That is what I want to come back as in my next life, because apparently then…you can do whatever the hell you want.
You get to the front of the line whether it is your turn or someone elses.
Let me start at the beginning.
My truck insurance runs out tonight at midnight, so after work I go to Superstore to renew it. The line up wasn’t too bad. There were two couples in front of me. So I stand in line and wait my turn. Normal right? To wait your turn?
Remember this, it’s important later on.
I have been waiting about 10 minutes, and then this old man walks in, I can tell by his reaction he is annoyed that he is not going to be able to walk right up to the counter and get waited on IMMEDIATELY.
So instead of getting in line behind me which is what normal people do. He stands beside me. His body language is totally telling me, that I am not going to be the one going first.
He actions get more impatient as we wait, he will NOT make eye contact with me and holy god, he smells like oldmannotshoweringforamonth…
I don’t care. You still need to wait your turn.
Other people show up, and get in line behind me. I smile at them, I appreciate that they have a fucking manner.
So finally about 10 minutes after the impatient old man gets there, the first couple is finally finished. I have been standing in line for about 20 minutes now.
The old man looks at me and says in an obnoxiously loud voice, that he is just going to ask her a question, “that’s ok right?” he says to me. I look at him incredulously. The girls behind the counter look at each other, the couple behind me look at each other and then me. I am not amused.
What else can I say to the guy? I say “whatever, go ahead.” It is more than obvious I am totally annoyed. He asks his question, which has now taken 5 more minutes for her to answer. He has no insurance. “I am just going to pay her for this, that’s ok right?”
By now, I am more than pissed. I am sure my face was bright red I was so mad. But I don’t say a word. I just looked away.
Now this was where I think the girl at the counter should have said something. Actually if it had been me serving, I would never have let him butt in in the first place.
It was totally obvious that I was just off of work, if I had been looking at the situation from her point of view, especially since she KNEW I was there 10 minutes before him, I would have just said to the guy, she was here first, and I bet she has had a long day…why don’t we just let her go and then I will answer your question.
That unfortunately is the difference between me, and half the world. I am not bragging or being full of myself in anyway. But I don’t usually let people bully other people. Especially when I can control the situation. She had control then, and chose to do nothing. She let him be a bully.
I was tired, and hungry…incredulous absolutely, but I wasn’t going to make an ass out of myself at that specific moment trying to stick up for myself. I was so mad, I would have said something that I would have regretted, so I chose to keep my mouth shut.
I don’t know if it is the situation that made me furious, or the fact that I didn’t stand up for myself. Probably the latter.
The fact that I had just worked for 8 hours, gone grocery shopping, had not eaten since lunch and still had to go home and feed my kid and put all my groceries away was not obvious to the old man I am sure. I wouldn’t expect him to know that, or even to care.
But how is his time more important than mine? Why should he get to push me out of the way because he just didn’t want to wait? How totally unthoughtful is that? Don’t we have even a little bit of compassion for other people left in this world? Even if it is just something as simple as waiting our turn in line and not being rude to people that we don’t even know?
I mean if you treat strangers that way, how do you treat your family? How do you talk to the people that you love? How do you make it through life without someone knocking your obnoxious ass OUT?
Now if you are a stinky, rude, bullying old man…don’t email me, bitching about this blog. On here, I will NOT put up with your shit, nor do I want to hear your side of the story.
As far as I am concerned, rudeness has no excuse…neither does not having any manners.
You know better, shame on you.
I am sure the old bugger felt like he was WINNING when he walked out the door ahead of me.
Dude, if that’s all you have to live for, then not only am I sad for you, but I will even just let you have that one…
Just don’t ever come into where I work and try it. You will not win. It will not happen. I won’t let you bully my people, or be rude for no reason.
The world needs more compassion, and apparently I will have to give twice as much to make up for you.
I am ok with that. It is a job I can handle…and really, you should just consider yourself lucky that my filter worked today, it doesn’t happen very often. I am not one to back down or handle someone gently if they are rude.
That was a one time thing dude…just saying.
