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Why are people so rude?

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Angrybird123 · 01/03/2019 14:50

Very brief incident today that I witnessed...littlr microcosm of so much that's wrong. Two women walking across the entrance to a small, busy supermarket carpark. Car turning right into it. Had the women kept walking they would have cleared the entrance in time for the car to enter safely but without taking the slightest notice they stopped dead, right in the middle of the entrance to have a chat. The car actually waited a few seconds, blocking the queuing lane of traffic it was crossing but eventually gave a very small bip of the horn.. Not an aggressive or prolonged one, just trying to get them to notice. They did and moved but instead of an apologegic wave of the hand one of the women stuck her finger up at the driver and then mouthed abuse at her as she was parking. AIBU to think that this is just unnecessary aggravation.. They were in the wrong.. Regardless of pedestrian right of way you do have a responsibility to be aware of what's going on and even if they weren't technically wrong, they were still blocking access and could have acknowledged their error instead of being aggressive to the driver who will probably now feel a bit shit and angry for the next x minutes / hours. As I say, a small incident, no big deal, not my business but makes me think how commonplace it is now to be defensive and unpleasant instead of acknowledging that you might have done anything even a little bit inconsiderate.

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nrpmum · 01/03/2019 14:52

Agree. As my Gramps used to say 'Courtesy costs nothing'.

Bluntness100 · 01/03/2019 15:03

It's always been like this. There is rude people everywhere.road rage is prevalent and we have all witnessed it.

Years ago I went to pick my daughter up from nursery. Parked in the town centre parent and child parking. As I got out the car this woman rushed up to me and did her nut, effing and blinding about how I couldn't park there it was for parents and children. I just stood quietly till she finished then said "do you see the car seat, I'm going to get my daughter from that nursery there" and she simply turned on her heel and walked away. No apology, no nothing.

I also had a taxi driver pull up in front of me as I was exiting and industrial estate, so I had to stop my car in the middle of thr road, he approached me and I opened the window, at which point he started screeching if I ever cut him up again he'd fucking cut me up. I genuinely didn't even realise I had, and simply closed my window, watched him shouting and when he was finished I drove off.

Both incidents disturbed me, and there have been countless others. You just wonder what the hell is wrong with some people.

On saying that, you see it on here a lot, "tell her to fuck off" "laugh in her face" "she's a right cunt" and it's generally about some poor sod whose done nothing that would cause offence in real life.

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