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Originally Posted by Marc P.
Anyone you don't know personally deserves the same amount of respect regardless of who they are or what they do. What Taylor brought up is the differentiation between someone you know well, i.e. sibling or roommate, and a complete stranger.
I'm sure most of us communicate with our families and friends in a much more informal or casual way than we do with people we don't regularly speak with.
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I will concede the point that treating a stranger the same way you would treat your brother may result in problems. I stand by my claim that if we respected everyone no matter their station the world would be better.
This student was in the wrong because he was disrespecting a fellow person. Had he said those exact words to the safety glasses attendant I would hope we would be having this exact conversation because who they were disrespecting shouldn't matter. It is still disrespect.