Excuse means defense, explanation, justification, reason and also you can say apology.
But do we use this in appropriate way? We give an excuse on everything, something that is in our favor and also for that is not even related to us. I usually think whether making excuses is good or bad? Some might feel they justify themselves to be clean but how the opposite person takes it. Does that excuse mean something to others? Or it is just for a satisfaction to escape the situations.
Humans, especially in India have a list of excuses permanently stored in the brain. We use it so often that now excuses does not make any impact even though it is used for a true reason. Why do we make excuses? Recently I watched an advertisement on housing loans and it showed how people give excuses when asked to buy a house, why we do that? Instead why can’t we be straight enough to tell – No?
We think that making excuses hides our capability and bad impression to do that. But have we ever thought that what we are getting of doing that.
Why can’t be there a direct answer – Yes/No?
There are many situations in life where we have used n numbers of excuses to escape but doing this really helps us to move forward. I think No, but still we do the same. There are situations when we really have justifications but it doesn’t matters, it doesn’t have any value. We keep on giving excuses to each and everything that now excuses are a view of lie even though few use it in correct way.
There was a group of boys chatting and one of them was questioned about his girlfriend. He was flattering his answers with no, it’s just a matter of friendship and casual talk………………..
Other boys didn’t believe that. Instead why can’t it be simple on a Yes/No…. What makes us to give a unfair excuse?
(This is just an example…. Don’t take this seriously …….. :) )
May be there are other ways people think and give an excuse but is that given proper respect of what exactly it means ? Think before you give an excuse .... :)
