Hello Kacie,

I want to think of this from the following perspective: imagine how ruthless and cruel people were back before the Middle Ages: slavery, torture, undeveloped ethics, what's "wrong" or "right" - what's just and what is unjust was dictated by only a few people's doctrines.

I believe that we develop towards becoming better on a larger scale.

It's true - we will have to cope with rudeness and lack of manners in the future because they're not going anywhere. The only thing we can do is to be what we'd like to see in others.

It sounds cheesy, but rude people are not always bad - they may just be stressed out at the time by something, and it could all go away with a bit of kindness from strangers.

I wish you more encounters with good people and influencing the rude ones to become better.