Is it just me, or do people not seem to be moving out of the way of moving vehicles lately?

I started noticing this about a two months ago. Rick and I were in a very narrow, gravel parking lot, trying to back the car out to leave. There were several young people (late teens to early 20’s) in clumps all around and behind our car. They were lounging against the cars right next to us, and a group was only about 15 feet behind us.

As Rick was maneuvering the car out of this tight spot he said, “What the hell is wrong with these people?” None of the “kids” behind us moved an inch to give us room! The “kids” around the cars right next to us didn’t move an inch. The just looked at us like, “Don’t you dare hit us!” They did not move!

The other day, in a large parking lot, some lady was walking down the middle of the aisle. I could have gone around her, but that would have made me very uncomfortable for a variety of reasons, not the least was her safety, so I stopped instead. She insolently turned her head and gave me the dirtiest look and kept ambling on, down the middle of the aisle, til she got to her car.

I’m noticing this more and more…people aren’t making way for the cars! I realize that “pedestrians have the right of way,” but I don’t think that rule exactly applies in these two cases. I mean, they do, for obvious reasons, and for those reasons we did what we had to do so we wouldn’t hit anyone, but…it doesn’t make sense! It’s almost like…they’re challenging us or something?
What is going on?