Sorry and dogs

Hi-De-Ho!
So what is it with people saying "sorry" these days? Ever since our PM refused to say the word, it has snowballed out of control.
As an example, the other day, I was in an elevator. It got to the floor that a woman who was standing at the back wanted to get off at. So as she went to get past everyone, she said "Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry..., sorry".
Now in my day, and it was not that long ago, I'd say about three weeks ago, if you wanted to get past someone, you would say "excuse me please". If the person you were politely requesting to move, didn't do so by the third time you asked, then you could barge right through them. At that point, you might say sorry, but only to the person the dimwit fell onto.
It seems to me, that people have become even lazier with the use of the English language, so the word "sorry" has just become a mean it all word. If someone says sorry to me, I just stand there and ask them what they are sorry for. After all, they haven't done anything, and unless they are very evil, they are not likely to do anything either.

Now in the last post, I displayed a few photoshopped photos of kittens. So I thought it was only fair that I should do the same with dogs. One slight problem, people don't photoshop dogs, they actually do to dogs. So enjoy the photos.
Rock Out,
Sara-Lee.