To genuinely believe people are much more ruder and 'entitled' these days?

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I may be heading down avenue 'grump old git' these days but people really piss me off recently.
For example, Dh works on the roads and they regularly get abuse from the general public, especially when it come to road closures.
Last week Dh and work mates were working on a road closure when a woman drives up to them demanding that they let her through, 'but the road is closed it says so on the board in front of you!' says Dh. 'No, no that doesn't apply to me I live on this road!' There are no houses on this road, it's a country lane used as a cut through for many.
Anyhow, Dh insists she can not get through, she argues with him, turns her steering wheel and drives right passed into road closure.
Thing is, the reason the road is closed is due to the fact there is a sodding great big hole in road which she proceeds to drive straight into getting car stuck in process
Spends the next 4 hours sulking on grass verge waiting for recovery truck!
Wtf is wrong with folk?

IME many people have confused 'eligible for' with 'entitled to'

Hiya, Mr Bag, have you got a ticket? No? No ticketie, no seatie, you know the rules. Here, go and sit on Mummy's/Daddy's lap like a good wee bag

I need to borrow that one next time :) Brilliant!

I'm also amazed at the number of people nowadays who walk into shops with food and drink

and even more so, with dogs? Especially in clothes shops. Who wants to buy new clothes that might be covered in dog hair?

People rush round in their own worlds - it's just the way things are. And they get irritated when something interrupts that. I totally understand that. The world would be a nicer place if everyone just got on with their lives and left others alone - no hassle, no drama, no inflated sense of entitlement

I'm sort of with you on this. Just live your life in a way that doesn't get in the way of other people as much as possible. It's not that difficult, actually. But some people seem to like making life all about them.

People rush round in their own worlds - it's just the way things are. And they get irritated when something interrupts that.
That's all well and good, but when people are too busy in their 'own world' to display basic manners and are 'too busy' to actually give some attention to who they're barging into, then it is just rude and selfish. Plain and simple. I don't think people are on here expecting hats to be tipped with a "good day to you, good fellow!" and a dramatic side-step each time they pass, just some basic not that common decency.

Oh i saw a belter bit of entitlement last year at Disney Land Paris.

Me and DS stood on the curb waiting for the parade to start, along with hundreds of others that has got there early to get a good spot. Besides us were a group of about 4 people in wheelchairs and their carers. They were there longer than us as obviously wanted to be together to watch the show and knew they would need a large space to fit all of the chairs in.

Music starts, Excitement grew , then a couple with their child pushes through the crowd behind the people in the wheelchairs (now about 4 deep) and lifted their child over the top of the wheelchair and stood them down in front completely blocking the person in the chairs view

Today at the doctors surgery a woman parked her car across the bottom of a parking bay - blocking in two cars. As I came out the surgery she said "oh im nit blocking you in am I? I will only be two seconds im picking up a prescription" i said, "yes you are, could you move please and theres a sign saying not to block this bay as it could be a doctor on calls car you've blocked in" she got into her car fucking raging and started to pull away. Then I walked to my car at the other end of the bay (wasn't my car she was blocking) and drove away smiling and waving. Mwahahahawahahha. Entitled cow - there are rules for a reason!

Basic decency works both ways - nobody should be barging anyone, of course they shouldn't. But when people who aren't old or disabled are behaving in such a way that it inconveniences others, then people are going to be pissy about it.

The example of the brownies walking from the building to the road is an example. Yes, I COULD stand there while 30 odd small children walk across me but actually it's ridiculous to expect someone to do that. All the leaders had to do was break the line a couple of times to let people through. Walking on the road wasnt even an option as their minibus was parked there in the bus lane so I would have had to walk right into a stream of traffic.

Don't get why it's more ridiculous to expect someone to wait for a minute while a group of children to walk past all together, than to expect them to be split up into small groups to let others through. Isn't that just saying 'the kids can wait, I shouldn't have to'?

It wasn't just a minute though - it was 30 odd kids in single file, and not particularly quickly. Then the leader stopped them at one point while she was speaking to the driver so they all just stood there, too close to actually get through.

