Reflections #03

During the summer I was with my friend in the shopping centre. We went to the bathroom where we met a cleaning woman. After a few seconds we came in she asked me if I wore a lipstick. I had red lips so I admitted it and then her next question was about my age. I told her that I was 16 and the conversation suddenly ended. She probably thought that I'm much younger so it's inappropriate to wear colourful lips or makeup in general. But even if I were it really wouldn't change anything. In my opinion, it's definitely not her issue and she shouldn't care about somebody's appearance. It's very upsetting that people constantly interfere with affairs which don’t concern them. I also don’t understand why people think that wearing a makeup should be adjusted to age. I find it all quite ridiculous.

Reflections #02

I observed that nowadays a lot of small kids have their own smartphones, which my peers when they used to be the same age didn't even know about. In primary school we had those old-school phones, probably reusing after our parents, but no one thought of any other model. It was just enough for a kid's needs. But I noticed that our times have changed and children use smartphones constantly and switch them as a new kind of entertainment. I haven't seen any chlid yet having some issues with the telephone service as well. When kids are bored they often bring out their phones and tend to watch something on it or browse the internet. I don't want to sound like an old aunt complaining about the technology but it really bothers me how often nowadays we can see a toddler watching something on a phone or older kids who are fully capable of using their own smartphones.

Reflections #01

Some time ago I was in a bus and I noticed that a young girl was listening to music in her headphones and moving, even a bit dancing to the rhythm while several old people were staring at her with an outraged and displeased face. It made me think that old people often don't adjust to new situations, they are kind of backward and also dislike young people. They probably can't understand that somebody is fully allowed to do whatever he wants as long as he doesn't hurt anyone else. They are indignant when they see a person acting in a little bit different way than usually. They often judge mostly young people too critically and they don't even try to understand anything. They immediately perceive their behaviour as something inappropriate, something that they never would do. They look at things in a very strict way. Maybe that's why many teenagers may find them unkind and reluctant to others.