Only in America? Rudeness.

[DaShi]

Hmm, how to describe this. There's something that's seemed to become more common in America. It's people who do something rude and then get furious at you for noticing it. The subways are where I've see this the most, so maybe, it's just part of stress from travelling. A common example is getting pushed aside. Saying excuse me to the person who pushed you is now equivalent to insulting their mother. Sitting in a row seat next to an empty window seat is now a corporal offense regardless how many times you patiently get up to let others get by. Yes, I can understand the psychological defense mechanisms that drive this sort of behavior. What I can't understand is the total lack of maturity to control them. If I push someone aside rudely, I least apologize if they call me on it. Perhaps next time I should say, "Sir, how dare you impune my honor?! I challenge you to pistols at sundown."

[giblets]

The country keeps getting more crowded and the more people someone deals with, the less effort they put into being polite to each individual person. Imagine how much worse it would be if women had been kept pregnant against their will during the past several decades.

[BlackCat]

I can't see a problem here - you interfere with the "pushers" right to his/her way of life and that is of course offensive.

[DaShi]

I fully expect people to be rude. But its going to that next level of getting angry at the offended person for your own rudeness that baffles me.

[BlackCat]

The country keeps getting more crowded and the more people someone deals with, the less effort they put into being polite to each individual person.

For really crowded places, it's exactly oposite - you need to be polite to have a civilized societ .... oh, wait, carry on, nothing to see here.

[Aeson]

People who sit in row seats with empty window seats have no right to talk about rudeness. If you're that afraid of being boxed in you should move to Wyoming or telecommute

[DaShi]

I usually don't, but in that instance, the window seat was wet.

[Aeson]

Peeing on window seats just to get out of sitting on them is actually not polite either

[SlowwHand]

People who sit in row seats with empty window seats have no right to talk about rudeness. If you're that afraid of being boxed in you should move to Wyoming or telecommute

[Dinner]

Which city did this happen in? My experience is rudeness in the US seems a whole lot more common in certain places than in other parts of the country. Chalk it up to local culture, I guess.

[BlackCat]

Check out the stats about where people has a tendency to pee on the window seats and you'll have your answer

[SlowwHand]

Philly.

[BlackCat]

Philly.

Finally an american with a sense of humour

Though, it's a bit scary that it's a texan

[Hauldren Collider]

I have found people in Pittsburgh to be much pushier and obnoxious than people back home.

[SlowwHand]

So your impression is that Texans don't have a sense of humo(u)r? I see.