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This could possibly be long...just fair warning, and possible self sighting here also. Cause I was a bear 
For sometime now I had a cough that just would NOT go away, sore throat, fever, and it was getting hard to breath. Drove myself to the hospital, waited a long time there (while feeling miserable). Doctors tell me I have walking pneumonia. Tell me that it will go away on it's own, but give me some antibiotics, and then tag me and release me into the wild (ok so the 'tag' was just a armband, and the wild was to go get the prescription filled). They also give me one of those masks, you know to help cut down on spreading it (I assume).
So, I am feeling absolutely miserable, but am functional. I probably look like something that came out of Land of the Dead or some such. I go to the pharmacy, mask securely in place..and get in a line that seemed to stretch out to the cars (ok it probably didn't, but by now I was just wanting to crawl into some deep dark hole).
Person behind me doesn't know what 'personal space' means. Here I am, with a 'this person is possibly contagious' mask on, and they are constantly bumping into me, pushing, and doing the 'look past to see how long the line is' bit.
Gets old, and I turn around and say. "Personal space, learn it, respect it."
Person goes into the "They need to hurry up. Don't they know that SOME of us have things to do?"
I turn back around before I say something I will regret, just wanting the world to go all explodie. A few seconds later. "Hey, mask man. Why don't you let me in front of you? I mean, you should be in the hospital if you are THAT sick." meaning the mask of course.
I turn around slowly. "This mask is to keep others from getting sick. You are waiting your turn, deal with it."
Person decides that I might be to 'ill' to stop them, and pushes to try to get in front of me.
Now I'm sick, have waited in the hospital AND this line, and I admit..here is where I probably became an SC (warning ... there will be language).
"Oh
no! I've waited in the hospital line, and this line for what seems like days. (The sc thing of time dialation). You are NOT going to push your way to the front."
A manager comes up, and the person behind me changes tactics. "This person is trying to push their way in line! Do something about it!"
The people in front of me had made it a point to ignore what was going on behind them (which I don't blame them), but the person behind the other SC (besides me that is) speaks up. "That's. He (meaning me) was before this jerk, and this jerk tried to push his way past him."
Other SC had the
face..and starts trying to backpedal. "It's all a misunderstanding, just got a little to close to the guy and he freaked."
By this time I had had it. I brought out my evil voice. "You have no idea what freaked out is, but I can show you."
Everybody takes a step back. Seeing as I look like a zombie (probably), not sure I blamed them. The manager tries to calm things down, and the sc was kind of panicking, afraid I would go postal or something. They suddenly decide that it is not so important to get their prescription filled. With a "I don't have time for this, I am going to X down the street, at least they know what customer service is." he bolts.
The manager of the place stays there a bit, looking at me, probably trying to decide if it would be worth risking throwing me out. Since the other guy left, he just said. "Sir, you need to calm down. That's no way to behave in a public place."
To add to my SCness I looked at him. "Don't start. I am just trying to get my medicine and get better. I know I probably shouldn't be shopping, but I came here to get BETTER. Guy was on my last nerves."
Manager decides not to press the issue, and I get my medicine and leave. Yes I know I should have probably used the drive through, and that it wasn't THAT big of a deal. Sick, grumpy, and personal space issues make Mytical an SC.
For sometime now I had a cough that just would NOT go away, sore throat, fever, and it was getting hard to breath. Drove myself to the hospital, waited a long time there (while feeling miserable). Doctors tell me I have walking pneumonia. Tell me that it will go away on it's own, but give me some antibiotics, and then tag me and release me into the wild (ok so the 'tag' was just a armband, and the wild was to go get the prescription filled). They also give me one of those masks, you know to help cut down on spreading it (I assume).
So, I am feeling absolutely miserable, but am functional. I probably look like something that came out of Land of the Dead or some such. I go to the pharmacy, mask securely in place..and get in a line that seemed to stretch out to the cars (ok it probably didn't, but by now I was just wanting to crawl into some deep dark hole).
Person behind me doesn't know what 'personal space' means. Here I am, with a 'this person is possibly contagious' mask on, and they are constantly bumping into me, pushing, and doing the 'look past to see how long the line is' bit.
Gets old, and I turn around and say. "Personal space, learn it, respect it."
Person goes into the "They need to hurry up. Don't they know that SOME of us have things to do?"
I turn back around before I say something I will regret, just wanting the world to go all explodie. A few seconds later. "Hey, mask man. Why don't you let me in front of you? I mean, you should be in the hospital if you are THAT sick." meaning the mask of course.
I turn around slowly. "This mask is to keep others from getting sick. You are waiting your turn, deal with it."
Person decides that I might be to 'ill' to stop them, and pushes to try to get in front of me.
Now I'm sick, have waited in the hospital AND this line, and I admit..here is where I probably became an SC (warning ... there will be language).
"Oh
no! I've waited in the hospital line, and this line for what seems like days. (The sc thing of time dialation). You are NOT going to push your way to the front."A manager comes up, and the person behind me changes tactics. "This person is trying to push their way in line! Do something about it!"
The people in front of me had made it a point to ignore what was going on behind them (which I don't blame them), but the person behind the other SC (besides me that is) speaks up. "That's
. He (meaning me) was before this jerk, and this jerk tried to push his way past him."Other SC had the
face..and starts trying to backpedal. "It's all a misunderstanding, just got a little to close to the guy and he freaked."By this time I had had it. I brought out my evil voice. "You have no idea what freaked out is, but I can show you."
Everybody takes a step back. Seeing as I look like a zombie (probably), not sure I blamed them. The manager tries to calm things down, and the sc was kind of panicking, afraid I would go postal or something. They suddenly decide that it is not so important to get their prescription filled. With a "I don't have time for this, I am going to X down the street, at least they know what customer service is." he bolts.
The manager of the place stays there a bit, looking at me, probably trying to decide if it would be worth risking throwing me out. Since the other guy left, he just said. "Sir, you need to calm down. That's no way to behave in a public place."
To add to my SCness I looked at him. "Don't start. I am just trying to get my medicine and get better. I know I probably shouldn't be shopping, but I came here to get BETTER. Guy was on my last nerves."
Manager decides not to press the issue, and I get my medicine and leave. Yes I know I should have probably used the drive through, and that it wasn't THAT big of a deal. Sick, grumpy, and personal space issues make Mytical an SC.
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