YANBU.

I was in a shop recently buying some juice to take into the cinema over the road. There were maybe 2 or 3 people in front of me in the queue and a girl swanned up with her stuff and pushed in saying "oh, I'm trying to catch a film, I need to be quick".

So was I, but I didn't feel the need to hold everyone else back- she didn't even ask if it was ok.

Turns out she was catching the same film as me and her and her idiot friends sat in front of me, snapchatting and dancing with hands in the air throughout most of it, blocking everyone's view. She then jumped the toilet queue later.

I felt like twatting her but I'm far too much of a chicken polite.

Although I suppose the emphasis on kindness could be because a lot of people are parents and are in the throes of teaching their children about it

Ack - wrong thread

Couldn't agree more!

Yesterday I went into a large department store in town (starts with 'D') to the make up section. Two assistants were chatting away together about what they would buy next. I wanted some advice about foundation and so I waited, then sat down in the swivel chair used to do makeovers and waited some more while they finished their conversation. I am old enough to be mardy enough to call someone out on bad service so I did so and the one I spoke to looked very peeved that I'd dared to criticise! So much for customer service.

Haha that'll teach her 👏 Brilliant

Yes! My paramedic friend has been blocked in a few times when attending a job and had people banging on doors for them to move while treating patients (when they aren't blocking the way). Also, on another entitled note. There's a grandma (active) at school who parks straight across people's driveways to collect!!!!

I've had similar in Debenhams. Sales assistants loudly broadcasting their drunken antics and love lives. When I worked in shops we would have been in big trouble.

'I need to borrow that one next time smile Brilliant!'

Works a treat because people think you're crazy and leave you alone .

Every morning I'm reminded how entitled and rude people are when I watch parents take their dcs to school and park on the zigzags and in the most inconsiderate manner outside people's houses. I do some work with schools in a city and can honestly say this happens from the most affluent to the most deprived areas. I hope councils start installing CCTV cameras around schools and fine the f***s as they will pay for themselves within a week

Definitely NOT BU

I was at my local market with my mum waiting to be served at a stall. There was only myself and an elderly gentleman waiting. The girl serving asked who was next so i raised my hand and proceeded to ask for what i wanted. Another woman walked straight up announcing that she was next and started to talk over me. The poor girl didn't know where to look and started to serve the other woman while blushing the colour of beetroot and looking at me apologetically. I was not amused and made sure everyone knew! Needless to say they missed out on my purchase so i went elsewhere. There are too many people nowadays believing they are more privilidged than others and they need to be told that they're not!

Oh yes the school run crowd. Fil & Mil lived opposite a school and you would not believe the amount of people (usually women) who would park across their driveway. A couple of times one woman had the actual cheek to park IN the driveway, (who knows maybe she'd done many times before?) but this particular time Dh came round to find her car there and when he asked her to move she casually said 'oh I won't be long' Dh had an old landrover at the time and said 'take as long as you like love but that car won't be where you left it cause ill drag it out with that winch on my landrover.' Needless to say she moved it but was fuming.

Today in a well known orange branded supermarket I patiently queued to pay for my shopping as all the self service tills were busy. I was behind a guy who had quite a lot - nice chap behind the till then had to ask him to hang on because he had to sort out a malfunctioning self serve till - 5 minutes later man returned- man with shopping stands open mouthed looking confused when asked to pay ... much fumbling pocket patting unzipping and zipping of huge backpack finds credit card ( because finding it in the 5 minutes he had to wait was too hard to think of ..ffs ) nice chap behind till smiles is about to apologise for the wait when out of nowhere an old man nudges me aside cuts in and complains that the self serve checkout gave him 15 p in coppers ..15 p (I mean WTAF .)... I want it changed now to silver ... till chap looks at me rolls his eyes mouths apology and proceeds to give incredibly rude old man his 15 feckin pence ... meanwhile the queue behind me is now 9 long .... with people mumbling and moaning ..

Seriously they say young people have no manners but in my experience the old folk have narrowed the gap.

Should have denied pick up truck access and left her there to walk