Ha! I forgot to mention, when you brought up the cotton candy story before, Blue, that that is EXACTLY why I take negative reviews (especially where they claim they were treated badly) with a BIG grain of salt (ESPECIALLY on Yelp, because there is no recourse for false information)! People can twist situations utterly. My jaw literally dropped when I first read it (!) Just... WOW.

Like Nammu, I'd have to preface by saying I haven't been out enough to really notice much, and walking around my neighborhood is very mellow. But. I will admit, that on a recent grocery run, I was the grumpy one. But only when I saw people who were being idiotic. One was a group of 3 shopping, who, when they got to the checkout, one was bagging, and the other 2 stood, doing nothing, completely blocking my access to the bagging area (it is split to 2 sides, not on the end like most places). The cashier even looked, wondering why I wasn't bagging, then saw what they were doing and we both rolled our eyes. The other was a mob of homeless blocking access to a transit center. I had to get WAY too close to get through. People being stupid annoys me at the best of times, so in a sense, this was no different. But where I might normally say something, I didn't because I didn't want to risk them acting like terrorists (spitting etc.)

Other than that kind of situation, I'm my usual go out of my way to be helpful kind of person. I actually haven't felt much anxiety.

It does seem that difficult situations bring out the very best and the very worst in people.

And, as ever, you can't fix stupid.