No. Just no.

This past year, I've met many new people and also got to know others a little bit better. And I've came to a realisation of one thing: I don't like people who overly apologise or thank.

Humans who apologise too often. Do their apologies mean anything at all? They lash and throw their apologies out at everyone and everything, when do they really mean it and when do they not? Why do you apologise for something you didn't do, does it really make you feel better and does it really salvage whatever situation you're in?

No. People who apologise for everything under the sun - they say sorry for being in your way, they say sorry for talking to you, they say sorry for reproducing carbon dioxide. No, they don't mean it all time and more than half the time, they're saying it out of habit. Their fight or flight instinct has been conditioned to apologise in all situations, even when they are clearly not in the wrong.

And I hate it. Don't apologise for talking to someone, thank them for listening to you. Don't apologise for existing, thank your parents for bringing you to life. Every sorry that you say, disregards a gratitude you could have given. Every time you give in to a habitual response, the more engraved it gets into your system. And it's disgusting because it just shows how much you don't respect yourself and the people around you, how much you change to make like you, how ungenuine you really are.

Humans who thank too often. Thanking can't be a negative thing, right? Being grateful isn't a sin, right? Did I not mention we should thank instead of apologising? But, do people who overly-thank everyone around them really feel grateful at all? Do you thank because you are genuinely touched by someone's actions, or because you want to receive it again in the future? Do you thank because you are grateful for their sacrifice, or because you have nothing else to say to them? If you're so thankful for everything, what really touches you?

People who thank everyone for everything - they're bootlickers, cocksuckers and asswipers. It's not a bad thing to be grateful for everything everyone does, it's not a sin to show gratitude to someone who's sacrificed their time to help you. But is saying thank you the only way to show it? It's a sweeping statement but people who thank too much are generally people of too many words and too little actions. The act of thanking verbally is so much easier and effortless as compared to doing something similar in return and people who thank too much don't know the satisfaction one gets from helping people. They don't know that people don't really expect a thank you and they do no more than receiving and giving verbal thanks.

And I hate it. Don't thank me for helping you with a task because it feels like you expect me to do it again after your word of thanks. Don't thank me for every other second for being your friend because it feels like you don't have friends and it makes me question my choice; and if you do have a lot of friends, it makes me question how much I actually matter and whether you say to everyone of them that they are special. Don't thank people just because you have nothing to say because it makes you look like the asswiper, cocksucker, bootlicker you actually are. And it's disgusting because for every "thank you" you say, it's telling people how touched you feel about something because it isn't something you would do for people normally. For every "thank you" you throw out, it shows how little of a genuine person you are because you are touched by even the simplest of things, and how little of a sacrifice you would do for a person. Too many words and too little actions - every thank shows every deed you wouldn't do. And in case you think I'm preaching about not being thankful, I'm referring to people who say thank you to literally everything and everyone, not the typical people you see on the street everyday.

Being genuine is not about making everyone like you, its not about doing things that people like to see or hear. It's about giving because you want to, it's about being courteous and still being you, it's about being real, sincere and honest even if it hurts.