Toplines - Rude Behavior - August 14-15, 2010

National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted August 14-15, 2010

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Are Americans becoming kinder and gentler or more rude and less civilized?

14% Kinder and gentler
69% More rude and less civilized
17% Not sure

2* Is it rude for someone sitting next to you in public to be talking on their cell phone?

43% Yes
44% No
12% Not sure

3* Are Americans more rude to sales personnel or people waiting on them than they were 10 years ago?

62% Yes
19% No
18% Not sure

4* Are sales and service personnel ruder to customers than they were 10 years ago?

57% Yes
32% No
11% Not sure

5* Have you ever confronted anyone over their rude behavior in public?

51% Yes
44% No
  5% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence