There ought to be a law against rudeness. (There ought to be a law about that!)

Member Name: Krystles

Product:	There ought to be a law about that!
Date:	21/03/09 (185 review reads)
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I have decided to write this piece having made a trip to one of my local shopping centre today. To get there I had to take a bus and a train, and I cannot believe the number of rude people one can encounter in the space of a few hours. So who are the top offenders? I'll try to keep the list to a minimum or else I'll be here all night!

First on my hit list today is mum's with prams who seem to think it's okay to run people down who might be in their path. I don't know why anyone thinks it's acceptable to steer a small child towards a complete stranger with such ferocity that everyone complies and gets out of their way. I completely understand that it must be a hassle to drag a couple of kids to the shops, but it doesn't excuse rudeness. Today I have stepped back to allow women with prams in front of me at doorways, onto escalators and infront of me while queuing to get on the bus, and not once was there any acknowledgment that I had made way for them and attempted to make their day slightly easier. I don't want a medal, but a small smile, or a thank you would go a long way.

Just as bad are those who walk through a busy shopping centre with their head down, not watching where they're walking, or who they're walking into. These people are often so involved in texting that they fail to acknowledge when they inevitably bump into someone, let alone apologise. I don't understand why these people cannot step to the side, out of the way of people.

Why is it that grown adults must push to get on a train? I remember being at highschool, and being crushed in the crowd trying to get onto the school bus and it amazes me that I have to encounter this behaviour as an adult. I have witnessed men push women out of the way when getting onto trains and cannot convey how disgusting this is. Equally annoying are those who are in so much of a hurry to get onto a train that they don't wait for the passengers who want to leave to get off. It's a fairly simple concept, yet there are a lot of people who fail to understand that it's quicker/easier for everyone if they wait the couple of seconds it takes for people to step off a train. Other transport offenders include those young, able bodied people who refuse to offer up their seat to an elderly, pregnant or less mobile passenger. You'll notice that these people often just pretend to have not seen the person in more need of a seat. While we're on the public transport issue, I'll briefly mention those who seem to think its ok to inflict their bad taste in music on an entire carriage. Why? I don't know, maybe I'm just getting old before my time...

During my travels today I encounter one creature who seemed to achieve all possible rudeness offences. To describe him, he was one of those who had to wear 2 pairs of trousers because one pair had the waistband sitting around his knees. I followed him on the footpath for less than 50 metres, and in that space of time I was exposed to foul language, spitting and littering despite walking past a garbage can.

Anyway, if I don't stop now I could go on for days I think. Seeing how people act in public makes me question whether I'm just forgetting what it's like to be young, but often it isn't just the young who are rude. It seems to be a disease that can afflict just about anyone. It's so rare to encounter genuine acts of politeness that it makes my day if a gentleman holds open a door for me. Maybe I was just born in the wrong era.

Summary: Why can't people just treat others as they'd like to be treated?