I am so with you on this one! Its actually one of my pet hates, the lack of common courtesy.
I also do the same at the supermarket and I am always surprised by the reactions I get, people are really surprised and thankful.
Yes I let traffic in.. however I dont think its hard to give a little wave to say thanks and acknowledge it! I hate it when people just expect to be let in or just drive out in front so you have to stop.
I also give my parking meter slips to whoever I can see around that has just pulled up, I have even put one back in the machine tray when there wasnt anyone to give it to.. I just hope it made someones day!
People never holds doors anymore, its so rude!! I had some old guy let the door slam in my face when I was carrying DS the other day.. it was obvious I had my hands full!
I could go on... its just one of those things that really irks me!
I see it all the time at my work. But it must be the type of place i work in. But in the supermarket it doesnt happen all that often. When im loading my stuff and i can see someone behind me with a big basket i will compact my stuff so they can put their basket up. My DP is very rude he doesnt do anything like that... doesnt hold doors open, nothing. But i was brought up to be courteous of other people. As for traffic Canberra people are horrible, they dont even know how to merge into one lane.. and theyre great for cutting each other off..
I usually let cars out - my good deed for the day done!
In supermarkets... depends on DS. If he's in an OK mood then someone can cut in front. If he's getting itchy to get out, then sorry mate, I was here first and have a cranky son.
I hold open doors, say "thank you", give old ladies lifts home, share my son with the neighbourhood old ladies, stop children running away from their mothers (WISH someone would return this favour!) and am generally community-minded. Getting rarer where I live, but not dead completely!
We live in the country, so courtesy is a little more 'common', but still a dying artform IMO.
Manners sadly seem to be dying with it.
People seem to think that being rude is their right....if only they knew how freeing and how happy it make you feel to be polite and courteous, they might do it more often.
Being courteous does make me feel nice, selfish I think but it makes me try to do it more often
You should move to to the country. I see it all the time out here - people still open doors for you if you have a pram and will let you cut in front in the supermarket queue. I open doors for people and I will often reach high item on a shelf that an older person can't get (but there is one lady, barely 5ft tall who shimmies up the shelves to get what she wants ROFL, she's a dynamo! but I digress) there isn't many people out here that wont do it for you.
I live in a country area Trillian and things like that happen here all the time. I guess i've come to think of it as normal. I was in a major shopping centre when the grocery example happened, I seriously thought it happened everywhere. I guess I was wrong.
I often let people in at the shops to pay for a few items if I have a thousand, lol! I have had it happen for me too. I also let people in on the road and I'm a pretty courteous driver, though that's not so common around here. People are just in such a state thinking about their own lives I think they forget that other people have their own problems too. I try to be mindful of other people.
I have tried to offer my free coffee voucher from Wiggles playland, more than one time, to people before when we were leaving and noone would take it! I offered it to several people too, lol! Only once has an elderly lady accepted it from me....
Sometimes, these days I think that because generosity and being openly nice to others is so rare that people are taken aback and automatically react in a negative way. I usually try to e gracious and accept if it's in my favour. After all it not aonly make you feel good that someone is being nice to you, it makes the other person feel good in helping!
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and theyre great for cutting each other off.. 
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