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People becoming increasingly rude and self entitled

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SusanandMidge · 25/07/2023 10:07

A friend was told to fuck off by a delightful woman at the weekend when she asked a bunch of adults (late 20s, early 30s) to turn off the loud music they were blaring from the pavement and singing along at top volume to at 11pm.

On Saturday I had a woman with a young child in the car refuse to reverse when she was driving the wrong way in a car park and our cars met. She insisted I reverse and even opened her window and said a sarcastic 'now was that so hard' when she passed me.

My neighbour was berated by an affronted father, one night last week, for asking a child aged about 12 who was creating an absolute racket outside her house at about 10.30pm and refusing several requests to move, where she lived so she could speak to her parents. Apparently she really upset the child who arrived home in tears!

Is it my imagination or are people becoming increasingly self entitled and highly indignant when asked to show a bit of consideration or manners to others?

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Winterday1991 · 29/07/2023 15:42

Dogsitterwoes · 25/07/2023 15:30

I worked a large event recently checking entry to the accessible portaloos, which were only for people with disabilities who had pre-registered and provided evidence to get a special wristband.

Many other people tried to use them, most were ok with a polite refusal and pointing at the nearest other loos you could literally see from there (but had a long queue). probably 1 in 10 tried to argue their way in, some getting really irate or abusive.

People can be very self-centred.

To be fair that would drive me crazy too. Why can't they queue for the accessible loos?

Dogsitterwoes · 29/07/2023 16:51
  • because they don't need accessible loos
  • because someone might need an accessible loo very quickly
  • mainly because as portaloos, they only hold a finite amount of waste, and have to be closed when full, meaning all the people with no other option would have zero loos to use. Just because people with no accessibility needs want to be selfish.

That's why.

NinjaGin · 29/07/2023 20:00

We were in a v busy motorway service area yesterday, cars queuing to get into it busy.
Once in and parked we could see the long slow queue to get out...made worse by some bint in a massive Range Rover that she presumably was unable to park in a regular car parking space (hint: get a smaller car might be an idea?) so she just parked up in the main driveway of the car park while her party used the services meaning that not one of the 10 cars stuck behind her were able to leave the services until she was ready to!
Entitled arse behaviour but compounded by her yelling out of the drivers window and at one point getting out and shouting at the luckless person behind her because they dared to ask if she could park in a space so others could enter/exit the car park...

Noodledoodledoo · 29/07/2023 20:10

I'm currently on a package holiday.

Today I witnessed a family of 10 save sunbeds for everyone for the whole day from pre 930, and use them from 330-5! Left two family members guarding them, but have been to the beach, to the market. So annoying when lots of others doing similar ( I was just sat behind this bunch!) so beds hard to find.

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