They

We’re all guilty of stating “they should do something” at times in our lives. 

“They should’ve known that might happen.”  “They shouldn’t have let them get away with that”.  

The awkward question is to figure out exactly who “they” are.  “They” are people too.

And, honestly, there are many instances when “they” is actually, kind of, “us”. 

Maybe “we” should’ve said something, or “we” should’ve known what might happen.  Putting responsibility onto someone else, some amorphous “they”, absolves us of culpability.  But it is disingenuous.  Make sure you’re not indirectly or obliquely part of the “they” that you speak of.