I had to travel into town this afternoon to pick up our generator from Lowes. I had my 9yr old son with me. Went to customer service and a nice older woman was trying to help me... she was having a hard time finding my order. She went to the back herself and said she found it but was looking for someone to bring it up to us... few minutes later a young gal, weighing 95lbs soaking wet comes up with this huge generator box on a large dolly. It was a sight... mind you, several "men" standing in line ... didn't even offer a thing.... she told me to go pull up outside the exit doors and we could use the jack to lift it up into my pickup... so it was me, this little girl,  my 9yr old son and the cashier, she was leaving for the day but decided to come make sure we got this thing loaded. This poor young girl was taking a crash course in using that jack ... no less than 5 "men" walked by and didn't offer to help us... I was just shocked... we got it loaded between the 4 of us but it wasn't pretty. What has the world come to... I asked my son on our way home if he was a grown man what he'd do if he saw 3 women trying to load a huge box.. he said he would help.. he's seen his daddy help so many people in many scenarios... we have burned it into their heads to always lend a hand especially to women and the elderly.... anyone really .... I loathe coming into town anymore ... people are just so rude and pushy and in a hurry... is this it now?? This new world new generation?? Pathetic! 

I can do a lot of things but I still like men to be men and women to be women... guess I'm old fashioned... my hubby still opens my car door for me when we go places and holds open doors going in and out of places... he won't let me lift feed bags if he's home ... its a dying or dead breed ??? My boys will not become these candy butt men I see nowadays... no way no how... 

Thank the women libers.  

Yep, that's what my husband told me tonight when I shared with him how it happened.  It really stinks, but I can see that.. its unfortunate for those of us that don't believe in that way. I just need to stick to my comfort zone places ... belton TSC has the nicest men that work there and never let me load my own shavings or feed... my feed store in Temple that is family owned and they always take good care of us. I guess I'm usually just in my own little world and don't venture out much to see that actually happening, it shocked me. 

here they are, lol..

Me and Andy were just taking about this rudeness pandemic outbreak today. I had a Doctors appt. today to have a follow up up on my knee replacement and trying to get out of the parking lot was a tad hard, use to in the good old days someone would stop the line going threw a intersection to let someone out of a parking lot, not no more, people, like you were saying are in a big hurry and on their phones dont pay no attention any more. I have always stoped a line of cars, trucks when I see someone trying to get out of a parking lot to let them threw..

Back in 2011 when I broke my ankle and was non weight bearing, on crutches.  I would stop at the convience store before work to get my drink (I carried a old purse around my neck and could put my drink in it to carry it) All the local morning coffee drinkers would watch me struggle with the door but darn sure wouldn't get up and help me, and these were older men that should have known better.  

I'm sure glad that my boy's know better then to act like that!

Sadly most people anymore are out for themselves... being kind, polite and just being a decent human being is a lost art... being disrespectful and rude is tolerated. 

These "boys" could trigger a yeast infection pandemic.

Don't give up on all these guys.  There's still a good number of good ole boys out there.  They miss out when they don't help.....that good feeling that stays with you when you lend a hand whether you're male or female.  I fell at Penny's one day while shopping, like a ton of bricks. My shoe just found a rubbery spot on the floor.  No less than five people, mostly guys, were there like a shot to help me up, retrieve the stuff I was carrying, and make sure I was okay.  I could tell while I was feeling like an idiot they were all feeling good about themselves and that's the way it should be.

I think today all you really need to do is ask.    Is it a pain to do so?  Yes.  Should people jump in and help? Yes. 

However, most won't because they've got their butts chewed one too many times by some holier-than-thou  "I can do it myself" idiot who wants to struggle. 

My farrier lives in the city right now. He said you wouldn't have believed how many people were stranded on the ice off the side of the road during our ice storm.. even some out trying to push their own vehicles while plenty of people just drove by slowly.. he said he spent his entire day pushing/pulling out stranded motorists, he helped a couple that had slid off the road along with a police officer because the woman was in the vehicle trying to steer and maneuver while pansy butt skinny Jean wearing guy was too busy taking a video with his camera phone. His words... but didn't use the word "butt" . 

I know there are still good people out there, I'm married to one, but they are few and far between anymore 

I wondered that a few weeks ago when I bought lick tubs for the horses. I struggled to lift 125# tubs into the back of my truck. Its tall, Im short and the tubs are heavy! A "man" and I use that term very loose.... Sat in his truck next to me and watched me struggle. AFTER I had them loaded, he got out of his truck to go inside. He wasn't an older man either. Its sad. And made me so mad. But hey I got it done. Just took some cussing and lots of grunting for me to get them loaded.... 

In many, probably most cases it's not lack of curtisy or chivalry on the case of the man. But why should they put themselves out there when there is a very good chance they will get scolded or insulted by the female species. 

ETA: in the case of rudness in general. 

it's because no one is afraid to get punched in the face any more. 

So let me ask this to the men on here, do you still offer help to a woman with loading heavy objects or do you just go on your way in fear of being scolded.  I know my husband is always the first to help someone, anyone really, if he sees a struggle.. he has yet to be told to bug off... but if he was told to, he would leave them alone but it wouldn't stop him from trying to help the next person.  It speaks volumes of character. 

I hope that they would ask anybody that was struggling with any thing heavy if they could help, man or women.. 

LOL, one time my husband did ask a women if he could help her load a lawn mower into the back of her car since she was struggling with it at Home Depot, (and she was a big smart ass) her answer was Why is it because I'm a women, I can load it my self. I sat in the truck watching her after hubby went into the store, ha ha ha, she never got it into the trunk.. Hubby walked pass her getting back into the truck and we drove away and she was still fighting with that lawn mower. Oh well you ask and get shot down sometimes but you dont stop being a nice guy because of one rude as* bit*ch.. 

I have faith they would!! We got some good ones on here 

Oh no she didn't!!! Wow... OK... then yep.. you is on your own sweetie pie lol!