do you have an innate instinct to respect authority or those with status?

where does it come from? how does it feel? how do you experience it?

I may have in the past. Now I suspect anyone in authority (especially high up in government and corps) is a pedophile. I also believe most of them defraud the system through money laundering and insider trading. If someone has a lot of money, and I don't know them, I suspect dark secrets now.

My dad does. I received some mail that I had to URGENTLY had to come to pick up some letter for me because I wasn't at home. I'm like, no way that I gonna travel to a different city because the mailman is to lazy to walk to my front door and just says i'm not at home for three times. I'm like, we'll wait. It's not forbidden not to be at home. My dad didn't want to do anything else than pick up the later because 'oh oh oh'. Pfff, know your rights or smth. So, i waited patiently, a few letters came and then they offered to make an appointment to bring it. Tadaaaaa.

The irony - in the letter is probably information that I've lost my driving license and I needed a car to pick it up. Sure.

Authority yes, those with status - same respect as to a stranger (if they are a stranger ofc)

Mild to none, I'll be a bit extra polite. Yes, I got in trouble in school, and yes, the vice principal hated me, what about it ;P

I respect people with authority or status.

Thing is, what defines authority and what defines status?

True authority and status are not given, they are earned.

@retoor

Same thing here, long time ago, I ordered some papers from my city counsel. Process was asinine. Not digitalized.

1. Step, write an email that you needed papers. Write it to any borough's town hall.

2. Wait for confirmation

3. Open a list with all the borough's bank account, transfer with to the right borough.

I fucked 3 up, transferred to the wrong borough. They called me, I had to come in. I was like, that's far away, what happens if I do not come. Well, I have to. Any fines? No. Alright, I'll order again. I hung up. Forgot to order for 3 weeks and suddenly, my papers were in my letterbox.

They didn't know what to do with the money, weren't allowed to keep it, so they forwarded it to the right borough and they gave me my papers.

Just doing nothing solves a lot of issues.

A side note, I do respect elders and use "u" instead of "je".

But using "u" is considered old fashion more and more. U is informal and was also used in commercials and stuff. These days the informal "Je" is more preferred. Also in advertising.

@retoor Ah that explains the weird looks I get when I use it

@BordedDev If you would use "U" for someone younger than you, that person would look very surprised indeed :P The current generation elders do expect an "U" but they're dying :P Soon "U" is gone, a lost word.

I don't really hate the word, but it's just true, it's dying. Also because we lack respect more and more for the elder i guess :P

@retoor The town I live in is pretty much just older people, people come here to retire

@BordedDev here kinda too, that's village life I guess.. But not for long, we're growing! People from the terrible west are migrating to our beautiful eastern village for a more normal life where you greet eachother instead of ignore :) Don't need lock bikes in village center, houses just open etc. Too relax. People who come from west probably can't believe the life here :) I had to experience it myself too - at the beginning I thought it's the end of life ending up in such village.. But what a quality of life! No city me ever again :)

I make no difference at all between people, treat them equally