Rude people in the Eastern US (US cross country trip) (house, neighborhoods)
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What's that saying? If you run into an arse***e in the morning, you ran into an arse***e.
If you ran into arse***es all day long, you were the arse***e.
This comes up a lot on the R&S forum, particularly its "Atheism & Agnosticism" subforum. I thought at first that people were exaggerating when they said they get asked regularly in the south "what church do you go to?" even by casual acquaintances or in the workplace, with the assumption that everyone goes--or should go--to church. Also the complaints about church people constantly knocking on their doors to prosyletize. But enough people verified that it's really a thing if they live in the south.
That doesn't happen where I live, except for the occasional random JWs, and at 61, I've had them knock on my door maybe five times in my life. Normally nobody would ask you about your religion at work or make the assumption that you do go to church in the first place, but that's likely because we are much more mixed here as far as culture and religion goes.
I worked in a very multicultural office, and some of us DID discuss our religions, but mostly out of interest and learning about one another.
I live in the DC metro area and have found that everyone is so go go go that their rudeness comes off as a “I don’t have time for you”
I think the concept of highly populated areas creating a more tense environment is pretty clear in this area. It’s also very transient. People come to find success or work for the government. Less of a home feel every year. Plus, HQ2 Amazon is coming! I’m going to the west coast in the spring hahaha
LOL, I've lived in NJ all my life. That's not a common thing that "probably" would happen.
One thing that out-of-towners MIGHT feel is "rude" in the NY/NJ metro area is the impatience of people when it's someone's turn to be waited on after standing on line, and they aren't ready. I've seen that in the city at delis at lunchtime. There's a line, and a tourist gets to the front of it and THEN starts hemming and hawing over the overhead menu and thinking about what they might want to order with ten people behind them. THAT is rude. Not everyone is on vacation, and they want to get their lunch in the short time frame they have. If you don't know what you want, step aside and let the people go who ARE ready to order.
I live in the DC metro area and have found that everyone is so go go go that their rudeness comes off as a “I don’t have time for you”
This is sort of true. But I tend to be rushed in a laid-back kind of way.
I definitely think it is impolite not hold the door for the person behind you. I also open the door for the person in front of me when they are about to come out. Always say thank you when somebody shows you kindness. When you're taking public transportation, give up your seat for the elderly, disabled, pregnant women... All of those kinds of things.
Back in the day, I used to work at a couple of places where profanity and dirty talk were tolerated. But that is more common in lower-rung jobs. In professional circles, it is not done.
I used to work for a Boston-based company and went there a week a month on business. The coworkers were extremely rude. People were rude in traffic. I went back for a vacation earlier this year and found the driver's to be among the rudest I've ever seen.
I was very glad to drive back to Maine that night.
I used to work for a Boston-based company and went there a week a month on business. The coworkers were extremely rude. People were rude in traffic. I went back for a vacation earlier this year and found the driver's to be among the rudest I've ever seen.
I was very glad to drive back to Maine that night.
Sounds like Maine is a slow and lethargic place to live, with daydreamers and timid drivers behind the wheel. [If Boston, and it's no-nonsense approach and sense of timeliness, is an issue]
True. It is almost a stereotype now of things New Yorkers complain about, but it's very real. We get these tourists in the city who walk s l o w l y, sometimes HAND-IN-HAND FOUR OR FIVE ACROSS FOR GOD'S SAKE! on the sidewalks in busy areas, seemingly unaware that there are hundreds of people behind them who have somewhere to go. Sometimes they STOP DEAD right in the middle of the sidewalk! They are being extremely rude by blocking everyone self-indulgently, yet they'll be the first to call New Yorkers rude if someone bumps them as they brush past or breaks through their cutesey little hand-holding line.
New York is a pedestrian city, and foot traffic is how most people get around. Slowing the foot traffic down with this obnoxious behavior is akin to throwing your car into park in the middle of a busy road and expecting everyone else to just stop and wait for you to move.
I taught my daughter growing up to always be aware of your surroundings. Apparently, that's not a thing in some places.
Reminds me of the tourists who would block the left side of the escalators in dc
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What's that saying? If you run into an arse***e in the morning, you ran into an arse***e. 
