iGary said:People who don't wave or raise a hand when you visibly stop to let them into traffic.
People who don't say thanks when you make an evident effort to hold the door for them.
People who let their kids run around undisciplined while I try to eat my 150 dollar meal.
People who tailgate when you're doing 75 in a 65 IN THE MIDDLE LANE and you can't move over.
People who talk ten levels too high when on their cell phones.
this covers many items for me as well. general rudeness or just plain lack of consideration for others. i am not a doorman, nor did i have to let you in front of me to merge into my lane - in both situations, the least you could do is say or wave thanks. it seems as if people just expect you to give way or make things easier for them, though they never do that for others (from what i've observed in watching people who just committed a rude act in front of me).
i was getting coffee this morning, and there was a guy at the front of the line on his cell phone. he was so busy talking and apparently couldn't pause even for a minute that he pantomimed what he wanted to the clerk. needless to say, she got it wrong (twice!), then he finally spoke to her to state his order. then he looked around with this smirky "hey, what can you do?" look on his face and caught my eye. i gave him a dirty look, shook my head, and looked at the cashier in front of him. he shrugged, paid, and then left. jerk.
ugh. why don't people have manners anymore? i was rasied to say please, thank you, sir, ma'am, etc. rudeness got a spanking and/or grounding in my household. i rarely observe parents who seem to even try to teach their kids how to be polite and civil. if only we could require general intelligence and civility tests and minimum levels before people were allowed to have children!
marianne