I hope this is just a question of poor phrasing, and the intent is that no one has an obligation to accommodate you and not that we have a responsibility to be willfully spiteful all the time.

It's interesting how social attitudes change when cars are involved. If you're standing in a line that runs past a door, and someone comes by wanting to enter, he gives you the nod, or says "excuse me" and people adjust so he can get past. Failure to do so would brand one as a jerk. But get into cars, and some take the attitude of "screw you, why should I have to do you the grand favor of moving a few feet so you can get by".