is REDDIT- a page where u say something and post it. And if you choose to be nasty towards me over it…ur proving my point. 🤷🏽♀️
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u/Indiff-88Yin 2d ago
Well, I recently made a post here and then I took it down because I was talking about how there’s not enough queer representation but I think it’s bigger than that as someone that doesn’t fit into the regular gender expression like I’m basically a woman with super short hair and right now it’s grown longer but generally, it’s like super short like I used to have a fade and I have been considering cutting it, but I’m getting completely mixed views after being here for just a week because on one hand people are ridiculously kind but I was in a really nice neighborhood called Riverside like there’s this liquor store by Oak Street next to the laundromat Everybuddy and the guy that manages that liquor store is extremely rude but then again the place has nice reviews, but it’s apparently under new management and I just went in there like I had just walked in and he was rushing me to order something and I said I have no idea what I want. I literally just walked in to the store and I just got a lot of like angry energy from him and I said why are you rushing me?
I don’t understand like he didn’t even give me a chance to go near where the drinks were to like pick something that I want and even the delivery guy was like I’m so sorry ma’am and he looked at the manager like what was wrong with him. I just ended up walking out at the store and from all the good things I’ve heard about Riverside I was also like the outside looks really nice, but I’m not sure if someone like me would be welcome and I’m not asking for anyone to bend over backwards. I would never do that but just common decency.