A lesson well learnt

Today at work a blind lady purposely made me feel guilty.
She pretty much used the fact that she was 'legally blind' as a way to make me feel bad about something at work that I had no control over. At first I fell for it, immediately feeling sorry for her but then one of my managers came up to me and filled me in on what she was really about. Apparently she comes into work all the time being rude and demanding, and shoving her apparent 'blindness' in everyone's face. My manager was saying how no one can stand her because she continuously abuses the workers and that one of my other managers can't even look at her. I said to my manager that I thought it was ridiculous that someone would act that way and especially if her vision is impaired, wouldn't that make her a better person? Wouldn't that make her be above all that abuse? Apparently not.

I learned a few months back that even though people go through some hard times, they aren't always better people for it. Their pain hasn't taught them to see life differently, or to treat others with respect. Some people just simply don't change for the better and you should never assume that they have because you are probably fooling yourself. I learned not to have so much faith in people a few months back and gave up expecting the best in people because that can only lead to disappointment.