How do Bulgarians communicate?

Someone might sarcastically respond that we communicate through the magic of speech. But according to what I accidentally happened to be a witness of recently, makes this statement not only arrogant but entirely wrong as well.

Several weeks ago I was on my way to university when I saw a curios event through the bus window. There had obviously been a car accident and two big men were apparently ‘discussing’ it with a young lad by chasing him around the bus stop and trying to kick and punch him with such passion which could only be defined as pure and fierce face to face communication. Unfortunately as my bus continued on its way I could not see how this fascinating story came to an end but I certainly hope that the young man did not end up in hospital. Thinking about this event later I just could not have helped to disagree that those heavy guys had pretty convincing communication skills.

I have no idea if those men had or did not have a very good reason for their actions but fighting on the streets and throwing punches, like some cowboys from the Wild West, is not my idea of how we should communicate. However, reality here never seems to stop disappointing me. Because the story I told you is not an isolated case and what is even worse, Bulgarian society does not seem to be engaged in seeking a solution to the problem. And due to the facts I fear they just do not want one. It was less than a week ago when our notorious football star Hristo Stoichkov assaulted a Bulgarian photographer simply because he dared to try and take a picture of him while having dinner with his family in a restaurant. I think this took place in Spain which is even more embarrassing for us, being Bulgarians, because everybody could see how we communicate. I wonder what Spanish people may have thought witnessing this accident. If this is how our celebrities behave it is useless to try and guess what impression we, ordinary Bulgarians, would make on the rest of the world as a nation.

I am not knowledgeable about how people in other societies communicate and I do not even happen to know many foreigners. But I am convinced that in a civilized country such situations would simply never happen. Not only because the moment an accident occurs the police would materialize as if out of the blue but because people there are well mannered, civilized and know how to communicate without having to use their fists. Nevertheless, seeing things the way they are makes me aware of the danger to sound totally negative, but I am a firm believer in evolution and sooner or later, I would say sooner, we shall become part of the world which has already acquired the knack of good communication.