★ Taiwaneses' bad habits－(06) No turning back

The bad habit I am talking about here it's just a bad habit. It may cause no harm at all, but it seems very rude somehow.


Maybe it's because all we care about is how good your grade can be in education system in Taiwan, we forget about how important art and morality are. Anything that can't be tested can't be useful. After a while, we don't care about others, we don't have empathy for others. The most obvious result on the street is we don't hold the door for people from behind.


People have seen the movie "Bedazzled" should remember how Brendan Fraser held the door first, then everyone behinds him just forgets about him as a human being and so on... I guess holding the door for others is a basic etiquette, it's a way to show how you care about others. When people walk behind you maybe didn't notice the ajar door, maybe they have stuff on both of their hands, maybe they forgot to wear glasses, maybe something wrong with their hands...

Go all the way to open a door fast is all right, but no turning back and look out for others is rude.

Turn around and look out every time when we open a door, or just hold the door for a second. Just this sudden kindness, we got a halo on top of our heads already.

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On the other hand, People in Taipei have this bad habit as well, we are so used to outdoing one another, once we meet a person is so naive to stop for others, we have to take advantage of this person no matter what. Then you will see the scene from Brendan Fraser's Bedazzled: the person who helod the door could never be able to leave the door. Not still, if every one starts from itself, we will have a better living environment, won't we?

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