come on people

Why do people have to be so stinkin' rude? I had two instances today with people that were unbelievably rude. The first was a construction worker: He was standing in the road with no apparent construction going on, holding a slow/stop sign. I stopped---following the directions of the sign, and staying on my side of the road---there was no oncoming traffic, so he flipped the sign to slow, and I started going straight (slowly), suddenly he started slamming his sign on the road, and holding it out in front of my car, and yelling. Apparently I wasn't driving on the right side of him---if you want me to drive on the other side instruct me to before I start driving; by way of hand motions or something, but when the road is clear and you're not properly directing traffic, then don't yell at me, because I don't know what you want.

Secondly, I was in the corner store picking up a movie to watch, and a man walked up to the counter. Apparently, his wife didn't receive something back---something that had to do with her lottery tickets. Now, the family that owns this store are oriental, and speak fairly fluent English, but the lady was having a slight problem understanding him. He got in a big huff and got ugly with her. Why? how does it benefit the situation to fly off the handle? Truth is it doesn't. Why couldn't he have politely explained to her the issue? Same with my the construction worker, why couldn't he have kindly showed me where he wanted me to go ( Note: I've driven past this construction sight 3-5 times a week for the past 5 months and I've never had problems with any of the other workers---the guy that usually directs traffic---when needed---always stands in a good spot and shows traffic where to go). I just don't get people sometimes. I worked in the service business for 3 years, but man!!! Maybe I've just lost my edge for tolerance---I don't know?

Well, I just wanted to share that with you all, and encourage you to be tolerant, and considerate while dealing with people; smile, say please, thank-you, excuse me, and I guarantee you'll be the beloved customer, or fellow shopper/worker/ whatever role you may play. It makes for a more enjoyable day:)