Responsibility, Accountability and Ramifications

Random Dee Fact: I am very conscious of Responsibility, Accountability & Ramifications.

Sometimes I watch the news or read something online that just makes me shake my head. At times it feels like there are no grown folks in the room. No one to take responsibility, be accountable, understand the ramifications of doing or not doing something… It’s like people love to live in ignorance and/or pass the blame.

What’s wrong with us? I’m serious.

Do you need a few examples of what I’m talking about? Okay, here’s a recent one. When NBC’s medical correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman returned to the US, one of her crew had Ebola, so she and the crew agreed to self-quarantine for twenty-one days. They then proceeded to break the quarantine by going to a restaurant and ordering food.

Instead of saying, “Hey, I messed up. I’m sorry. I know better.” Dr. Snyderman basically said she was a doctor and knew they had little to no chance of having Ebola or spreading it. Need I say more?

Okay, here’s another example. I was in Costco and this little girl, she couldn’t have been but five, said, “Fuck you” to who I assume is her mom. I wanted to knock the hell out of that child until the mom proceeded to curse the little girl with, “I told you to watch your fucking mouth.” And smacked the girl. Responsibility, accountability, ramifications anyone? I’ll bet this parent would say she has no idea why her child has such a foul mouth.

Or how about parents who watch television shows and /or listen to music children have no business seeing or hearing? The kids can repeat every word of a curse laden song but can’t repeat the alphabet or spell their name. How about parents who call their children “Sexy.” That one really annoys me. Children and sexy should not be mentioned in the same discussion.

Let’s take it more personal. Let’s go to your health. Are you as physically fit as you can be? Notice I didn’t ask if you are under or over weight. How about the people in your household? Many years ago, I saw an episode of Maury where this child was around 300 pounds. I tried to find it online, but couldn’t. If I remember correctly, the little boy was three, maybe four. Anywhooo, he ate and ate and ate. I’m talking a lot of fast food and junk food. The whole time I was amazed that the mom refused to be accountable for her actions. She wasn’t being responsible and only putting foods in the house the child should eat and the ramifications were her obese toddler. Crazy.

Then again. We had a dog that was overweight. I was like, this is some bull. He’s not fixing his own plate? He can’t go to the store and buy anything. We had someone in our household feeding him table food and fast food. It was our fault that dog was overweight.

Responsibility, accountability and ramifications. It’s easy to talk about others. Where are you falling down on the job? Are you blaming whatever on your situation? I’ll even talk about myself.

I broke my foot a few months ago. It’s not healing as fast as I’d like. I’m also old enough to be suffering through heat flashes, night sweats and all the other sucky stuff that goes along with menopause. Oh, did I tell you I also have issue with my thyroid from time to time. Needless to say, I can gain weight easily. My many issues along with my love of good food make it easy for me to become much larger than I am. Since may I’ve gained ten pounds.

Responsibility, accountability, ramifications. I have to take responsibility for the things I can control. I’m not a health nut, but I do exercise and I eat decent. With age my metabolism has slowed. That’s a fact of life. I can either deal with it or it will deal with me.

So back to my original question. What’s wrong with us? I know I can’t be the only one who is conscious of responsibilities, accountability and ramifications. What’s going on?

Until next time,

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Dee