Probably noticed it previously but it really feels that way recently. Other than that, it might be my own perception, but I can't see why. Things are generally ok in my life, and I find it easy to get along with people.
So for a while I notice people are somehow less friendly, some openly rude. I am sure it was always this way, but I'm not too sure.
We have been away to a popular tourist area recently and instead of seeming happy or excited a lot of people looked pretty pissed off, especially on the roads, although the roads weren't packed.
Several people have been openly rude to me, especially men, and I wondered wtf, could it be something about me? I look pretty benign really, so can't see how, but if it happens enough you do wonder!
I get that the world is screwed up right now, and people are having a hard time in general, but to me it seems to be since covid, or maybe it was always there and I have only just noticed?
I don't recall people being so abrupt and unfriendly years ago, but I guess that's all I've got to go on.
I travel around the UK quite a bit with work, and have noticed it all over, not just in my own particular provincial backwater 