I will not give validation, Mr. Cab Driver

Dear Mr. Cab Driver-

I know it is not easy being a cab driver in any city. All your passengers want is to get where they are going as fast as possible. But with that said, do not do something illegal and then tell me after you do it that what you are doing is illegal. When you make a left turn and you are not in the correct lane, I can see it is not a lawful move and you are not getting a high five or a bigger tip because of it. If the cops pull you over I will not back you up. So please if you are going to do something not law abiding, just do it and leave me out of it.


-MRF

Hey, lewd!!

Yes, 'tis the season of sunbathing, skimpy clothing, and self-satisfying through sweatpants while on a bench in a public park with wee ones walking by. Seriously.

Oh, HAIL no!!

Convenient means convenient

Dear Convenient Store:

Convenient means Convenient. I could get the actual dictionary definition but that would be wasting time. The other day, I had stopped by your establishment to get one item. This should have taken maybe 3-5 minutes tops. There was one person behind the cash register who was ringing the one person that was in front of me and another employee trying to look like they were stocking gum and candy. Here is the thing, the person in front of me had maybe 3 items in her hands. But because your two employees decided that it was an appropriate time to discuss when their break was and how they needed to get there nails done and how late they had gone out the other night and how they had got so wasted the night before that they do not remember half the night and how one got in a fight with her boyfriend.....you getting the gist with this run-on sentence?

Here is the thing about the above. This has happened to me before. In fact, it happens almost every time I go into one of your stores. Maybe not the specifics but the same loud, rude conversation that no one cares about. Please tell your employees to shut it and maybe no one will give them a hard time for being slow. I think I speak for most of your patrons when I say we just want our convenience back without the yapping. Have a lovely day.

-MRF

Patti Lupone is FED UP with rude behavior.

Read this fantastic letter Patti Lupone wrote to Dave Itzkoff at the NYTimes, in response to a piece he wrote about her famous impatience with incredibly rude and disruptive audience members.

In response to Patti's letter, a NYTimes commenter, Pam, wrote:

"Amen and thank you, Ms LuPone. We all are becoming increasingly tolerant of flat-out rudeness in all venues because we’re silent when others are rude, and find ways to excuse our own behaviors. Thanks for speaking out."

We LOVE it. Go on Patti - call the rude jerks out on their intolerable behavior... maybe this will finally get people to tune in and TURN OFF THEIR DAMN DEVICES.

Fan submission: Rude Canadians??? Is that even possible?

This comes all the way from the Great White North, eh? Thanks, Tom!

"So, Canadians have nothing to be proud of.

These two bags are tired and had a rough day.

This train was held at a station that slowly filled; but these bags didn't budge.

I didn't hear them at all but they gave off a tourist vibe.

Once the woman leaned forward when someone eyed the seats but the bags had a comfy seat till all four of them got off the train together."

Remember to send your submissions to mail.heyrude@gmail.com. We love the foreign rude. And by foreign, we mean any place that is not New York City......

iZombies: People who text while walking....

Who are these people ??? Clean up after your damn selves.

A fan sent us this fabulous example of rudeness. Thanks, Paige!:

"Ok, I don't have as many transportation or pedestrian hey rudes, but the women's bathroom at my office is full of them.
I have noticed all these women flushing with their feet (their hands can't touch the handle), but of course that means those of us who flush like NORMAL people have to put our hands on the soles of their shoes.
So I've also noticed this phenomena again and again, where someone uses the toilet seat cover and doesn't want to touch it if it doesn't get pulled into the toilet as one would expect during the flush. Or maybe she just didn't flush at all, even with her feet. Check out the pic and see how someone else (me) comes along and I am expected to touch her urine-y toilet seat cover and flush it!"

Keep sending us your ideas, pictures, and videos! Send to mail.heyrude@gmail.com

I love to stand on the steps and use my Crackberry. Go around me. I am very important.

There ought to be a law! Wait, there is...

The New York Times is reporting on City Room that you can now be fined 50 bucks for being rude and not giving up your seat to the elderly or disabled. Here's an excerpt from the article:

“It’s the first time we’ve really stressed this,” said Paul J. Fleuranges, vice president for corporate communications at New York City Transit, the largest arm of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Those who decline to give up a seat on request face up to a $50 fine, he said. (The new campaign also warns that “not all disabilities are visible.”)
As long as there has been public transportation, there has been grumbling about healthy young men taking a load off while the pregnant, the old and the infirm stand by.
Recently, some bloggers have chronicled their own troubles securing a seat while injured or pregnant.
“We’ve become less civil,” said Lawrence Carter-Long, executive director of the Disabilities Network of New York City, who has cerebral palsy and walks with a cane. “I don’t think it’s malice,” he said. “But in a city like New York, where you put your head down and just try to get from point A to point B, it’s even more of a problem.”

