'I Know Everything' - Attitude

'I Know Everything' - Attitude is the TREND of the day. And we all must be very cautious about this 'dangerous virus'.

Here is a situation. A lady goes to a Super Market to buy a special gift for her son's birthday. At the Super Market she goes around looking for something very special for her son. 

Appreciating her interest, the sale staff showed her many products, explaining to her the special features of each product. And every time the sale staff did this, the lady would say, 'I know, I know everything' and then she would move on to another counter. And every time after listening to the sale staff about the new product she would repeat her same, 'Yes, I know everything.' And this continued.

After a long search, she finally selected something very special for her son and asked the sale staff to wrap it into a nice gift pack and she moved to the cash counter for making payment. Suddenly the lady realized that she had forgotten to carry her purse. She felt quite embarrassed  and she didn't know what to do at that moment. 

After a while, she called her son on her cell phone. And the lady told him, 'Look son, I wanted to give you a surprise gift on your birthday. So I came to the Super Market. Only at the cash counter I realized that I was not carrying my purse. And I am totally embarrassed. I don't know what to do.'

Her son could very well imagine the delicate situation his mother was in. He told her, 'Don't worry Mom, so what, if you have no cash with you; now a days one can always make payments using the cell phone. I shall arrange for it and I will call you back.'
'Thank you son', the lady told him.

Soon, he made necessary arrangements for making payment and called his Mom and told her, 'Mom it is done. You can now make the payment using your cell phone.' and explained to her what to do. Immediately the lady told him, 'I know everything my son. I know'. 

Now, look at the attitude of this lady. She pretends that she knows everything. But in reality, she has either no knowledge or has very shallow knowledge of the subject.

This, 'I know everything' attitude has become the trend of the day. Everyone, from child,  to teenager, to matured, to the aged - most of them have this 'I know everything' attitude, which is very dangerous and it can certainly affect our relationship everywhere.

Now a days, parents are literally scared to  give advice  to their children or share their thoughts with them, may be about the need to maintain a good health, or may be about the need for good education, or may be about choosing a profession, or may be some guidance while choosing your life partner, or may be about parenting of your own children. 

Because, the moment the parents begin to say something to their children, immediately the children will react by saying, 'I know Dad / Mom. I know', meaning, 'you don't have to tell me all these, I know everything. and I can now look after myself.' And thus, now a days the parents have stopped guiding their children. But those children don't ever realize what they have lost in their life. This kind of attitude can only spoil our family relationship.

This, 'I know everything' attitude can affect not only our family life but also our professional and social life. You and me shall try and refrain ourselves from interacting with such 'I know everything' attitude people. 

To avoid such a situation develop in our lives, here I would like to share some of my thoughts with the readers, whether 'you know everything or not':

'Knowledge is Power', Knowledge is Wealth' and 'Knowledge gets you Respect'.

When someone tries to share some thoughts with you or want to give you some valuable advice, it must be because they feel that you need to know about that. And it must be considered as valuable and should give a patient hearing. Because, such advice / sharing is coming from your parents or some elderly person or from someone who knows you better. Remember, it is filled with their life long experinece and wide exposure. After listening to them, you may decide whether to absorb them into your life or not. 

But never, ever, show the 'I know everything' attitude to others, especially towards your parents, whether they are literate or not.