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I read the following on salon.com and it struck a chord with me ..

We are neutered animals. Our culture's insistence on "healthy" or "professional" communication and "appropriate" language and behavior -- at work, in public, at home -- reduces us to soulless shadows, mumbling polite clichés to smooth over each exchange. We ask our children to please say please, we thank our bosses for offering us the opportunity to remain underpaid for another month, we tap out increasingly warm and friendly e-mails to co-workers, we thank the surly cashier at the deli for offering us the opportunity to pay too much for a crappy sandwich, yet again. The scope of emotional behavior that's considered acceptable by mature adults these days ranges from Mildly Satisfied to Ever So Slightly Grumpy (but only due to lack of sleep rather than some fundamental contempt for life).

No wonder online comments sections have revealed an enraged, tearfully sentimental, depressive, effusive, resentful, anxious populace, feverishly passionate about every shred of trivia that crosses its path. Unable to express the depth of our emotion in any other context without being considered unhinged, we're left to pour our volatile, crippling emotions out to total strangers on the Internets.
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I decided to making a point of being rude to everyone who is rude to me some time ago - cashiers, co-workers whoever.

Very liberating.
 
What does 'rude' mean, just not saying 'please' and 'thanks' the whole time?

I know some places and cultures people just don't bother with all the pleases and thankyous.
 
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I decided to making a point of being rude to everyone who is rude to me some time ago - cashiers, co-workers whoever.

Very liberating.
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Strangely enough I've adapted that attitude recently and it is very liberating. The wife at one time liked me around when she went shopping, not any more :D
 
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