We don't need no stinkin' manners....

This is our first emailed submission from a fan! Jeff sent us this pic (with apologies for the blurry quality) of this delicate flower. Your filthy soles on the seat, always appreciated!

Remember, we'd love to hear your rude stories, see your pictures and videos of rude behavior, and get your ideas for future rude webisodes. Send them to: Mail.Heyrude@gmail.com !

Walk Like You Drive!!!

Awesome spot to park and text, dude. Thanks for making us walk in the middle of rush hour traffic on a major thoroughfare.

Dear Sir/Ma: Craigslist Scams are Fun!!

I've been scanning Craigslist for jobs and apartments lately, and it seems that one in every ten posts is now a scam. I have become an expert at Googling certain phrases or email addresses and discovering that these are posted in different cities as well, with slight variations for locale. I am getting so sick of this. These scammers get naive folk to cash bad or counterfeit checks/money orders for them, and when the check bounces, the rube is responsible. These asshole scammers are like cockroaches, they seem to be multiplying and are very difficult to exterminate, even if they are "flagged" and/or reported to the FTC's website. Snopes.com has a good description of these notorious scams.

Rude.

- hmg

Nice parking spot, chief.

I have decided to have some fun and start taking pictures of all the cars that get to park next to the fire hydrant in front of my apartment building. Never once have I seen a ticket issued to these people who are enjoying the eating and drinking establishment across the street. I suppose the fire trucks can still reach the hydrant and so it is not that big of a deal. But it still strikes me as selfish, rude behavior. The driver is not running a quick errand or dropping someone off and then moving the car. They are parked there for HOURS.

Also, the garbage truck dude in the picture with the gross yellow Hummer was the kind of polite fellow who makes delightful sounds at girls as they are walking along the sidewalk. I was happy to include him in the shot.

So, owning a Hummer in NYC: wtf is wrong with you?

- hmg

Flying the Unfriendly Skies- Part Deux

Totally forgot to tell you the rudest part of the my experience:

Dear Smirgin US:


It was 7:00am in the morning, and as your passengers were getting ready to board, something happened. Now this first part is not your fault but really it should have been a red flag. A huge family, about 8 kids, parents and possibly a grandparent invaded the terminal being out of control. I mean they were screaming and running around. This is really not cool at anytime but at 7am it is a crime of nature. Now everyone in that area realized that we were going to be spending the next 5 and 1/2 hours with this group. This is the point I start to put the blame on you.

As I got on the plane I figured, put on headphones and fall asleep. Sounds great right....but that is not exactly what happened. All of a sudden I woke up with a start because these children were screaming and doing whatever they wanted. I looked up and saw that food was on the ground, they were running up and down the aisles. This is not okay. I asked for tranquilizers but apparently there was none available. Thinking I had slept for most of the trip, I asked how close were were too landing. The flight attendant alerted me to the fact that we had about 4 and half more hours. Not cool, not cool at all.

First before we took off your staff should have made sure these children were in some kind of control, if not kick them off. I mean drunk people get kicked off for less why not out of control children and their idiot parents. Personally I think that is fair. Secondly, I as a passenger and patron of your airline give you permission to tell the mother to get her tubes tied and the father should get a vasectomy. This would have not only been entertaining but a nice piece of justice. I would have done this myself but I had no energy since I did not get any sleep.

I think you have learned a valuable lesson.

-MRF

Flying the Unfriendly Skies

On my recent travels I have taken two airlines. One is a pretty good airline and the other well let me just say the below letter just explains it all. The names of the oh-so-not innocent will kinda be protected:

Dear Smirgin US:

In theory your airline has some great ideas. Unfortunately in real life, you just suck. Why such a harsh statement you ask? Most of staff that I have encountered are just rude and snotty. I believe these people feel that they work at a club in the sky and can treat people however they want. They are always so bothered if you ask them any question. Just because you had a famous designer make your uniforms does not make you better than me or anyone else. In this economy, I think it would be a great idea for you to have a class for your attendants called-How not to be a douche bag!

Just a side note, your food sucks and your TV never works.

Have a nice day!

- MRF

This is what Hell sounds like...

