OT - Interesting Article about Rudeness

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...VING/508210366

I read 99% of the story, but here are some 'highlights'

You might be a rude person if . . .

.. . . you charge onto the elevator before others get off.

.. . . you begin an apology with, "I'm sorry if you were offended."

.. . . you think nothing of tossing your cigarette butts out the window of
your car.

.. . . you view "excuse me" as a command.

.. . . you cut pedestrians off when you're making a turn in your car.

.. . . you'd much rather sit in your car and honk than knock on the door.

.. . . you turn your back on someone who's speaking to you.

.. . . you think a parent struggling to get a stroller through a manual door
is funny.

.. . . you never acknowledge e-mails from peers at work.

.. . . your neighbor waves at you and you don't wave back.

.. . . you're a cashier and you throw the customer's change on the counter
instead of handing it to him or her.

.. . . you kick the seat in front of you at the movie theater.

.. . . you burp and don't say, "Excuse me."

.. . . you reach over someone in the grocery aisle without saying, "Excuse
me."

.. . . you get shushed at a movie theater and you still don't shut up. my
note: it should be legal to shoot these people

.. . . you "forget" to turn off the ringer on your cell phone at concerts,
movies and so on. my note: it should be legal to shoot these people

.. . . you don't acknowledge gifts for a wedding, birthday, confirmation, bar
mitzvah, etc.

.. . . you hog all the popular exercise equipment at the gym.

.. . . you don't clean up after your dog.

.. . . you interrupt people while they are talking to others.

.. . . you block pedestrian crosswalks when you're stopped in traffic in your
car.



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Magic Mood Jeep© wrote:

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...VING/508210366

I read 99% of the story, but here are some 'highlights'

You might be a rude person if . . .

. . . you charge onto the elevator before others get off.

This drives me NUTS! Hello? There are 5 people waiting to exit but this
person has to dash right in and block everyone's way out.

. . . you're a cashier and you throw the customer's change on the
counter instead of handing it to him or her.

That's annoying; hand me my change and *if* you know how to, count it back
to me... don't just say what the computer told you to say.

. . . you kick the seat in front of you at the movie theater.

Or the seat on the *plane* in front of you!

. . . you get shushed at a movie theater and you still don't shut up.
my note: it should be legal to shoot these people

You mean it's not?

. . . you "forget" to turn off the ringer on your cell phone at
concerts, movies and so on. my note: it should be legal to shoot
these people

You mean it's not?

. . . you don't acknowledge gifts for a wedding, birthday,
confirmation, bar mitzvah, etc.

Sadly, we aren't living in an Emily Post world anymore.

I'll add some of mine:

You're driving and you're lost, so you're driving 15 miles an hour trying to
figure out where you are, totally oblivious to the traffic behind you who
*know* where they are going. Pull off the road, fer cryin' out loud!

You have a screaming child with you in a restaurant, but you don't take the
screaming child outside, you just let him/her scream and continue with your
conversation.

Exiting an airplane, even though there are people ahead of you (seat-wise)
who already have their carry-ons in hand, you just have to try to rush ahead
of them. Anyone ever hear of single-file?

Similar note, on an airplane, you're several rows ahead but you just sit
there. Then when people behind you are ready to file out, you stand up,
block the aisle and proceed to take your over-sized carry-on baggage from
the overhead compartment.

Jill

Magic Mood Jeep=A9 wrote:

. . . you begin an apology with, "I'm sorry if you were offended."
hmmm, i hear this so much, and it's really rude", if not perfunctory,
like the "no problem"

. . . you view "excuse me" as a command.
have or had friend who would always, always counter, "You're excused!"

. . . you'd much rather sit in your car and honk than knock on the door.
this is wonderful, especially at 7:30 am after pulling an all-nighter
at that time, it's not only rude, but illegal depending on ordinances

. . . you turn your back on someone who's speaking to you.
saw Miles Davis at the Newport Jazz Festival turn his back on the
audience as he performed. Hmmm, a tad rude?

. . . you're a cashier and you throw the customer's change on the counter
instead of handing it to him or her.
almost everyone does that i see, well it seems so
i thought, people afraid of germs or what? times are a-changing

"Magic Mood Jeep©" wrote in message
news:T4%Ne.295231$xm3.150701@attbi_s21...
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...VING/508210366

I read 99% of the story, but here are some 'highlights'

You might be a rude person if . . .

