There are quite a number of things in the world that I am quite puzzled about. And the thing that makes me the most puzzled and confused is human behaviours. Obviously, all human beings are different from each other. We all came from different places in the world and are brought up differently so we give different reactions to the same situations. And the thing I just don't get is why is it so difficult so display a simple act of kindness. I'm not talking about elaborate kind acts like helping a stranger to carry his or her heavy bags up a flight of stairs. I'm talking about the simple ones like simply pressing the lift door open. Of course, those are not the only examples.
Back when I was young, I read a number of books and it included reading about doing acts of kindness. Being a naive and simple-minded child, I thought that was the standard and that everyone was doing those acts. However, reality is much more different. Not everyone is all smiles and help willingly in real life. And that's just sad.
When I saw a person dropped his or her books on the floor, it is saddening to see nobody helping that person out. Even when the place is crowded with people. And now I suddenly remembered about 'diffusion of responsibility', which essentially means the more crowded it is, people become less responsible because they think have less accountability. This simply means if there is someone in distress, people around are less likely to help because they expect others to help that someone. But in a way, I could understand why some people are reluctant to help in such situations. Sometimes, we have good intentions when helping people but we are not always met favourably so it is quite a killjoy when we help someone in need of help and they brush off our help like it was unneeded.
Still, the world would be a nicer place if more people voluntarily help one another without asking for rewards in return.
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