Rude People

Did I suddenly fall into a deep sleep and wake up in a world where it's suddenly all right to be rude? Serioulsy, when did common courtesy become passe? Before I give my rant, let me present you with some examples. First of all, yesterday I went to chapel (I'll wait for the gasping and shreiks of surprise to subside) and the speaker was a bit on the boring side, but really, it's only an hour. Are we not adults? Even I can sit still for an hour. About five minutes into the sermonette, the kid next to me answers his phone. He quietly tells the person he's in chapel and hangs up. I thought, "at least he was quiet." Then, about three people down from me, two people begin to have a conversation, not a whispered conversation, but they were talking like they were not in chapel. Sure, sometimes, when I talk, I'm loud and I don't mean to be, but then, people started turning around and shushing them (which, for the record, does not usually solve the problem). They still did not shut up. Then, Dr. Boone began his conclusion and the girl in front of me answered her phone! She had an entire converstation, again on normal voice level. (She had been texting the whole time as well.) Then, last night I was in class. It's a class I really enjoy, Visual Anthropology, taught by one of my favorite professors. It's a really laid back class, we watch movies, eat popcorn, and have discussions. During the hour and a half she was in class, she had a cell phone coversation, asked to have her presentation date changed because she thought she might have something to do next week, came in late from break, and then she straight up fell asleep on the front row, and when she woke up, she left. Another guy had a loud conversation during someone's presentation. I've also noticed a growing trend of people picking their feet in class. What is going on? Turn of your cell phones, shut your mouths, stay awake, and for the love of God, stop picking your feet! I wonder, am I blowing this out of proportion, or have people become progressively ruder and ruder?