Epic Fail

There is a huge failure going on in our society. I have been subjected to this failure a lot recently and as I find it isn't improving, I felt the need to write about it. The parents of kids in the age range of teenager to late 20's - you have failed. (Of course this is not an all encompassing statement as there are some great kids out there.) The failure has come in the fact that these kids have no manners whatsoever and also feel like they are above reproach. I'm sorry but not even close! I have been in some places lately that have a lot of people. I find that almost consistently, the kids of this generation will shove to get past you without an "excuse me" or anything. You may get the rare "Sorry" but it is said so indignantly like it is your fault for standing there being in their way. Really??? How is this possible? I know the parents of these kids were taught manners! Is that the problem? Is it that the parents' life was SO horrible because they had to be nice to people that they just decided to do the exact opposite and exclude manners at all from the upbringing of their own kids? It sure does seem that way. Example: my friend and I are at Voodoo Music Festival. We are listening to a group play and we are standing shoulder to shoulder essentially because it is crowded. Now, there is some space to pass on the far side of my friend and on the side of me. However, this bratty girl tries to walk between us. Seriously, there is probably less than 5" between me and my friend and there is a pretty big gap on the outside of us. So in order to make a point, I hold my hand out to stop her from walking between us, tell her to go around, and she gets pissed off at me and calls me a bitch. I told her when she gets to be my age, she'll have earned being one but right now, not so much. Maybe I am a bitch but I really don't understand what the difficulty would have been with walking over 1 step to the side and being done with it. Am I being unreasonable? I truly don't think I am! I will admit that sometimes at these large public events, you may not have a choice to walk through a group of people but say "Excuse me" if you have to. It is just common courtesy!! And parents - get off your butts and teach your kids some manners! It isn't too late!