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Do you ever despair at the apparent lack of regard for the "social contract" by so many? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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In this case, I'm referring to the notion that we all make minor sacrifices in our daily interactions in service of a "greater good" for everyone.

"Following the rules" would be a simplified version of what I'm talking about, I suppose. But also keeping an awareness/attitude about "How will my choices affect the people around me in this moment? "Common courtesy", "situational awareness", etc...

I don't know that it's a "new" phenomenon by any means, I just seem to have an increasing (subjective) awareness of it's decline of late.

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[–] 63 points 3 years ago (4 children)

I don't know, but I just spent two days at an amusement park, so I'm in the sort of mood where I hate all people everywhere.

Like why the fuck are you just standing in the middle of a walkway? No, your group of 20 can't jump the line to catch up with the one 6 year old who's been alone for an hour. And double fuck everyone in the wave pool.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Family of 5 walks out of a busy door, takes two steps, stops to discuss their plans. There are literally a hundred people around coming and going. And that’s where you stop?

    Happens on the daily in the city.

    No one anywhere “cares” about anyone else. Don’t like it, deal. Or better yet keep quiet and leave me the fuck alone. Mentality of 95% of this world it seems.

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  • [–] [S] 15 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    My favorite version of the large-group-stops-in-the-worst-spot is when they do that at the top (or bottom) of ESCALATORS. 🤦‍♂️

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    I feel a lot of this is just obliviousness. People are so sucked into what they are doing they don't notice anyone around them.

    It's the reason shopping at Walmart can be so frustrating for me. People pause and stop at random spots (and I don't mean to get items).

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago*

    I just went to two amusement parks in Japan this week (Universal and Disney). It's a different world here. People form orderly queues. They wait their turn. They don't make noise. We all say thank you at the end of an interaction.

    I see 20 metre single-file queues for escalators. Back home it's a chaotic meat funnel.

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