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Isn't this the truth...
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69% Say Americans are Becoming More Rude, Less Civilized
So much for a kinder, gentler America.
A new Rasmussen Reports survey finds that 69% of Americans think their fellow countrymen are becoming more rude and less civilized. Just 14% say they're becoming kinder and gentler. Another 17% aren't sure which way they're headed.
Still, the percentage of adults who think Americans are getting ruder is down slightly from September 2009, when fully three-quarters (75%) of the population held that sentiment.
With the changing times come changing social norms. Forty-three percent (43%) of adults still say it is rude for someone sitting next to them in public to talk on their cell phone, but that's down eight points from last year's survey. Just as many (44%) say it is not rude.
For some, rudeness is unacceptable, and they will be sure to do something about it. A full half of Americans (51%) say they have confronted someone over their rude behavior in public: That finding is unchanged from last September. Forty-four percent (44%) say they have never confronted someone about their behavior.
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The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on August 14-15, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Many think the passage of time has changed our public manners for the worst. Sixty-two percent (62%) say Americans are more rude to sales personnel or people waiting on them than they were 10 years ago. Nineteen percent (19%) don't believe that's true. Nearly as many (18%) are not sure.
But then 57% say sales and service personnel are more rude to customers than they were 10 years ago, too. Thirty-two percent (32%) disagree, and another 11% are not sure.
Men are much more likely than women to have confronted someone over their rude behavior in public, though more women than men think sales and service personnel are more rude than they were a decade ago.
Adults over age 50 are more likely than their younger counterparts to think it is rude for someone sitting next to them in public to talk on their cell phone.
France appears close to enacting the first law in the world that makes verbal and psychological abuse in marriages a criminal act. Supporters say it will help prevent future physical abuse; opponents fear it will fill up the courts with “he said, she said” cases. However, just 32% of Americans say the United States should have a law that punishes individuals for verbal and psychological abuse of their spouses.
One-in-four employed adults in the country (26%) say they have left a job due to a bad relationship with a coworker.
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69% Say Americans are Becoming More Rude, Less Civilized
So much for a kinder, gentler America.
A new Rasmussen Reports survey finds that 69% of Americans think their fellow countrymen are becoming more rude and less civilized. Just 14% say they're becoming kinder and gentler. Another 17% aren't sure which way they're headed.
Still, the percentage of adults who think Americans are getting ruder is down slightly from September 2009, when fully three-quarters (75%) of the population held that sentiment.
With the changing times come changing social norms. Forty-three percent (43%) of adults still say it is rude for someone sitting next to them in public to talk on their cell phone, but that's down eight points from last year's survey. Just as many (44%) say it is not rude.
For some, rudeness is unacceptable, and they will be sure to do something about it. A full half of Americans (51%) say they have confronted someone over their rude behavior in public: That finding is unchanged from last September. Forty-four percent (44%) say they have never confronted someone about their behavior.
(Want a free daily e-mail update ? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.
The survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on August 14-15, 2010 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
Many think the passage of time has changed our public manners for the worst. Sixty-two percent (62%) say Americans are more rude to sales personnel or people waiting on them than they were 10 years ago. Nineteen percent (19%) don't believe that's true. Nearly as many (18%) are not sure.
But then 57% say sales and service personnel are more rude to customers than they were 10 years ago, too. Thirty-two percent (32%) disagree, and another 11% are not sure.
Men are much more likely than women to have confronted someone over their rude behavior in public, though more women than men think sales and service personnel are more rude than they were a decade ago.
Adults over age 50 are more likely than their younger counterparts to think it is rude for someone sitting next to them in public to talk on their cell phone.
France appears close to enacting the first law in the world that makes verbal and psychological abuse in marriages a criminal act. Supporters say it will help prevent future physical abuse; opponents fear it will fill up the courts with “he said, she said” cases. However, just 32% of Americans say the United States should have a law that punishes individuals for verbal and psychological abuse of their spouses.
One-in-four employed adults in the country (26%) say they have left a job due to a bad relationship with a coworker.
