June 8, 2013Dear Sir,I was once again reminded of how Bermuda can no longer consider itself the ‘Friendliest Place on Earth’.Whilst driving past the Supermart on Saturday just before 1pm there was a considerable back-up of the traffic that was caused by one woman in her massive SUV that had simply stopped in her lane, just after the lights, and was not willing to budge.As I approached, the lights turned red and as I was stopped at the lights anyway, I turned to her and suggested that she be a little more considerate and pull over into the open parking bay that was to her left so that the cars behind her could get past. Her immediate response was to swear at me and tell me to mind my own business. Just shaking my head and turning away, she continued her rant with more choice language explaining how, apparently, I and “my kind” (I assume she meant white) had no right to tell her what to do and that she would do what she wanted, when she wanted and that I should just “Shut the f*** up”.The light changed and as I drove past a number of people behind her, having heard this exchange they simply shrugged and smiled at me. In driving away I tried to consider things from her perspective, after all she may be having a bad day, but I struggle to justify the hostile, vindictive and impulsive rant much less the crass, vulgar language that was spouted forth without due consideration of the people, including the families with children, that were in the vicinity.Then it dawned on me.....consideration. Something that has been a bedrock of Bermudian principle for years is no longer. This woman (for I cannot call her a lady) has no consideration for the inconvenience that she is causing others, or the way that she behaves. I shudder to think of the lesson she may be teaching the children in her family, if this outburst is her impulsive response.While this was one incident it is, by no means, isolated as we hear stories of this nature more and more frequently on the Island. Perhaps it is the fast-paced world in which we now live, or the added stress of economic times, but it is high time we start to “practise random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty” before we find ourselves in a situation where there is no recovery.DEEP BREATHSWarwick