On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:19:37 +0100, MM wrote:

What IS it with these people? Most people I deal with, even in Tesco,
are helpful, polite, forthcoming, but occasionally one meets up with a
complete tosser, who, sadly, often is a woman, even though women are
supposed to care more.

As in usenet, so in life. As we can see here, approx 5% are eejits and
the percentage in stores is the same.
One maxim to bear in mind:
The world will never be short of arseholes.