There was once a time when you passed someone in public you would at least get a glance and a smile, if not a friendly "Hi". Not so much today. Today people seem as if looking you in the eye is a major issue. Which leads me to a situation that happened at the Plaid Pantry at 60th and NE Halsey on 9-20. After passing a friendly remark to someone I passed on my way out of the store I was met with a rather hostile attitude. I was told "You don't need to be speaking to us!" and in a verbally aggressive manner told how I needed to leave and keep walking. I don't know what this guy's problem was but he was way out of line. The sad thing is to many this is ok. WAKE UP PEOPLE! This is now how we are supposed to be or act. Not to mention that acting like this could be very dangerous with the mindset of many people today. You never know what type of person you are dealing with in public or if they are armed or not. And going off on someone for saying anything to you in a friendly manner is not how you want to find out just how crazy someone is. So people please, if you don't want to deal with someone who is not in your social, racial, political, or sexual oriented group then don't go to places where this will happen or treat, respond to, people with the same respect they give you. And if you insist on being an antisocial prick simply say something like “I really don't feel like being social right now”. This is a hell of a lot better than going off on someone for being friendly!