umbrella cold war.

as I was walking to work this morning under my cute purple umbrella, I made a random observation...usually, I am very clumsy with an umbrella as I am trying to manage not getting my handbag wet but at the same time struggling to hold the umbrella in place so that I am all secured! In the process, I end up either smacking people or their umbrellas with mine and surprisingly I have not been able to provoke or get a reaction from a single person yet! and I always thought to myself, 'wow, some people are actually nice out here in this big cruel city'....but today I noticed that I am not the lone survivor of this heinous act! I witnessed at least 7-8 such incidents within the span of my 20 min walk....and people just kept walking on rushing to get to their destination.....didn't hear a single "oh I'm so sorry" or "what the heck, watch your bloody umbrella!"

have we become that engrossed in keeping up with the fast-paced life in the Big Apple that we cannot be bothered to react anymore? I mean hullooo....a 'sorry!' would've been courteous.......or a "what the F' would've been absolutely acceptable with a missing apology!