I have been sick for the past few weeks and my doctor at the VA asked me to get tested for COVID-19. I did and the test came back negative. However, during that entire time, and including now, I have been quarantining myself as much as possible because even though I now know I don't have COVID-19 (or at least didn't when I was tested), I was also aware that whatever I have could be passed on to somebody else and that just might weaken their immune system more than it should be at this time.
I live in a condo of 72 units, and have been either on the board or board president during most of that time (over 30 years). I am constantly having to remind people to consider what impact their actions have on those around them. It never ceases to amaze me how there seems to be little regard for other people in so many folks' actions. Whether we are talking about turning up the TV and disturbing a neighbor, leaving trash where it shouldn't be, leaving a sink to overflow into the unit below, or any number of other possibilities, I simply can't get people to think of anybody but themselves and their own desires.
Simply put, if we are adults acting that way, we should be ashamed of ourselves. Unfortunately, that attitude went out the window with the "new" idea of entitlement. I have even read some posts here, where people are generally kind and thoughtful, hollering about their rights. To that, my response is that if everybody had to serve their country in some manner, and especially if that service took them to some countries where such rights are not a part of the way of life, I would bet that we wouldn't be hearing such nonsense, except among those (hopefully few) who refuse to grow up. Maybe being in the military for a stretch does make people more mature. The fact is that if we are all to get along, we have to do so by working together.
Tony
