The speed with which manners and politeness have declined since tyrannical Covid rules is startling.
Panic and obedience to authority drove otherwise civilized people to behave like animals. Everyone feared and leered at fellow citizens.
Covid mania has passed. But the humanity that was sacrificed has not fully returned. Everywhere people are more boorish. Cutting in front of each other. Less eye contact. Fewer smiles.
The only way to deal with this is to try to be so polite and sunny as to thaw out those around you.