But he survived, that radio announcer. His ship and five others out of the flotilla of ten came through, a bit radioactive, but otherwise unharmed. And I understand that the first thing that happened to him when he reported back to his office after treatmentwas a reprimand for the use of overcolloquial language which had given offense to a number of listeners by its neglect of the Third Commandment. John Wyndham
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The long and the short of this is that we can’t expect people to do something unless we tell them to do it. We can’t expect people to be nice to us if we don’t even do it ourselves. When I was a kid, my parents would always say that you should always treat others as you want to be treated. So, when my parents were upset with me, I would apologize and try to make them feel better.

However, I’d often find myself doing the same thing after a few moments had passed by. So, if I want people to treat me nicely, I need to show them first what being treated nicely feels like. But, there is a problem with this ultimate solution: On one hand it isn’t realistic because you can’t just tell someone that they should do something and expect them just to do it without any resistance from them.

On the other hand, if you expect people to be nice to you all of the time, but never teach them how nice treatment feels like or how they should treat others nicely, you might find yourself in a position where people don’t listen or respond at all.

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