Trust Issues

Americans are less trusting of each other in everyday situations, according to the AP-GfK poll done last month.

News account of brawling on Black Friday is evidence of trust issues, or disrespect. Let the other person pass you. Close contact when many people are in an area can bring a stepped on toe, maybe a shove. Emotions can run high during Black Friday. There's no need to push, pull, brawl. Trust in you, if no one else. You'll get what's needed.

Now, less than a third of people polled didn't have a lot of trust in clerks who swipe their credit cards, drivers on the road or people they meet when traveling.

It's not unreasonable to feel concern with reports of identity theft. Many people have been brushed by identity theft, or theft of financial data. Financial data could be a stolen check, thieves barreling into online accounts, information.

Trust issues are common when driving, sometimes. Road rage happens. Although, it's best to roll-away from a person about to explode.

Yet, people trust. You trust, or know someone who does. Be careful to whom you give trust, because some people don't appreciate the gift that trust is.

It's too late for most Americans alive today to become more trusting, per some studies.

A low trust level means people are less civil to one another, the studies.

Trust levels are set for life in the mid-twenties, the research concluded.

Inspire today's youth into trusting, perhaps, could be done through high tech devices, the study.

What do you think?