Like any other country Puerto Rico has its own social problems and situations. Nevertheless, some are very worrying to me in such a small country. We have to keep in mind that most social problems can be global but they seem to happen in a greater scale in our beautiful, but socially immature Puerto Rico.
Lack of Courtesy
Puerto Ricans have been considered corteous historically speaking. But let's be frank. These last couple of decades, chivalry has not really been carried out a whole lot. When I ride on the bus or the tren urbano I see pregnant women, older people, who need a seat more than us and people suddenly become blind or drown themselves in reading, never offering their seat to someone who actually needs it. Besides, being courteous also means wearing headphones instead of putting loud music or putting your feet in another seat when somebody else can seat on it. I don't understand why some people don't have these values!!
Puerto Ricans have been considered corteous historically speaking. But let's be frank. These last couple of decades, chivalry has not really been carried out a whole lot. When I ride on the bus or the tren urbano I see pregnant women, older people, who need a seat more than us and people suddenly become blind or drown themselves in reading, never offering their seat to someone who actually needs it. Besides, being courteous also means wearing headphones instead of putting loud music or putting your feet in another seat when somebody else can seat on it. I don't understand why some people don't have these values!!
Why do people believe that in order to be emphatic when they speak, or show specific emotions, either sadness or angryness, they NEED profanity? And I'm sorry but, I don't believe it is a matter of being old-fashioned!I think it is a matter of showing respect to the people we are around when we have a conversation with them. For example, there was a time when bad words used to be a huge insult if you said it to someone, but lately people greet each other using profanity, naming the other with a bad word: "Hello b**h" or "Que es la que hay cab$@*" as if they were saying "hey buddy" to each other. Um... come on! Isn't it better to use the actual word. I find it completely disrespctful. And the worse part is that children are repeating that same pattern and they don't even understand its meaning.
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