Honest, I NEVER believe the news shows that have people giving the middle finger or cursing in NYC aren’t edited.
I’ve NEVER ONCE had that experience.
People that keep walking even when you ask for directions? Yes. And that’s Rude.
Never Once, out of hundreds of times in my life did I get a nasty response.
It’s silly to think someone would curse at you or give you the finger for asking for help.
It’s also not true.
Even some homeless and rambling people have given me better directions than the sane folks :)
On one of my mother’s recent trips to NYC, she and a friend got into a cab during a minor terror bombing and, with the traffic badly tied up, asked for a fairly long ride to a train station so they could meet relatives upstate on schedule. Amazingly, the cab driver suggested a cheaper ride and better train station. My NYC cop friend swears that was no doubt only because the cab driver was an undercover operative from the cab licensing board.