The Rioters only cared about themselves and wished only to have all of their secular desires. Chaucer shields light on the ways of evil men, and were their selfishness gets them in the long run.
The first vice that the Rioters have is they are disrespectful of their elders. A elderly man greets them "God look to you, my lords and give you quiet." The rioter answered back " What an old fool? Give place! Why are you all wrapped up expect your face? Why live so long? Isn't it time to die"(Chaucer 75). The attitudes of the rioters are horrible they tell an old man to die just for a greeting. The old man is astonished and answers back "Do more harm to an old man than you, being now young, would have another do when you are old'- if you should live till then". …
