Is Rude and Selfish Behaviour a Sign of The Times?
I was at a coffee shop today and took up my place in line behind a a bunch of people milling around the cash register. One elderly lady was trying to load some drinks onto the top of her push cart and I made an attempt to give her the room she needed to turn around and make her way out. I notice that a line has formed behind me and I was next.
As I make my move to the register, a lady waltzes right in front of the whole line, in front of me, and starts to make her order. Hullo? The cashier looks at us, and the woman doesn’t seem to give a crap. It was almost like deja vu from something in the past. It was absolutely one of those “What The FXXX” moments that you didn’t think was possible.
Luckily, she’s done before I have a chance to burn a hole through her with my heat vision. I took a moment to take a breath, and the killing rage subsided. Then the lady behind me tells me that I should have moved right up, blocking off the area. Umm… When I tell her that I was giving the old lady with three cups of coffee on top of her little push kart the room to turn around and get herself out of there, she gave me a “I don’t give a crap” look. How selfish can you be? I guess I did sort of prejudge her as being one of those high and mighty bitches so I guess I’m a good judge of character. The fact was, If I’d moved up that close, how the heck is granny going to be able to run around without spilling her drinks all over herself? I’d be no better than the hag that skipped the queue.
Unfortunately, crap like this happens a lot more often these days, and people counter this behaviour with even more rude and selfish behaviour of their own. I was even instructed on how to perform some. As time goes on, we’re just going to be complete pricks to one another. No one will talk to their neighbours anymore and even the simplest things like holding a door open for someone else will be a thing of the past. In fact, everytime I do that for someone nowadays, I get a reaction of surprise. Are we really that far gone?
What sort of rude and selfish behaviour have you folks noticed that you’d never ever thought possible? Do you do anything selfless that people seem surprised at nowadays?