Where has the world gone....

This weekend was my nephew's birthday and he requested that we all go to Hershey Park. So on Saturday the family met at Hershey. Now since it was a beautiful day the park was filled to overflowing and the lines were long but it is what it is. We knew going in (just by looking at the filled to capacity parking lot) that it was going to be a long day but it is a good chance to hang out with family and spend some nice time together. We had an overall enjoyable day and Sweetpea did a very good job of walking and standing in line (we told her since she is 5 now she can no longer have a stroller). One thing really annoyed me though, and that is other people who have no compassion for anyone else. We were standing in line for the Comet at about 10 pm (so everyone was tired) and they have soda machines in the line. A man about 6 people in front of us stopped to get a drink from the machine. Invariably as he is fighting with the dollar bill the line in front of him moved up a few feet. Now we were still very far away from the actual ride and had at least another 30 minutes of waiting to go so if we didn't move right away we weren't going to miss anything. So this poor man is standing there trying to get a drink and the people behind us start complaining that he isn't moving up (when if you just look you can see what he is doing). They are going on about how "this is ridiculous, why can't he move up, he doesn't really need a drink, etc." Then the woman suggests they cut the line and duck under the pole to get in front of the man and of course all of us behind him. OK that is where the final straw comes in. I am not good at keeping my opinions to myself so I answered her. I told her that cutting the line is not appropriate and that she should be considerate of others and let the man get his drink. In addition, where did she think she was going to get anyway by jumping 6 feet ahead in the line? I didn't get a response (except for the dropped jaw) but they didn't cut the line either. I really just want to know what part of our lives (and society) have changed where we no longer care about anyone around us and their needs and all we want is to rush rush rush. Is there any harm in caring for strangers? I know I want Sweetpea to be considerate of others and I try to teach her that. I also know that there are times I am the one rushing through life and being inconsiderate of others but at least I try. So perhaps I was rude by saying something but ughghh people just annoy me sometimes. OK, done ranting for now...