Rudeness on the rise

Cursing, spitting and texting at the dinner table are actions that are hard to miss.

But evidently, these social faux pas are morphing into social norms.

According to The Charleston Gazette, 80 percent of Americans feel our nation's rudeness is on the rise.

Magicians Penn and Teller found similar results, and when they asked the same question, the remaining 20 percent told them to F-off.

And with the increased presence of social media and technology, it's no shock.

As a result of our fast-paced, need-for-immediacy lives we are focusing less on our people skills, which has made a lack of eye contact or updating a tweet during class socially acceptable.

Because a new decade has just begun, our nation has been given the chance to start fresh, and bring back the manners that were lost in the last ten years.