Kids today...

So, I have come to see that the more time I spend with strangers, the more I am amazed at how little some people know about social etiquette. Very rarely does one see a man give his seat to a woman, even a pregnant woman or one with small kids, on public transit. It seems that chivalry is dead in the city. What brings about this thought, though, is the awkward situation that happened in Anatomy today. One would assume that a person in their late teens to early twenties would know how to say “excuse me” in order to get by or to get into a seat that may be down the row from the aisle, but it seems that some do not know to do this. A kid in my Anatomy class actually stood in the aisle looking at me shifting from one foot to the other but not saying anything. Wouldn’t it be common sense to just ask to get into the row? Apparently not. It was actually necessary for him to be addressed and asked if he needed to get by to sit down. It is puzzling that someone this age lacks the social skills that I assume are learned by now.