EMPATHY....Does anyone feel any empathy anymore?

Well, I feel pity on the guy getting fired before two weeks of Christmas. It often happens at work place. Empathy has not yet vanished. If it would have been then the industry like call center and hospitality would not survive. Empathy has been a greatest moderator of pain on the Earth and it would remain as long as humanity stays. Thanks, Sadanand.

Well in this situation,empathy is good, but when u run a buisness you can just pay people for not working and then others have to pick up there slack they get mad cause they aint getting paid for everything they do a job and half and its just not good for buisness. no matter what time of year it is...Now if this guy has had a warning, then firing him was to the buisness best intrest. BUT if that did not, they should not have fired him....a warning and then if nothing comes of it.then obviously he needs to find a job were he doesnt have to do anything.. Goodguys are wonderful but was it fair to you that he was slacking not doing what he was supposed to be doing,and getting paid for it,when ur their busting your tail off everyday and getting paid the same way... u know what im saying. and no worry's because most likley he will get another paycheck from this company. empathy in me, i have empathy for EVERYTHING,somtimes when things get bad i have to leave because even though its not happening to me, it effects me as well. when i see epeople doing things that could posisble harm them or put their children in danger, ugh! yes i have empathy for everything,but somtimes u just have to push it back...

Well as much as I figure it out myself, empathy is there but its empty words now. Nobody wants to get involved and take risks and jeopardize own chances. It’s the same everywhere and in every spere of life. You will find friends, colleagues, relations to hear you out, you will hear soothing words but the trail ends there. Nobody will actually go out of their way to speak up for you or help you out in any other way. we have become selfish. Actually the more we are going the science and machine we, the more we are enjoying life like robots…we are gradually losing the subtle emotional nuances that make us human.

i still feel for some. when they are in really bad situation. when someone is hurt and is in pain.i feel bad. i can feel the pain the person is going through. nowadys most people have lost it as I believe.

I hope it's not going to disappear, it's one of the best qualities in people, being able to put ourselves in someone's shoes so we can understand them better. I think nowadays the norm is more to think about oneself first, so it is difficult to understand others when we're still thinking about us. Empathy can be the easiest thing in the world for some people, but quite complicated to others. But I think that there will always be some that will be able to feel it. I remember when my daughter was born, my husband received a congratulations card and his lay off slip on the same day.. grrrrr

I think there are people wo are good at it, I have a friend who is actually too bood at it and everyone dumps on her because they know she will listen and is understanding. I had a friend who was let go recently too. I know it is bad that they will have to cut down for Christmas but in some ways it is better now so that they didn't overspend and have bills after the holidays they can't pay. There is no good time though, I feel bad for anyone who is let go.

Granted, this gentleman's lack of effort at his job is what caused his demise...but none of his celebrating co-workers know what his personal circumstances are and shouldn't be so quick to judge. It is very callous to be celebrating another's misfortune. If he was generally a nice person that just wasn't very motivated, then what they did was just plain cruel. Many people today don't seem to put themselves in other peoples' shoes anymore. They need to realize that no one is invinsible. The other sad trend now-a-days too is that our youth in general, seem to be much more insensitive. I think this has a lot to do with the fact that family time has diminished over the years and todays 10 to 17 year olds spend too much time watching violent movies and playing violent video games. It seems society is regressing rather than becoming more tolerant of others.

We have those situations at my working place too.And there are more situations like that. I think it's not good to celebrate some others defeat no matter if he/she deserves it or not it makes you as bad as the other is. At first i did something like that too but then i started thinking what the heck am i doing?i don't want others to celebrate if i got fired or things like that and than i said to the others and told them that the guy also hat it's good things and it's not neat to act like a***

Hi whywiki, I think it's terrible to rejoice at someone else's misfortune. What a time to fire the guy, just before Christmas. What is happening to people? If empathy goes the way of the dodos, I'm afraid the human race will soon follow. Blessings.

i have noticed that people tend to suck more lately, they are MUCH more self centered. i was at lunch the other day and a guys truck caught on fire, i got the fire extinguisher from where i was eating and tried to put it out, no one really wanted to help, there was 3 guys and me attempting to put it out, everyone else was just taking pictures with their phones and pointing like idiots. apparently its too much hassle to help people any more or be nice!