. . . you cut pedestrians off when you're making a turn in your car.


. . . you block pedestrian crosswalks when you're stopped in traffic in
your car.



When I'm in cyclist mode I see lots of that kind of rude behaviour ;-)

Cheers, helen s

"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Magic Mood Jeep© wrote:


http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...VING/508210366

I read 99% of the story, but here are some 'highlights'

You might be a rude person if . . .

. . . you charge onto the elevator before others get off.

This drives me NUTS! Hello? There are 5 people waiting to exit but this
person has to dash right in and block everyone's way out.

. . . you're a cashier and you throw the customer's change on the
counter instead of handing it to him or her.

That's annoying; hand me my change and *if* you know how to, count it back
to me... don't just say what the computer told you to say.

. . . you kick the seat in front of you at the movie theater.

Or the seat on the *plane* in front of you!

. . . you get shushed at a movie theater and you still don't shut up.
my note: it should be legal to shoot these people

You mean it's not?

. . . you "forget" to turn off the ringer on your cell phone at
concerts, movies and so on. my note: it should be legal to shoot
these people

You mean it's not?

. . . you don't acknowledge gifts for a wedding, birthday,
confirmation, bar mitzvah, etc.

Sadly, we aren't living in an Emily Post world anymore.

I'll add some of mine:

You're driving and you're lost, so you're driving 15 miles an hour trying
to
figure out where you are, totally oblivious to the traffic behind you who
*know* where they are going. Pull off the road, fer cryin' out loud!

You have a screaming child with you in a restaurant, but you don't take
the
screaming child outside, you just let him/her scream and continue with
your
conversation.

Exiting an airplane, even though there are people ahead of you (seat-wise)
who already have their carry-ons in hand, you just have to try to rush
ahead
of them. Anyone ever hear of single-file?

Similar note, on an airplane, you're several rows ahead but you just sit
there. Then when people behind you are ready to file out, you stand up,
block the aisle and proceed to take your over-sized carry-on baggage from
the overhead compartment.

In a nutshell...

Oversized, carry-ons are rude in themselves!!!

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Jill

"Magic Mood Jeep©" wrote:

You might be a rude person if . . .

. . . you think nothing of tossing your cigarette butts out the window of your car.

from a car passing me while while I was biking yesterday

. . . you never acknowledge e-mails from peers at work.

oooo did that ever p*ss me off!

. . you're a cashier and you throw the customer's change on the counter
instead of handing it to him or her.

how about the cashier who drops your change receipt purchase and
whatever else in your hand leaving you to sort it back out

. . . you get shushed at a movie theater and you still don't shut up

one more reason why I haven't been to a commercial movie since the 80s

. . . you don't clean up after your dog.

when I lived in town I'd toss it back on the sidewalk so They Knew

. . . you block pedestrian crosswalks when you're stopped in traffic in your car

brownie points: my mother once told me how proud she was of me for
backing off walks :-)

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got." via Nat King Cole

~*LiveLoveLaugh*~ wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message
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Magic Mood Jeep© wrote:



http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...VING/508210366

I read 99% of the story, but here are some 'highlights'

You might be a rude person if . . .

Similar note, on an airplane, you're several rows ahead but you just
sit there. Then when people behind you are ready to file out, you
stand up, block the aisle and proceed to take your over-sized
carry-on baggage from the overhead compartment.

In a nutshell...

Oversized, carry-ons are rude in themselves!!!

Since I've been travelling so much lately, I've noticed they actually "green
tag" oversized stuff at the time of boarding. I think the rule of thumb is
something like, if it's bigger than a breadbox (LOL j/k). They don't get
sent back to check-in since the plane is already boarding but they pull the
luggage aside, green tag it and the airline staff makes sure it's stowed in
the belly of the plane with the regular luggage.

Jill

On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 08:28:37 -0500, "jmcquown"
yodeled:

Magic Mood Jeep© wrote:

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...VING/508210366

I read 99% of the story, but here are some 'highlights'

You might be a rude person if . . .

. . . you charge onto the elevator before others get off.

This drives me NUTS! Hello? There are 5 people waiting to exit but this
person has to dash right in and block everyone's way out.

. . . you're a cashier and you throw the customer's change on the
counter instead of handing it to him or her.

That's annoying; hand me my change and *if* you know how to, count it back
to me... don't just say what the computer told you to say.

. . . you kick the seat in front of you at the movie theater.

