Manners, where have you gone?

I'm in Starbucks right now doing homework (because the library closed early today, at 5pm)...

So I'm sitting at this table doing my English work, and there is this large, "cigarette stenching" guy sitting at a chair about 7 feet away from me. And he is staring at me. For about the 7 minutes that I have been here, he is staring. He has gone outside to smoke about 3 cigarettes during this 7 minute time period, and from the outside window he is still staring! So at this point I have had enough.

I look up at the guy (about 43 years old or so), and he is still staring! I stare right back, and we are staring each other straight in the eye for about 30 seconds. At this point I am extremely surprised by his rudeness I blurt out: "Sir, did you know it's rude to stare at people?"
And I guess he didn't hear what I said, because he completely disregarded it and thought I was trying to have an actual discussion with him. He moves conversationally forward a little out of his seat and replies: "I'm sorry miss, I couldn't hear what you said."
And so I repeat it: "Did you know that it is rude to stare at people? You have been staring at me and I would appreciate it if you looked somewhere else."

Are these people serious? Where have people's manners gone?



It has been 10 minutes since the former confrontation, someone please slap his mother: he is still staring.