A little more about Serena Williams and a little more

I see that Serena Williams finally issued and apology. Good for her.

I'm not any kind of behavioral purist, but what I find inexcusable about what she did is that she is a professional athlete. Nobody's forcing her to do this. If your chosen profession is that of a an athletic competitor, part of the job requirement is that you respect the rules and the people who enforce them. People cut corners, intentionally or not, and cheat all the time, but they know enough not to lose their temper and threaten the people whose job it is to enforce the rules. I'm sure Serena didn't foot fault intentionally, but she also could not possible be looking at her feet, so how could she know for sure that she didn't? I'm not sure what was going on in her mind that made her think it was okay to do what she did.

In a behaviorally related item, I love Kanye, but what he did to Taylor Swift, who did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG, was inexcusable. Nice to know you loved Beyonce's video, but how would you feel if you'd just gotten an award and the presenter started spouting off how Flo Rida's video made yours look like a 6th grade art project? Would that feel good, or might it make the moment a little less satisfying?

It's all a matter of treating people the way you'd want to be treated yourself. It's such an obvious kind of thing that I'm amazed how often people forget it.