"Uncivilized"? People are in a hurry. The escalator moves slow. It seems civilized enough to me.
Breaking routine because you’re in a hurry is definitionally uncivilized. It’s archetypal third world behavior.
Sorry, which "definition" are you pulling this from?
America is the country of breaking routine.
Not in public behavior. The oldest, best parts of America are like England in that regard, with a high level of public decorum.
I feel that you just need to accept the fact that you have no idea what America is. There are 300 million people who live here but you act like you're a tourist who landed in Las Vegas and thinks that the whole country is apparently really obsessed with slot machines and topless bars. I can't really change what you prefer but I assure you that there are plenty of us here who do not care for your circles where apparently everyone curtsies at each other.
Don't mistake a lack of vibrancy for civilization.
And physician, heal thyself! It's a bit rich to bemoan "archetypal third world behavior" while applying your own third world sense of order, don't you think?