Total Abdication of Responsibility

Today's rant is brought to you by a careless truck driver. In this case, careless really means care - less. My neighbour had some dirt delivered to his back yard the other day and while the driver was manoeuvering (which is funny because my dictionary defines "manoeuvering" as moving skillfully) his truck, he knocked over the two boxes in the photo. His care-less actions took out my phone line and my internet connection. Now in the universal scheme of things, losing my telephone and internet connection don't amount to a hill of beans, but the attitude of the driver and his boss are indicative of more serious underlying problems.
The driver abdicated his responsiblity by saying "Call my boss, not my problem."
Well guess what, Skippy. It was your problem because you drove the truck into the boxes.
The owner abdicated his responsiblity by saying "Not my problem. Call the phone and cable companies."
Well guess what, Skippy. It was your problem because your truck knocked over the boxes. (It was also the owner's obligation to call the phone and cable companies and report the damage. Up here in polite Canada, you don't even have to pay for the damage in most cases, but you do have to own up the damage.)
Hence the title of today's blog.
No-one has to accept responsiblity any more. For anything. We're all victims. Society is to blame.
If you didn't get the GI Joe with the frogman outfit when you were seven, don't worry. You have the right to be abusive when you're older, because it's not your fault!
If you knock over some stupid boxes and create some inconvenience for some stupid stranger, it's not your fault! They should have made the road wider, or moved the boxes back, or called for less dirt for their backyard. Whatever the case - it's not your fault!
If your kids are doing drugs because you don't monitor what they're doing, where they are or who their friends are -it's not your fault!
You have a right to a life! You work hard. You hate your job. Your boss is a jerk. We can't blame you because your kids are spoiled rotten and rude and bullies and dopers. It's not your fault!
Well we are responsible.
We have to take the responsibility from society's shoulders and put it where it belongs. On our shoulders.
What happened to the days of standing up and saying, "I was wrong. I made a mistake. I'm sorry. I'll make it right."?
Are they gone forever?
Are we really going down this path to............. where ever?
What are our grandkids and great-grandkids going to look like if we don't stop this insanity?
What will the world look like?
What will society act like?
What ever it will look like or act like, I'm certain that if things and people don't change it won't be polite or nice or attractive.
Don't abdicate your responsibilty and don't let others abdicate theirs.
Make a stand. Do what's right.
You already know what that is.
So endeth the lesson.
Have a nice day.