I was at Bunnings Hardware. Only bought 4 items.
Proceeding to the checkout, there was another person walking towards the checkout, the last few steps ,he hurried and actually bumped me aside to get there first. What a wanker.
So we were at the checkout together and I told him as well.
I never stopped talking about the lack of manners some people have theses days. As he left, he gave me the bird.
As I say, too many inconsiderate people in the world these days.
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And was this your very first clue?!
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No, just seems to becoming more prevalent as the years go by. 
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I was being facetious @Bretrick . 
There is no longer blanket good manners and politeness in our world.
So, I try to do double duty to be kind to make up for someone elseâs rudeness.
Some days it works and I get a few smiles back.
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Charm school is not an option for some Bretrick.
SadlyâŠthere are too many of those types around.
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I dunno 
Most people I bump into on a daily basis usually have a âgood morningâ or a smile as I pass them, and after having an accident in my car last year, It was heartwarming the amount of drivers who stopped to help me.
If someone rushes past me in a queue I let them go and give then a knowing smile, they usually smile back and apologiseâŠ
Iâm not criticising you Bret, but I am a strong believer in âYou get back what you give outâ
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It wasnât all that great before Covid arrived but itâs got a lot worse since the lock downs, so much has changed since, including people and their manners.
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I was in the supermarket a couple of weeks ago. I went to the checkout & a young mother arrived just behind me. She was apologising to her young & not very happy, son. It seems mummy forgot to get this. They needed it & mummy could not go home without it. It was a single item. I only had a few items, but I offered her to go in front of me. It cost me a minute at most.
The woman at the checkout thought I had been really nice. Everyone is in such a rush now, she said. But personally, I thought I simply being a normal, reasonable person. Reasonable behaviour should not get praise. It should be the norm.
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With you on this, some people are clumsy, absent-minded (plugged into another world), but not deliberately rude.
He sounds a right ruffian. Thatâs never happens. Isnât it a Latin-American gangland thing?
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When I read and listen to the news, it all reads like everyone on the planet is a jerk. However, when I go out into the community, no matter where it is, reality shows me that most people are considerate, offering kindness, even in the middle of their hectic day.
Long ago, I was with my grandmother in shop, when she became victim of some pretty harsh rudeness. She didnât say anything, and just continued with her business. When it was all over, I exclaimed âThat man wasnât very nice!â
She paused for a second and said, â The good news is that you donât have to worry whether or not heâs nice, you just have to worry, whether or not you are. If you are nice, itâs like having your head full of candy.
Made sense to me.
Of course, I didnât realize it at the time, but she was showing me the human kindness side of the broken window effect.
From what I see, most people are inclined to fix windows - and making a pretty stellar effort at trying not to break them 
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It does happen occasionally but most people at checkouts are more considerate, I am never in a rush personally so donât care if someone rushes to get there before me but it rarely happens.
I think rude people are the exception rather than the rule. Mind you I tend to use the self service checkouts at Bunnings they are rarely full.
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Itâs not the customers but the staff in our Bunnings amuse me.Not rude just indifferent.
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I havenât found that (well, perhaps a bit).
Bunningsâ staff either know everything you need to know (and more) or absolutely nothing about it. There is no in-between with them.
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Being now at the age PLENTY of men are bit grumpy I hate to say this but as you know MOST people are nice but it is the @holes who stand out .
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When I first moved to Miami I was taken back by how rude most here are because Miami and by you are different . Barely same country .
It took me some time but I realized they are not nasty , not mean people but inconsiderate due to ignorance . I am not going to say sometimes I do not say something but I grew to understand them which means I lost my soul , lol
I did luck out as my community are simply terrific people but even then it took about 2 years to break bread but that was my fault as said things I should not have said or should have worded things differently .
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Bingo. Iâm surprised more people arenât aware of the âCovid Crazyâ change. Many people saw it as a way to feel powerful & tell others what to do.
I recall several incidents of rudeness during that fiasco:
I was in line outside at a market. A guy took his shopping cart with him while he waited in line. Another guy (idiot) told him, âSir, you are not supposed to have your cart with you in line; youâre supposed to get your cart when you are let into the store.â
The other guy replied, âWhatâs it to you; mind your own business.â
The idiot said, âYou are putting others at risk.â
The other guy said, âMister, I suggest you shop somewhere else before you get hurt.â
The idiot got back in line, took off his gloves, sprayed his hands with disinfectant, & put on new gloves.
A much-worse incident on video involved an older woman making copies in an office-supply store. She was recently released from the hospital after a liver transplant & walked with a cane. You would think she wouldnât be stupid enough to start a fight with someone. She saw a young woman whose mask was below her nose. She started with verbal & racial insults that resulted in the younger woman confronting her, then she poked the woman with the bottom of her cane - the filthiest part of it. The other woman grabbed the cane & yanked it causing the woman to fall to the floor, fracturing her leg.
Update - the young woman only received probation; no jail time. Likely after the D.A. reviewed audio of the incident.
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I read and hear of cases of rudeness between people, so know it goes on but I havenât come across much of it when coming into contact with strangers of all age groups. Quite the opposite sometimes. There are also examples of niceness and politeness to be found.
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I must admit that during covid there were some unfortunate incidents.
Our government were the worstâŠ
âLook what heâs done, driving all that way in lockdownâ
âHow come youâre having a party during lockdownâ
Na Na Na Na Na!..
People tend to police the trivial things and just say, âLive and let liveâ for the serious ones that will affect your kids and grand kids⊠
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I have never understood why people are rude and impatient in the supermarket checkout - if they are that much of a hurry they can always choose to use the self-service ones!
I was in the supermarket the other day when an elderly man and I both arrived at the checkout at the same time - as he only had a few items I motioned for him to go first. He told me he was just getting used to having to do the shopping, his wife had died a few months before and he had also just come out of hospital. He was very flustered when using his card to pay and continually apologised - I told him to take his time. As he left he smiled, thanked me and said ours was his first conversation in 3 days. So please be kind to people, you donât know what their situation is
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I found the shut down obscene .
Florida think it was 3 weeks or so but Miami was 3 months however you could simply drive out of Miami as curfew was 11 pm and go any where you wanted but it destroyed plenty of businesses here .
UK shut down in fact much of Europe was sick and Johnson being a " Conservative " I expected more from him.
My daughters are in California and their shut down was also disgusting .
In the end I did subscribe to wearing a mask but that was it and yes I received all 3 COVID shots but was dead set against any mandate .
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