Choice to be Useless

Why do some people choose to be useless? I'm talking about people who have fully functional limbs and brain, as far as I can tell. Why do they choose to be dependent on others?

You are lucky to be blessed with hands that can pick up the telephone to book your car service, to have a voice to ask the question yourself, have access to technology to login to the Internet and book accommodation/flights yourself, legs to bring you to the shop to buy/collect whatever it is you need, ears to listen to instructions so you know how to operate the computer / lift / phone / etc and a combination of motor functions to drive a car yourself.

Why do some people pretend to be incapable of doing the simplest of tasks? To pretend that they can't do it? Simply because they are too lazy. Most of the time because they can get away with having someone else do it.

Be ashamed of yourselves. If you can't lift the cupboard hence need help from someone stronger? Fair enough. If you're not tall enough to reach to the top of the shelf and there is not a chair in sight, so need someone taller to help? Ok.

Especially be ashamed that you are healthy and fit, yet choose not to use what God has blessed you with, in order to function properly in life. Be ashamed that there are other less healthy people in the world who can do all these things and more. Because they have the right attitude. Because they are not lazy.

Be ashamed if you use your gender or age to your advantage too. I know of a 20+year old woman who got others to book her ticket and fly the same airline as her (even though it was more expensive and took longer) just so she can get air miles on her trip. Shame also on the rest who stupidly followed through. The same woman gets gentlemen to do her errands she is perfectly capable of doing herself. Shame on these gentlemen who do not think with their proper head. I know of another older woman (but not so old that she is hard of hearing, or has sight issues or has motor issues) who is dependent on others to go for meals so she does not have to choose the restaurant herself. I know of a woman who had to bring someone else along to carry a small box - which weighed perhaps 2kg? I know of a man in his 60s who is capable of driving himself on the 2hr journey to the capital, but incapable of driving his mother on the same journey (no additional equipment needed except for space for one extra person of which his car is big enough to handle).

Shame on all of you if you choose to be useless. And shame also on those of you who allow these people to be useless. If you pander to their requests for help simply because they are too lazy to do it themselves, shame on you. You are encouraging one to be lazy. That help would be better suited to help those who really need the help, like the elderly, disabled, uneducated...

If one is too lazy to be useful for themselves, my stance is 'Too Bad'. If you can't be bothered to do it yourself, then it obviously isn't important enough for you. Call me harsh, but I'm not going to waste my time helping lazy people - I will help those who do need help.