Or the seat on the *plane* in front of you!

. . . you get shushed at a movie theater and you still don't shut up.
my note: it should be legal to shoot these people

You mean it's not?

. . . you "forget" to turn off the ringer on your cell phone at
concerts, movies and so on. my note: it should be legal to shoot
these people

You mean it's not?

. . . you don't acknowledge gifts for a wedding, birthday,
confirmation, bar mitzvah, etc.

Sadly, we aren't living in an Emily Post world anymore.

I'll add some of mine:

You're driving and you're lost, so you're driving 15 miles an hour trying to
figure out where you are, totally oblivious to the traffic behind you who
*know* where they are going. Pull off the road, fer cryin' out loud!

You have a screaming child with you in a restaurant, but you don't take the
screaming child outside, you just let him/her scream and continue with your
conversation.

Exiting an airplane, even though there are people ahead of you (seat-wise)
who already have their carry-ons in hand, you just have to try to rush ahead
of them. Anyone ever hear of single-file?

Similar note, on an airplane, you're several rows ahead but you just sit
there. Then when people behind you are ready to file out, you stand up,
block the aisle and proceed to take your over-sized carry-on baggage from
the overhead compartment.

Jill



Airplanes and airports are wells of rudeness.


Theresa
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"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 08:28:37 -0500, "jmcquown"
yodeled:

Magic Mood Jeep© wrote:


http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...IVING/50821036
6

I read 99% of the story, but here are some 'highlights'

You might be a rude person if . . .

. . . you charge onto the elevator before others get off.

This drives me NUTS! Hello? There are 5 people waiting to exit but this
person has to dash right in and block everyone's way out.

. . . you're a cashier and you throw the customer's change on the
counter instead of handing it to him or her.

That's annoying; hand me my change and *if* you know how to, count it
back
to me... don't just say what the computer told you to say.

. . . you kick the seat in front of you at the movie theater.

Or the seat on the *plane* in front of you!

gently snipped

Exiting an airplane, even though there are people ahead of you
(seat-wise)
who already have their carry-ons in hand, you just have to try to rush
ahead
of them. Anyone ever hear of single-file?

Similar note, on an airplane, you're several rows ahead but you just sit
there. Then when people behind you are ready to file out, you stand up,
block the aisle and proceed to take your over-sized carry-on baggage from
the overhead compartment.

Jill



Airplanes and airports are wells of rudeness.

And with the mechanics from Northwest on strike, there will be an entire new
type of rudeness with folks switching tickets to Continental.

--

·.·´¨ ¨)) -:¦:-
¸.·´ .·´¨¨))
Laurie
((¸¸.·´ ..·´
-:¦:- ((¸¸ ·.·

*~*LiveLoveLaugh*~* Aloha!!!!!

"There is no remedy for love but to love more"...
~~Henry David Thoreau





Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

~*LiveLoveLaugh*~ wrote:
"Kreisleriana" wrote in message
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On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 08:28:37 -0500, "jmcquown"
yodeled:

Magic Mood Jeep© wrote:



http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...IVING/50821036
6

I read 99% of the story, but here are some 'highlights'

You might be a rude person if . . .

. . . you charge onto the elevator before others get off.

This drives me NUTS! Hello? There are 5 people waiting to exit
but this person has to dash right in and block everyone's way out.

. . . you're a cashier and you throw the customer's change on the
counter instead of handing it to him or her.

That's annoying; hand me my change and *if* you know how to, count
it back to me... don't just say what the computer told you to say.

. . . you kick the seat in front of you at the movie theater.

Or the seat on the *plane* in front of you!

gently snipped

Exiting an airplane, even though there are people ahead of you
(seat-wise) who already have their carry-ons in hand, you just have
to try to rush ahead of them. Anyone ever hear of single-file?

Similar note, on an airplane, you're several rows ahead but you
just sit there. Then when people behind you are ready to file out,
you stand up, block the aisle and proceed to take your over-sized
carry-on baggage from the overhead compartment.

Jill



Airplanes and airports are wells of rudeness.

And with the mechanics from Northwest on strike, there will be an
entire new type of rudeness with folks switching tickets to
Continental.

Oh crap! They are on strike?! I'm supposed to fly out on Northwest in mid
September! Guess I should turn on the boob-tube more often. (sigh)
Geezlepeets, if I have to switch to Continental they will probably route me
through some weird place like Dallas to get to Illinois!

Jill