Inconsideration

by Kathy
(Santa Barbara, California, US)

Inconsideration drives me crazy in my life. It happens everyday in little doses. I am in college and we all know that books are crazy expensive, so many of us share books. I gave my book to my friend to use for part a of a succession last quarter, but now this quarter, we are both taking part b, and he still thinks that we are sharing the book. We live across the small college town so it is very inconvenient to bike back and forth when we need the book. It is also worse now because we both have the same midterm coming up in the next week, and both want to use the text now. I asked him if he had his own copy or not and he didn't get the hint. I told him to copy my book or get another copy but i don't know if he understands how much this bothers me, or how inconvenient it is for me to share in the same semester. On top of that, I am the one who always bikes over to get the book, or drop off the book. He has yet to come get the book himself, though it is my own book. I think that is just inappropriate. Inconsideration is a big pet-peeve of mine, obviously. I think it is a reflection of how much a person values the relationship and a reflection of personality and characteristics. I think the world would be better off if everyone was a bit more considerate of each other.