Rude rude and more rude!
mebiscuit
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Yes as the title suggests, what is going on with the human race recently? Has everybody adopted an I don't care about my fellow citizen attitude! Decided to have a bit of an exploration day today and in between meat up with a friend, this involved a few changes of trains, now I use train travel frequently and most of the time its fine but today I came across so many rude people.
Has anyone else noticed a drop in the standard of conduct recently?
Has anyone else noticed a drop in the standard of conduct recently?
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Not that I've noticed, on my very limited travels today, or recently.
It's not the best time for the UK economically which doesn't give many a reason to be somewhat chipper.
I get a mix because on any given day my mood changes about a hundred times and I tend to get the same in return.
I don't know whether to find it funny or pathetic to be honest.
I do find it infuriating when people tut and huff instead of saying or asking something though.
Yes, that's very true. Especially when they say some caustic comment and know you can't answer back.
I don't really answer back but I put them straight, if I know they are out of line with the way they speak to me or get rude. I won't
let them walk all over me. I am civil, 'theres no need to be rude to me' I had to say to some customer the other day and they shut up. But they still acted all stroppy. I did get quite frustrated, but its hard to stay in the correct frame of mind when people get like they do.
It actually is quite pathetic and petty, what some people will do or act, to be honest. Highly annoying.
Yes, very true. I can remember when one woman came into where I work in November last year.
Initially, she had her husband come in to us to pick up her prescription. The item that it was for was out of stock and problems with the manufacturer meant that we were unsure when it would be in. We said there were a few to get her by and asked whether he wanted to take them. He said no and left on good terms.
A woman then comes in an hour later with the same man and she comes to the till with a few bulky items from the shop all happy and smily. She then asks for the same prescription that she had her husband come in for earlier. I find it and go out to tell her that "we haven't got this item al in stock, but..."
At this point, I was going to say "we have some to get you by, do you want to take these for now and come back for the rest?", but she starts shouting! She was effing and blinding about how she apparently keeps us in business, how disgsuting I am and how she pays my wages, how she knows the manager (she doesn't) and she's going to get me sacked etc. I offered her prescription back to her which she then said that "I'd better not have tampered with the prescription or there would be trouble".
The pharmacist who I worked with then comes out and she completely calms down! :eek: The pharmacist explained that we had some in stock, to which she starts shouting "I was never told that by your colleague". She was never told 'that' because she didn't let me finish speaking, just started shouting over me! :mad:
Anyway, before she went, she left the bulky items on the till glared at me viciously and jabs her finger at me and said "YOU can put all that back for me". She stormed out only begore pushing the pull door, so may have not been as dramatic as what she was going for!
This was on a busy Saturday with a shop full of people as well!
To be honest, I just put it down to the fact that some people feel so powerless that they need someone to take it out on. Because we can't answer back, we're perfect targets.
Rather crude euphemism!
Sexist, apparently. Even though I happily also held the door open for the man who followed her.
Nowt so strange as folk.
I don't understand why people believe this. I've had many instances where I've been as polite as could be and have had nothing but rudeness in return.
How do you explain that?
What goes around comes around? Bollocks. I tried for years and got walked all over. I will pass the door to someone following me through but won't hold it for someone a few steps behind only to get treated like a doorman.
It used to irritate me as a teenager that I'd get filthy looks, sneers and people thinking they could comment on my appearance just 'because' I was 15. By the very same people who'd then complain about lack of respect 'these days'.
Too many people expect what they're not willing to give, from others.
I do not understand the law of the supermarket jungle, but if someone is standing getting a paper or whatever, I wait until they have finished to get what I want, 9 times out of 10 they turn around and give you a dirty look, like "what the f*ck do you want". Maybe I should just shove them out of the way
I went through a green light the other day - to find an oncoming car speeding through a narrow gap in my way - I honked to let him know he was about to face a stream on oncoming traffic and he told me to eff off.
I could have spent a few minutes bemoaning the world - but I just found it funny and it may me laugh out loud.
Agree with this. Wasn't there are similar thread started last week?
You weren't as polite as you thought.