How rude can people be?

Yes, I know...it was never going to last...I had to complain about something!!

I was in town yesterday and I almost got barged into a stand full of video games by this guy walking passed...why?  Simple, it was because he was too interested in looking at his smartphone to take any notice of what was going on around him.

This is nothing exactly new, this has been happening for a while...people will be too busy using their phones instead of taking notice of what is going on around them, I remember a commercial based on a teen recording a video on their phone and getting run over because they were not looking where they were going...quite powerful stuff, and sadly something that happened all too often.

Then recently there was a new commercial where people were so interested in their shiny new phone they were walking into people, and being generally ignorant on the whole....yeah, like people need encouraging (and yes before you point it out to me it is supposed to be a joke, I am fully aware of that).

Even Haunted Rockcake does this, and it really annoys me...for example she will stand in the middle of a slim aisle, and read a message on her Blackberry blocking the gangway for everyone else (I must stress now, she is not a fat person before anyone conjures up that kind of image!!) despite the fact it is something she constantly moans about happening when people do it to her.

I have an iPhone, I take it with me everywhere, but if I am going to answer a message I make sure I am either sat down on a bench or seat of some sort or out of people's way...it's not rocket science, and it is just courtesy.

Perhaps my mom brought me up the wrong way....

I Think I Found My Smile!

Yes go on, make the jokes...it was down the back of the sofa!

You may well want to mark this date down in the calendar too, you see this entry in FBM is not any kind of rant or moan!

Things are changing here at Yam Towers...for the better too. Mentally there is a far brighter outlook, I am feeling a lot more positive about myself, my confidence and self esteem have boosted by tenfold..no a thousandfold and I catch myself smiling so much all the time, I just so very happy all the time!

People around me are noticing the difference in me too...saying that I carry myself totally different, I interact with people more, with enthusiasm too. I still feel a bit nervous and panicky about being around people but it feels more that if they stare at me it's their problem and not mine.

Sure, being on antidepressants has been a help making things feel better, but I have also lost weight and in just under a year I have lost over 10" on my waistline which has been great as weight has been a great issue for me for a long time.

I have had a great support network of really nice people who have been there for me despite being a miserable git a lot. I'm not going to name names but there was one person in particular who helped me more than they will ever realise, they made me realise that I am worth something, that I'm not a piece of scum like I felt I was. Well, you know who you are...and if you read this blog entry (I hope you do) I thank you from the very bottom of my heart for saving me from the freefall I was in mentally, I owe you a drink!

So yeah...good times ahead, maybe even slimmer times, but the future's bright...for once.