Question

Answer the questions according to the text:
1.In what circumstances he was humiliated boy?
2.Si the cause?
3.Comenteaza situation, how do you?

Respect is a word often used concerning attitudes
toward adults. I have been raised always to
be polite and considerate of my elders. I believe
strongly in this idea and would never display any
type of disrespect anyway. But frequently I wonder
why it is that I as typical teenager, or, as some say, a
young adult, have rarely been shown that same respect
from those same adults.
A good example occurred recently when a few
friends and I went to the mall. One of my friends
purchased a compact disc at each of two record
stores. As he was leaving the second store, the
alarm went off, and two employees rushed at him.
One, a woman, grabbed his packages, and the disc
that he had bought at the first store fell to the floor
and cracked. She threw it back into the bag.
Meanwhile, the other employee found that
the cashier had never cleared the alarm device
on the second disc. That’s why the alarm had sounded.
There was no apology. The woman clerk
kicked out my friend and me, and when my friend
returned to tell her that she has broken his disc
from the first store, she denied it and threatened
to call security.
Now – do you think that if we had been 20 years
older, we would have been subjected to the same disrespect
and hostility? I seriously doubt it. We were
stereotyped under the label “teenagers”. And how
do you think most adults react to the word? With
thoughts of rude and disrespectful kids? I think that
is exactly how they define us.
The whole incident was totally the store’s fault,
yet my friend was the one who was accused and
threatened. He was an innocent customer who was
purchasing that store’s items – keeping the store in
business, paying employees’ salaries – and he was
treated like a thief.What those employees forget is that teenagers
are major consumers when it comes to businesses
like record stores. According to The New York
Times, young people between the ages of 11 and
17 spend an average of $63 a month on items like
records, cassettes, compact discs, clothing, jewelry,
an other “luxuries” that many adults find trivial.
I cannot tell you how many times I have been
in a grocery store or a clothing store or a drugstore
and thanked the cashier and in return have received
a dirty look or a nasty comment about being a
smart-mouthed kid. Sometimes the clerks mumble
something that sounds like “You’re welcome,” although
not really. But the middle-aged woman in
front of me is asked how she is and is told to have
a nice day.
At Christmas in the post office, the clerk offered
the elderly man in front of me a choice of
stamps with Christmas trees or with the Three Wise
Men. When it was my turn, he threw me a sheet of
Wise Men and grunted at my thanks.
One night, while I and a very sober group of
friends were leaving a local convenience store, a police
officer walked up and sneeringly told us not to
get smashed. Ha, ha! Big joke!
When I work as a cashier in my father’s store
in the summer, customers watch me constantly,
waiting for me to count their change incorrectly.
I find these situations so deeply insulting because
I was raised in a good home and am a responsible
person. I was brought up with strong morals
and values, and when adults assume differently, I
feel degraded.
I try to give adults the benefit of the doubt. For
all I know, I could be, thanking murderers at the supermarkets
and holding doors open for child abusers.
But I am as polite to them as I would be to my
own parents. I think that we should be treated with
the same respect that we offer. And though not all
of us offer respect to our elders, the ones who do
deserve a lot more than they get.

Answer 1

1. He was a humilliated boy because the woman clerk he and his friend had bought from,treated him like a thief,even though she was the one who broke the disk,and she also forgot to scan the second disk.
2. The cause is that people treat him like a brat,instead of treating him equally,like he does.
3. The situation is that,the woman clerk forgot to scan the second disk,so,she quickly snatched it from the ground,but it broke because it hit the ground too hard, and then she threw it back in the bag. When they asked for a refund,she threatened them with the police.