Snobbism: Our Society's Epitaph

I believe that everyone is with me on this when I state that one of the most despicable traits is a person is snobbism. The sight of someone disgracing their potential by believing they can order others around to do their tasks vexes me. I feel sorry for such people: Not only are they becoming a pain to be around by expecting that their “superiority” is enough to entitle them to ultimate command over others, but they are surrendering their life’s potential by capitulating to their own laziness.

When a person (commonly a teenager) commands a maid to carry out an obviously simple task they themselves could do, what is that person thinking? For instance, when someone asks their maid to make them another dish upon seeing that the one available is either “unacceptable” or “disgustful”, that person isn’t considering the amount of energy that required to make it. That person is being supremely ungrateful and that fills me with disgust. It spites me so, that upon experiencing such act being carried out, my image of that person immediately changes. I believe that a person who is tortured by lethargy and doesn’t attempt to be rid of it is condemned to a life of inutility.

The thought of a person who, defeated by his laziness, relies on “superiority” to command harshly entrust others to carry out their tasks makes me sick at the stomach. What vexes me even more is the fact that those snobs believe that they have the right to act the way they do. In my opinion, the idiosyncrasy of thinking that others can and should do one’s tasks is inherited and often promoted by the parents. As the ultimate role models of every person, parents have the dire responsibility to act respectfully towards others. When a child is seen showing signs of contempt towards others, everyone around him/her, their parents, in particular, should reprimand the act, explaining how such behavior is the pitfall of human behavior in society. Instead, most parents are afraid of scolding their children in fear of being marked as extremists or controllers. As long as people act contemptuously towards others, it shall be ever-more difficult to summon the energy required for the most simple of tasks. They will alienate others and will become lazy, wasting their lives in hoping that others will work for them.