This i believe/ you have to give respect to get it

Respect is not all about power, to me it means equality if you want someone to respect you u have to respect them whether their your age or younger, and you really should respect any adult that tells you to do something. Because i used to be disrespectful to adults and it got me no where but in trouble with them and on the streets because i didn't take their advice and i did what i wanted. And til this day i regret it because my life would be a whole lot better if i just had taken their advice. But adults should show kids especially teenagers respect too. Because we go through just as much as adults do.

For example we have to go to school and then do sports, or work, plus we have a lot of homework sometimes especially if its exams week. then at school we have people talking about us or hating, then rumors, then somewhere in our busy schedule we have to try and find time for our boyfriends or girlfriends, and friends. so we have heavy stuff on our plates too. On top of that we have chores, and then we have to fight to graduate high school and go on to college, and think about what were going to do for the rest of our lives without our parents.

To me, giving respect to people means to be nice to other people. On my very first day working at McDonald's I respected my bosses and other co workers, and I was new so I had a little trouble with orders. I had messed up about three orders that day, But all of my bosses and co workers even my customers respected me. Because I didn’t give up and act all snotty to my customers just because I messed up three orders. So what I did was asked Crystal my trainer, nicely to help me please; eventually I started getting the hang of things and I didn’t mess up anymore orders that day. I was surprised because I thought because I was new and people didn’t know me they were going to treat me like crap. But they didn’t and it was all because I gave them respect, so they gave me respect back.

So if your older than someone don't think you can run them and tell them what to do and their going to listen and respect you, because in order for them to respect you and follow your orders you need to respect them first no matter what their age.