It was roughly 10 o’clock on a Friday morning and I was on my way back
home from a test when a fellow brother man climbed on a taxi that I was on.
He came in with an aroma of last week’s perspiration and this week’s
determination. It got me thinking, firstly, ‘makhwapaha ek’seni kangaka? And
secondly, why oh why do some of our fellow brothers and sisters insist on
going to work or social spaces without a little visit to the bathtub, shower or at
least vaskomo nyana?

This was not the first nor the last time I had this kind experience. It was not
about the actual hygiene issue but the issue of social- respect (if such
terminology exists) that got me thinking. This Is about the impressions you
give, the way you present yourself in a public space. Personally, fashion and
dressing up has never really been a priority and I would never expect
something from another if I don’t do it myself.

However, when leaving the house I respect myself and the next person
enough to clean myself up. Has society made it acceptable to disregard one
another in the name of minding your own business?

Apart from totally disregarding others socially, do people actually think of the
Impression they leave on their employers or potential employers in the case of
someone who is job hunting?

That man looked like he was going to look for a job and I asked myself, who in
right mind is going to hire this man?
It is time that we took ourselves seriously enough for others to take us
seriously.

You might be asking how on earth I got to such conclusions: all form a guy
who climbed on a taxi.

Well that’s life: everything in your life interconnects including the things that
you might think are insignificant. Don’t let habit or sluggish behaviour interfere
with other parts of your life. Maybe if you clean up. that girl that has been
ignoring you will finally give ear to what you have to say.