Attitude
by Miki Saxon
There is nothing like the various advice columns to keep you abreast of societies attitudes.
One I enjoy is called Social Qs; I like the insight it gives into people’s attitudes and questions of how to respond to everyday happenings.
Now and then the attitude behind a question will leave me speechless.
Like this one.
I took my sweet little dog for a walk. He got agitated by a cat sitting on a porch, pulled free of me and raced toward the house, knocking over (and breaking) a large ceramic urn. I acknowledge that I am partly responsible for the damage. But don’t the homeowners have some responsibility, too, letting their cat sit out in the open? —ANONYMOUS
Not surprising that it’s anonymous; few people would have the courage to admit to that level of self-absorption.
The Social Q response was perfect (as one would expect).
You break it; you bought it. “And your little dog, too,” growled the Wicked Witch of the West. The cat is free to sit on its porch with regal impunity.
No kidding. It wasn’t even roaming around, just sitting quietly, minding it’s business and watching the world go by.
Yet it’s the owners who are somehow responsible.
And that’s today’s attitude in a nutshell.
Flickr image credit: Stefano Mortellaro