So I was filming the back of Mr. Gabby McTwinkle's head while he yapped on his celly and unknowingly informed two nearby former convicts (I am not kidding, I overheard their clink talk) of the intensely fascinating details of his itinerary...

"First, I am going to Chase Bank, where I have to deposit some money. (safety note: this is always something you want to announce as loudly as possible.) Then, I am going to Bed Bath and Beyond to buy a new toilet seat so when you come over to my place you try it out hahahahablah blahblahblah, blahsparklesblah fabulousness..."

...when suddenly the burly dude, aka The Loudest Cell Phone Talker On The Face Of The Earth, started braying on his tin can connected by a string. For that is how we make the other person hear us. By the yelling. So yay! Dueling cellphones:




- HMG

It's an international problem, this chattiness.

My fellow bus passenger here had his loud cell phone convo in another language, which makes it somewhat more tolerable, though still made me wish I owned an illegal cell phone signal scrambler. Silencio, por favor.

- HMG

Hey lady, thanks for moving over!

There was room for one more person on the super-crowded train. But the purse and bag were defiant and claimed their rightful place next to ole one-handed white-pants lady.

- HMG

Legz Akimbo

Why is it always the wee dudes whose feet barely touch the floor who feel the need to splay their legs as wide as possible? Yes, I understand the need for, ahem, male anatomy issues, but COME ON.

- HMG

Thanks for the updates and announcements, MTA!

Really!? What else do the NYC "token booth attendants" have to do all day except give unintelligible directions to hapless tourists and make garbled announcements regarding significant train delays??? They don't even have to deal with Metrocards anymore - there are machines for that. So when I wait 25 minutes for a train, I don't know, maybe lean the three inches over to your p.a. microphone and tell the hundreds of folks wtf is going on.

- HMG

Yup, totally cool of you to put your wet, nasty boot on the seat while you look at your phone, stupid upper east side girl.

This was filmed on the cross-town M96 bus heading to the upper east side of Manhattan. The culprit is seen at about the fifteen-second mark. I was trying to be all surreptitious about getting her on video. Now I am not afraid at all to openly video the rude folk. Unless they look like they might beat me up or knife me. Then, I am all about sneakiness.

- HMG

Double-whammy : public grooming and wide-leg dude! Together!

This is taken from the 6 train heading uptown in Manhattan. Seriously, I do not know what grinds me more: the grossness of breathing in someone else's disgusting cloud of nail dust, or the fake obliviousness of Mr. Spreadeagle McBlackberry.

- HMG

I know there is plenty of room right now - but is this leg spread completely necessary?

- HMG

Your bag did not pay two bucks to hog a seat on the packed bus.

- HMG

Hey, people put their hands there, jerk.

- HMG

EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' AT ME

Really?? Is your overly-loud conversation urgent enough to torture us all in an enclosed space? Are you that important? Can it wait until you get somewhere private? Are you that afraid of being quiet for a few moments when alone? Can I punch you now?



- HMG

GROSS THINGS PEOPLE DO WITH THEIR GERMY PAWS THAT DRIVE US CRAZY

You've all been there. On the subway, on the bus, on the train...and you see THIS:


- HMG

HEY RUDE!

This site is for all of us who are sick of rude behavior.

This city is a challenging place to live and work, and adding to that challenge is negotiating our way through the madding crowds without losing our faith in basic human decency. But it's not just this city, or any city - rude behavior can be experienced and photographed in Sugar Notch, Kickapoo, or Lake Titicaca.

We offer up photographic and video evidence, and freshly baked webisodes reenacting these moments of the daily injustices we suffer (thanks to Jon Ecklund of Dream Out Loud Media - our brilliant D.P., tireless video editor, and good sport), and extend an invitation to you to contribute your own frustrating moments and pet peeves with the idiots of the world.

So whip out your camera and take a shot of that gross dude who spits his pistachio shells onto the subway floor. Video the arrogant chick who refuses to exit at the rear of the bus, and instead insists on going out the front door, though she holds up the natural flow of passengers, like a jerk. Let the rude bastards know that you see them, and soon, we all will see them for what they are: selfish, self-absorbed, or just plain hostile. Feel that sensation of empowerment course through your veins as you realize you are not just posting these pictures and videos to shame or humiliate, but to maybe, just maybe - to enlighten.

Mail your comments, photos, and video clips to mail.heyrude@gmail.com. We'll be happy to post your moments of captured assholery.

Don't get mad, get even....