AMERICAN ARE BECOMING MORE RUDE

According to a new study, "Aggravating Circumstances: A
Status Report On Rudeness In America," many people feel
rude behavior is a "serious national problem."

The group "public agenda" conducted a survey on rudeness in
America in which 79 percent of those surveyed said a lack
of respect and courtesy is a serious problem, 61 percent
believe things have gotten worse in recent years, and 43
percent told the surveyor to, "Stick it. Seriously. Stick
it, buddy."

The research was done by public agenda, a non-profit,
non-partisan research group who culled their data by
calling people on cell phones from darkened movie theaters.

The research also says there was a time when Americans
treated one another with greater respect, specifically at
some point between slavery and backyard wrestling leagues.

Specifically, public agenda's findings note that, "73
percent believe Americans treated one another with greater
respect in the past, but 21 percent attributed those
feelings to a sense of nostalgia for a past that never
existed. An additional four percent felt that no objective
assessment of human behavior is truly achievable in a world
composed not of one truth but of subjective reflections of
a single unknowable reality, and two percent said, "Is this
Jimmy? Are you screwing with me, man?"

Poor customer service was also addressed, and has become so
rampant that nearly half of those surveyed said they have
walked out of a store in the past year because of it, most
notably Winona Ryder.

Courtesy of Comedy Central