Four Things That Puzzles Me About People

Just a couple weeks ago I was in one of the local hair salons getting a haircut. There were three stylist, and four customers in the shop at the time. Each stylist had a customer in their chair; I was sitting in the middle chair along the bank of stations. There was one customer seated and waiting along with her approximately 8-year-old son. The lady in the chair to the left of me was talking about having some of the local high school girls in her car one evening. She had more teenagers in her car than she had seatbelts for. They were encouraging her to drive faster as they came upon some railroad tracks so they could go over the tracks fast and get the thrill of feeling airborne. She refused to do so, and then she described how one of the young ladies was urging her on in a very vulgar way calling her a P_ _ _ y . After saying the word P_ _ _ _y four or five times the stylist that was cutting my hair called her by name and said, “ watch your mouth there's a minister in the room.” The thing that puzzles me about that was that none of the ladies bothered to point out to her that there was an eight-year-old boy in the room. Why do people not watch their language around young tender ears? Just a few days after the hair salon incident my wife and I are enjoying lunch at an Olive Garden in Austin when a couple with a child came in and were seated at the booth behind us. The first thing the waiter did was offer the couple a sample of the house wine. In which they both said, “Yes.” After the free sample the couple both ordered a glass of wine and the waiter continued to refill their wine glasses throughout the dinner service. The thing that puzzles me about this is why parents would continually drink with their children along with them knowing that they were going to get in the car and drive. Another thing that puzzles me about this is why would a waiter or restaurant assume the responsibility for parents drinking with the child just to have a sale of alcohol? The third thing that puzzles me about people is why some people will trust someone that is holding the door open for them and just walk through the open door and others put their hand out to keep the door from closing on them but it is very clear that the person holding the door is not letting go of it. Is this a trust issue of the people that are putting their hands out to keep the door from hitting them do they suffer with trust issues? What about the people that keep their hands in their natural position and continues to just walk through the door trusting the person is not going to let the door go on them? Side note on this I have noticed that when I hold the door open for someone at church I never have anyone put their hand out to keep the door open, puzzling. The fourth and final thing that puzzles me is that when students (that go to Church) get in trouble, outside of the church, one of the first things they are grounded from is church. Why? Yes I know that we have fun in youth group but youth group is more than just fun activities youth group is a time and a place where we try to instill Godly character and responsibility into the students so that puzzles me why a student would ever be grounded from church. Why not take their phone or iPOD away, or television or other electronics, or make them come straight home from school and be in their room? Why would you want to keep them from coming to youth group and hearing how they need to respect authority, make wiser choices, etc.? A place where Christ can get a hold on their heart and change the way they think about the rules at home. If we keep even the small group time a priority in our lives perhaps the students would see the God is important and they need to pay attention to what is being said as it is scripture and very beneficial to their life. What are things that puzzle you about people? And what do you think about the four things that puzzle me about people? Please feel free to respond to this posting.