Are we getting ruder....?

^^ check should read cheek

The lady who was behind me in the checkout yesterday seemed intent on ramming her trolley up my backside whilst I was in the process of paying and she was not that much difference in age to me,I did ask her would she mind me paying my bill before she took the ankles from underneath me though ? her husband had the check to tell me that "there's no need to snap"

I've only used the F word twice in 'company' as it were. Once on GN to a very rude poster and once when I dropped a frozen turkey on my foot and broke my big toe

I let rip to a dog walker on the beach one day I was playing with GD and there were other babies on the sand and this woman let her dog off the lead and I saw red.

j08 I too have been known to use a few expletives when frustrated or v. annoyed! However I am usually v.polite in public places but am happy to 'assert' my opinion with a smile if I feel someone has shoved in or is being rude!
' Sorry you probably did not see me waiting patiently here'

is a phrase I have used more than once.. I say it cheerily and with a smile..I have only had apologies..even from those who definitely knew they were shoving in!
I hate to see people being snotty to waiting or shop staff. Everyone should be shown courtesy.

I was leaving a shop the other day behind an elderly lady walking with two sticks and being helped by a younger man. The people behind were tutting and pushing because she was moving so slowly. I found myself standing behind her trying to be a barrier between her and the people behind who seemed intent on pushing her out of the way! The people behind were around 40/50 (that's years not numbers!)

My language has gone downhill fast the older I get. There are so many horrid things going on in my life that I just can't hold the words back ( not in front of the children though!)

J

I saw a bus today with the words "Kickass2" on it, in big letters. I think it must be the name of a current film. It's the way the world's going.

I am completely incapable of keeping the odd "shite!", or even the less frequent, "fuck!", out of my speech when something really horrible happens. It just happens. Really sorry, anyone in the immediate vicinity.

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I was seated on a Manchester train at Euston with friends last year. A very rude woman with two teenagers poked her face close to mine and said 'you'd better move out of my seat!' I showed her my ticket and asked to see hers. She was on the wrong train. My friend pointed to the one on the next platform, and said 'that looks like your train.'

The woman swore and bustled off with the teenagers, and my giggling friend said 'I have no idea what the other train is, but I can't abide rude people!' As our train pulled out, we could see her in the distance scratching her head

(I should have retaliated with a clip round the bonce with my laptop case, but I'm a well brought up Phoenix, I am)

I remember a scramble for the 16.56 from Paddington when I was sent flying by an older woman with 2 walking sticks who had developed the technique of using her backpack as a weapon.

Not only do we get bad manners on the street but now on the internet, it's everywhere and there is no excuse for it whatever the age of the person.
I find it almost unbelievable the way some people are rude just for the hell of it, and so nasty with it.

Oh! Yes! gracesmum. I have often wondered why it is that some people think their age allows them to be rude and sometimes aggressive, and as you say we are quick enough to condemn the younger generation for their bad manners, and behaviour, but there are some of the older generation who could teach them a thing or two. I have a great respect for people who have to use wheelchairs or walking sticks, but not those who seem to expect that everyone should stand aside for them. I try to be polite, and smile when being served, and make allowances for the less able, it doesn't take too much of an effort, and I am not worn out with pushing and shoving at the end of the day.

PS I can spell scenario and after - but sometimes my fingers can't