It was odd that I was just lazily scrolling and saw your post because this incident this morning really annoyed me.
I rememeber going into the city years ago-—hats,heels,and gloves.
I have one of those sidewalk sketches of myself,done in Manhattan in 1960,all dressed up for shopping,a dry martini,and lunch.
:-)
And I very fondly remember that NOBODY ( okay, so they weren't invented yet, but still...) was walking around shouting into damned cell phones and looking where they were going!
In those long ago, bygone days, people were more civil and well behaved; not to mention the fact that they actually looked nice. :-)