Are young people rude these days?

Question

Or is it just that I don't understand them?

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Transi Betty - I hope you have a nice day!

Answer 1

Seriously? I think that common courtesy has become extinct!!

EVERYONE'S rude these days - people yak on cell phones 2/47 - at restaurants, in movie theaters, at the symphony, at church. Road rage is a new phenomenon, and it's super common. Everybody wants everything NOW. No one knows how to be patient any more.

I don't necessarily blame young people per se. They were raised with the internet & all things that go with it - MySpace, Instant Messaging, e-mail and SMS - face to face communication is antiquated - almost foreign - to them. I don't think they realize the impact of what they say/do in real life, because they can't stick an "LOL" or "J/K" at the end of it like they can online to make it okay...

As for those who are a little older, we've gotten spoiled by the convenience of the 24/7 world, and we have become self-absorbed and impatient. We're all about the time saving devices - BlackBerrys, etc.

And for those older still, I think that there are a lot who feel entitled to respect because the concept of respecting elders was instilled in them, but have the idea that respect and common courtesy is the same as catering to them. And while I DO believe in respecting my elders and treating them with courtesy, I don't necessarily think that they deserve everything they want simply because they were born first (like to just cut in front of me in a bank line, etc.)

All we can do is make a concerted effort to TRY to treat each other with a little kindness & courtesy.....regardless of when we were born!

Answer 2

Some people definitely are. However, I don't find it to be an age thing. I am 20 and I have many older people be VERY rude to me for no reason. I work in customer service and no matter how much I do for someone or how nice and polite I am I am still treated horribly by older people much more often than younger people. I also witness older people being rude to others more often than I witness younger people. Please dont think I'm just biased because I'm young. My family raised me to be polite and nice to everyone and I am appaled at rudeness despite age and there are a lot of rude people out there.

Answer 3

Yes, young people are becoming more and more rude. Back in the day, if you were rude even when your parents weren't around, it was acceptable for an adult to correct you whether they knew you or not. There is a breakdown in the community family. It's unfortunate. You have teenagers being rude to the elderly just because they can be sometimes. I'm not sure how you get back to that.

Answer 4

No, I don't believe they are. Ok, I'm still young but I also get annoyed at people younger than me trying to act 'hard'. But of course there's an equal, if not larger amount of very nice young people. The only difference is the nice ones are loud-mouthed or payed attention to, so no one every comments on it.
Of course, theres just as many adults who are rude and/or bad people. But again, some adults are less likely to make this noticable as you pass them in the street, but it doesn't make them any better.

Answer 5

Chavs are rude, the rest are nice and generally avoid old people as they are unbelievably rude, probably more to do with their generation being brought up to respect their elders, but still no need for arogance. I witnessed an old man hit a pram with a baby in it on the bus while shouting "these bloody prams with their wheels everywhere", the pram was parked in the wheel chair space out of the way, not sticking out in to the gangway. That was just unacceptable!

Answer 6

Some people of all ages are simply rude gits; also there are more people so more rude ones to notice. At the same time there are some wonderful people of all ages.
One of my mates is 17 and is as nice and pleasant as anyone could be. His mum is as well.
Although not that young, I try to be nice to everyone because I think it better than being rude and unpleasant.

--That Cheeky Lad

Answer 7

Thats why you are on my favorites list! I think a lot of people are rude-young people can be fun, but i think that a lot of people now-a-days (young & old) just have a lack of respect! Rude & one sign of the times is all of the wreckless drivers. Like when you put on a blinker to signal people wont let you in they just speed up so you cant turn in.

I think people should be real though. So when I feel someone is being rude with me- I will let them know right away.

Answer 8

Iam 25, I have a 7yr. I have to say yes young people are rude these days & its not because we do not understand them. Its because we understand them TOO much. What ever happened to the saying"children should be seen & not heard" ?????
Well.................. When I was young I had to speak when I was spoken to. If ANY ADULT spoke to me I had to listen. Nowadays there is no sense of authority children are not scared of adults because we have no voice!! The MEDIA & THE GOVERNMENT wants to raise our children. What we should & should not do to punish them. What they should & should not have, what they should & should not wear, eat, watch etc.
My parents made me dinner & I had to eat it. I didnt have a choice about "what should we eat tonight?" I had to be grateful that their was food on the table. I have to thank my parents for installing certain traits in my character because it has made me the successful woman I am today.
I had the opportunity to travel from a very young age. I was able to see how other people lived around the world & made me grateful for what i had.
The children of today live to well, they do not appreciate what they have & focus to much on what they do not have. We live in a greedy society & now it is starting to tell on our children!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 9

hi....i am 14... and must admit that i do find many younge people these days rude....however l dostill think that adults/older people stereo type ALL younge people into the same catorgory's(rude and disrespectful). this can be very frustrating for many younge people!! i do have friends that admit to hitting people, robbing people etc....but not everyone is the same.... i go round to help my nan(who works on a campsite) every weekend.... many younge people are just rude because they want adults/older people to treat them fairly......they dont want to be labbelled as trouble as soon as they are seen!....
but dont get me wrong there are still the few that let the side down.........and yes some younge people are rude and arragant for no apparent reason.....and i to at my age still agree that they are OUT OF ORDER!!!!!

Answer 10

They are more empowered, so they are more rude. This is not to say that empowerment causes a person to become rude, but there is a correlation.

Kids start working early, they make money, buy cars, have sex, get pregnant...everything is happening so fast. Since most of them never really have a real childhood, they become rude.