ORDERLINESS

Meaning of Orderliness

Orderliness is the art of doing things in a peaceful and orderly manner. It is the state in which people behave well by doing things in line with the rules and regulations governing the society. The laws of the society do not exist for fashion, but they exist for people to obey them. Orderliness can also be seen as obedience to laws and respect to constituted authority.

 

In an orderly society, people perform their duties as expected. For a society to progress, people have to be orderly. Orderliness is a cooperative action, that is, people have to come together with the aim of progress. In order to have orderliness, a person must begin by having a schedule lined up. For instance, when an orderly student wakes up in the morning, he greets his parent, performs his normal/daily morning duties, jumps into the shower, eats breakfast, grabs his school bag and off to school. While in school, he makes sure that all the books he will need for the day are on his desk. He listens to lesson attentively and does not need anyone to stop him from making noise. He also does his class and homework well.

Example of Orderliness in Society

a. Listening: listening means paying attention to what somebody is saying. When we listen to somebody, we understand the person’s point of view in a matter. This helps us to change our opinion about that person and also our attitude toward the person. People are expected to listen to one another instead of shouting, jeering or fighting for the sake of peace and order.

b. Responsible Driving: driving is the ability to move or operate a vehicle. The permission to drive is granted based on a set conditions that must be met by the driver. It is an activity that makes it possible to move faster. Responsible driving is when the rules and regulations governing driving are obeyed by the driver. When these rules are followed by drivers, accidents hardly occur.  Such rules and regulations include:

i. Driving by the right side of the road,

ii. Using the trafficator before turning left or right,

iii. Having functional head lamps and using them when necessary and as necessary,

iv. Having a driving licence,

v. Using a road worthy vehicle,

vi. Avoiding alcohol consumption while driving,

vii. Avoid driving under the influence of alcohol etc.

c. Queuing Culture: queuing culture is the habit of patiently waiting for one’s turn. The habit of queuing become necessary when we find ourselves in places where many people want to enjoy the same services with us. In such a situation, it is required of us to form or join queues. When this is done, it becomes easy for people attending to us to do so with ease. Situations that requires queuing in our society include; payment of school fees, fetching of water, barbing and plaiting of hair, consulting doctors in hospitals, buying fuel at filling stations, voting during elections etc.

d. Decorum: decorum simply means being polite, calm and respectful. A decorum person is one that is respectful and considerate of others. When we are respectful and considerate of others, they will do the same to us. Decorum brings peace and harmony in our society.

e. Punctuality: punctuality means being at the right place on time. It is the quality that makes one to be where is expected at the right time. Because we live in a society, there is need to come together once in a while to discuss matters of common interest. Punctuality enables people to come at the required time and make the needed impact.

f. Healthy Debate: a healthy debate is a discussion in which opposing arguments are presented to enable the listeners arrive at a workable for the purpose at hand. It makes it possible for the best idea in a matter to be developed. When debating in a healthy manner, the result will be orderliness.

g. Obedience to Laws: laws are set of rules that regulate the conducts of all citizens for the peace and progress of the society. These laws are meant to be obeyed, and obedience to them shows how much love a person has for his society. Obedience to societal laws is a civic duty or responsibility. When citizens perform their responsibilities without being forced to do so, the society will be orderly.

Ways of Promoting Orderliness

1. Training People Around Us: most people do not help in the cause of orderliness because of ignorance. People’s level of awareness is not the same. We also have people who can do certain things better than others in the society. Such people need to help those that are less informed through training, information, support etc. By doing this, the level of orderliness will improve in the society.

2. Correcting Younger Ones Patiently: in every society, the younger people learn values of the society from the older ones. The older ones are expected to correct and to also encourage the younger ones for them to grow up as responsible adults. In order to achieve this, the older ones must be patient with the younger ones so that they do not feel hurt in the process of correcting them.

3. Carefulness in Whatever We Do: to be careful is to pay aatention to what you are doing in order to avoid doing it wrongly or to hurt yourself or others. If people will be more careful in performing their duties, there will be orderliness in the society.

4. Showing Good Example to People: it is said that leadership is by example. People respond to issues if those regarded as leaders or more privilege show good example.If these people can join queues in public places, obey traffic rules etc.,ordinary citizens will show greater commitment to these rules, and this will promote orderliness in the society.

                                                Benefits/Importance of Orderliness 

A. Promotion of Justice and Selflessness: orderliness helps us to be fair to people ant to consider others before self. By so doing, justice and selflessness is promoted.

B. Reduction of Tension in the Society: orderliness reduces tension in the society. This is because people live in obedience to laws of the society, as a result, there is little or no crime. In an orderly society, people live freely without fear.

C. Promotion of Good Health: orderliness also promote good health to members of a society. This is because, reduction in tension brings a lot of relief to people. Since it is medically believed that tension is a major cause of deadly sicknesses like stroke, hypertension,cardiac arrest, brain disorder etc., a society whose members are freed from these illness caused by tension is a healthy society.

D. Good Image: orderliness bestows a good image on a society. Such a society is a well respected and popular one and its members are portrayed in a good light by members of other societies.

E. Prosperity: an orderly society is a prosperous society. No society prospers without obedience to its laws by its members, and this is a major feature of orderliness.

F. Reduction in Crime: crimes like armed robbery, assassinations, prostitution, kidnapping, fraud etc., are reduced to the bearest minimum as a result of orderliness in the society due to obedience to laws of the society, justice and selflessness.