Are People More Rude than They Used to Be
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people keep slamming into me and no acknowledgement at all and no attempt to move to let you pass either am I getting old or do others feel this too
People are definitely more rude! Was in the supermarket recently and there was a woman wanting past us in the aisle but instead of saying excuse me, she stood there and waited until I had moved the pram and trolley and said sorry to her and then gave me the dirtiest look and moaned about how long it took me. Then when I was 8 months pregnant a woman nearly slammed into me with her trolley and I apologised to her and her response was for fs sake because I didn't move out of her way quick enough. I don't expect special treatment because I have a baby but a little understanding that it takes me a little longer to do things would be nice but people seem to be too impatient now.
I always move out of people's way and apologise but I have noticed not a lot of people do the same.
That's interesting. I'm a people pleaser (or just polite, whichever way you look at it...) I will always say sorry if I'm in someone's way, be conscious of not inconveniencing anyone etc etc. And people are generally quite rude to me. By contrast my husband, while not rude can be quite abrupt, he generally always looks in a hurry and people seem to respond a lot better to him. I have a theory that people are only rude to people when they think they can get away with it and not get a response back.
SuzJ I am like you and I find people can be very rude to me. My husband was with me on both these occasions and said something to the other person. I think you might be right, people are rude to those who they think won't answer back.
This depends on your body language and how you present yourself in public. If you appear like a pushover people will more likely walk all over you in all aspects of life. I am not saying you are, just saying this is how the world is these days. Survival of the fittest.
Yes, definitely and I blame a lot of it on social media as you can more or less say anything you like with no repercussions. You haven't got to get in a real conflict situation but then of course we forget to be nice in reality. Or are we ever really nice or do humans just pretend to be nice to avoid conflict face to face. Maybe it is their real thoughts and feelings that come out online. I guess a psychiatrist would have plenty to comment on that.
sad isn't it that people have no basic manners any more. these same rude people expect everyone to be nice to them tho they don't do it
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