Two weeks ago, Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp asked the question of our city, "Is there a self-absorbed carelessness creeping in? Are manners and respect slipping?" The following week, I sat in a CBD driveway, waiting to exit. My carful watched as a beleaguered Uber driver tried to wrangle four enormous people with enormous suitcases into his sedan. Then he tried to persuade them they wouldn’t fit. hey took some convincing, in the teeth of clear evidence. None of the five people involved in this little drama were aware of the four of us, watching and not so patiently waiting. After 10 minutes, I asked if they could move along a couple of metres, as we had been trying to get out for a while. The four passengers ignored me. The Uber driver complied, slowly. No one apologised. Am I turning into a grumpy old lady? Or does our […]