I don’t usually rant much on my blog, but I just had to get something off my chest.
Any trip to the supermarket will result in several different levels of people acting with respect and courtesy, as well as people acting like total boors.
If you are entering the door of a public building, it is common courtesy to yield to someone who is leaving a building (this applies to someone exiting an elevator also). If you are entering a store, you should always allow the person exiting the store to go through the door first.
Many people just seem to be oblivious to how rude they are in the supermarket. Particularly irritating are people who inconsiderately block the aisle.
First you have the person who walks to the side of the shopping cart, steering it with one hand and taking up the width of two shopping carts, seemingly oblivious to the fact that they are blocking the way.
Then you have people who park a shopping cart in the middle of an aisle, so no one can pass.
Then you have the undecided shopper who stands in front of a shelf and blocks anyone’s access to it by parking their cart and self in front of the shelf so that nobody can get to the merchandise, while who knows what decision making process has stopped your brain from functioning completely.
Do these people just not think about how rude they are? Do they just not care? Or, were they never taught manners and how to be considerate of other people?
Then you have the clod who takes 30 items to the checkout station with the light that says, “10 Items or Less”.
And to top off the wonderful shopping experience, after you pay for your groceries, the clerk says to you, “Here ya go.” I’m never sure how to respond to that, but what I’d like to say is, “Didn’t your mother ever teach you how to say thank you?”
Our society seems to be suffering from a lack of consideration for other people.
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Hi Bob ~ I feel your pain!! It's now all about common rudeness rather than common courtesy. In the mid-80s I went to school in NYC for a year and the rudeness blew my mind. For months I didn't hear the words "excuse" and "me" together and going through doors was a battle I had never experienced before. I transferred to a Massachusetts school and used to jokingly sum it up by saying I had transferred from the school where Joan Rivers went to the one Miss Manners attended.
Sadly, at least in Massachusetts, that sort of behavior is now the norm. It blows my mind. People act like cretins. And it kills me when store employees do it - or receptionists for that matter. I have my issues with Whole Foods but I have to say that they while having the rudest customers around at the same time have the most courteous employees. I'd love to know how they do it.
What gets to me is that many of the people acting rudely grew up in more polite, nicer times. What on earth are we going to get to as the generation that grew up amidst this sea of bad behavor grows up?
Hope the post made you feel a bit better!!
Liz