Readers Share Encounters With Bad Manners

Dec. 2 -- When ABCNEWS.com asked readers to share their stories of encounters with bad manners, there was no shortage of replies. From hostile drivers to improper table manners to impolite elevator behavior, people describe their run-in's with rude behavior.

Rude on the Go

The other day I was riding the subway when I noticed the woman next to me clipping her fingernails. I tried to ignore her at first until I got hit with a few flyaway fingernails. I politely requested that she discontinue her public display of personal hygiene. She gave me a look like I was crazy. How could someone possibly think that this is an acceptable way to pass time on the train?

— Kacy Knight, New York, N.Y.

I ride a commuter train daily to and from work. The train cars have three levels, #1, where I ride, #2, a mezzanine, and #3, a top level. The people on level #2 are out of control. They yell, scream and bellow at the top of their lungs every night, nonstop. Their so-called laughter amounts to shrieks, screeches and yells. I am not opposed to normal conversation, laughing, etc. I am not an old fuddy-duddy who objects to people having fun. However, these people have no regard for others.

— Roseanna L. Steen, Fontana, Calif.

While driving on the New Jersey Turnpike I was in the right lane doing between 70 and 75 MPH. A woman came up behind me and when I wouldn't travel any faster she passed me and as she passed she gave me the finger.

— Rich Molinari, Milltown, N.J.

It’s the Other Generation

I hate to categorize folks but I think the 20-somethings and 30-somethings are sorely lacking in common courtesy, good manners, etc. It is like they were all raised in a barn. As I was walking out of a Costco some weeks ago, I was almost hit by one of these cretins who informed me that I should have been looking where I was walking. He had raced his SUV in front of me to pick up his perfectly able-to-walk spouse from the pick-up area for handicapped folks.

— B.J. Schaff Frederick, Md.