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It is rude to act as if your time is more important than any one else's time. Writing a check takes about 5 times longer than swiping a card. If you don't want a card just carry cash. Nobody wants to wait the additional minutes required to make sure that everything on your check is correct and then have them check your I.D. You might as well be using the barter system.
Get real, hotair. This is so typically American--always in a rush, can't wait 60 seconds for someone to write out a check. No grocery where I shop regularly asks for ID. Chill.
Here's our pet peeve: Hubby gets in front of me at the last moment, so that he can grab the door and hold it open for me to go out. Suddenly, out of nowhere, 2-3 other women will dart in front of me and go through, like they were just waiting for someone to hold the door open! What the...??? Then more people will follow behind me and he ends up stuck there for a few moments. Honestly, he wouldn't mind, as this doesn't always, always happen every single time --- what we both resent is that these folks act like this is his job. Not one of them turn, acknowledge he is being nice and say, "Thank you." Once I held the door open for my mother. Sure enough, out of nowhere, a couple of teenage, smart-aleck girls rudely cut in front of her and waltzed out. I was so annoyed, I yelled out after them, "You're welcome!!"
They just want to have a good looking guy like your hubby open the door for them
Get real, hotair. This is so typically American--always in a rush, can't wait 60 seconds for someone to write out a check. No grocery where I shop regularly asks for ID. Chill.
Actually, being rude is typically American. Being courteous is relatively foreign to us, as you indicate.
Hence: inconsiderate. People who care for others consider how their behavior effects others. It's a slap in the face when you spend your time trying to be a good person, but the effort isn't reciprocated.
When entering the checkout line, no shopper is socially obligated to consider, "Gee, if I write a check, that might make some impatient jerk unhappy, I'd better not...."
An article that I read had the following listed as top 10 rude behaviors.
1. Discrimination in an employment situation
2. Erratic or aggressive driving that endangers others
3. Taking credit for someone else's work
4. Treating service providers as inferiors
5. Jokes or remarks that mock another's race, gender, age, disability, sexual preference or religion
6. Children behaving aggressively or bullying others
7. Littering (including trash, spitting, pet waste)
8. Misuse of handicapped privileges
9. Smoking in non-smoking places or smoking in front of non-smokers without asking
10. Using cell phones or text messaging in mid-conversation or during an appointment or meeting.
While I agree with all of these, they are not my top 10.
These three would make my top 10 are
1. Unsolicted opinions (before you say it - CD is soliciting for opinions)
2. People who still use checks at check out lines
3. People who put their feet or shoes on the top of seats at a movie theater.
Does anyone disagree with any of these or would like to add other behaviors?
People who start off topic threads in a political forum.
If you are tired of rude people and rude behavior, I highly recommend watching the movie God Bless America. It's got some over-the-top violence but holy hell it was funny and a smart commentary on the state of our culture.
If you are tired of rude people and rude behavior, I highly recommend watching the movie God Bless America. It's got some over-the-top violence but holy hell it was funny and a smart commentary on the state of our culture.
When entering the checkout line, no shopper is socially obligated to consider, "Gee, if I write a check, that might make some impatient jerk unhappy, I'd better not...."
I'm with you; that's why I stopped holding doors, respecting my elders, etc. I had it; those were too many years trying to be nice just to discover that I'm always on the losing end. Granted: I don't feel like much of a man, but I fit in. And that feels a lot nicer than being frustrated by rude people.
Trying to be good when everyone around you is wicked is an invitation for trouble.
I don't like check writers. AT LEAST have the check partially filled out before the cashier starts to ring you up. Have your ID ready too!
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AT LEAST have the check partially filled out before the cashier starts to ring you up. Have your ID ready too!
