Line Cutting in the Express Lane!

[germunster]

I was waiting in the Express lane at the grocery store last night. I was the third in line, and there were 5 people behind me.

A woman walks up to the elderly gentleman in front of me (position 2), and says to him: "I was just here and thanks for saving my place in line."
He blinked at her and said: "I've never seen you before, and you're not getting in front of me."

She then turns to me (position 3) and says the same thing: "I was just here and thanks for saving my place in line." I just looked at her and said: "I don't think so."

The woman turns to the customer behind me (position 4) and repeats. Customer 4 just shakes her head and looks away.

The line cutter then steps back, looks at all eight of us in line and says: "You are all rude and retarded [her exact word, not mine], and if you won't let me in line, then you are all a**holes, too!". Nobody said a word. Everybody (including me) looked away.

She then stamped her foot and stormed out of the store.

The cashier never said a word.

When I left the store, I saw the woman (parked in a handicap space) yelling at an employee who was rounding up shopping carts. I couldn't hear what she was yelling, but she was still pissed off about something.

WTF? Are these people off of their medication or what???

[Gerrinson]

WTF? Are these people off of their medication or what???

Oooh! I know this one! Is it yes? It's yes, isn't it? Yes!

Do I get a cookie now?

[SteeleDragon78]

Oooh! I know this one! Is it yes? It's yes, isn't it? Yes!

Do I get a cookie now?

have two, but dont spoil your dinner

[germunster]

Initially, I was annoyed when the cashier only stared at the floor. I thought she should speak up and tell the SC to go away.

But after reflecting on it, I cut the cashier some slack. I don't know how folks in retail put up with the constant flow of crazy/grumpy/negative people.
Anyone who does that on a daily basis deserves combat pay. Not being fond of conflict, I would have probably done the same thing she did. So I don't blame her.

But it would be nice if there was a manager nearby that could step in and handle it.

[bainsidhe]

I wouldn't loved to see her expression if someone wouldn've just said "What are you, three years old?" followed up by a big belly laugh. And maybe some finger pointing. Finger pointing can be fun.

[magiccat26]

Maybe she was mentally ill...(I really think those people need a screw and ball in place of the wheelchair on their license plates!).

We've had something similar happen on the train. There is one young woman who appears to be mentally deficient who is often on my commuter train. When she boards, she always expects to sit no matter what (even when the train is full. She's not visably physically handicapped). She will stand at the front of the train and call out, "I want to sit down." and repeat this over and over and over getting louder each time until she's in a foaming frenzy and begins calling people names for not getting up and giving her a seat. It's first come first serve lady and with gas prices going up, more people are going for public transport.

Get over it!

[BookstoreEscapee]

If she's not mentally ill, then lady's got some b*lls!

[ShadedWings]

I would have told her, after she threw her little tantrum about "you won't let me in line, you all are blahblahblah"...

Yeah, lady, you can have a space in line. It's called the end. It's a space in line, right? Enjoy it.

[Eric the Grey]

If she's not mentally ill, then lady's got some b*lls!

My best friend almost got into a fist fight when he told a guy that those parking spaces for for physical handicapped people, not mentally.



Eric the Grey

[germunster]

I would have told her, after she threw her little tantrum about "you won't let me in line, you all are blahblahblah"...

Yeah, lady, you can have a space in line. It's called the end. It's a space in line, right? Enjoy it.

That's a great line! I never think of clever things to say until much later.

At the time, we all were in a "non-confrontational" mode and there was just an uncomfortable silence when all of us studied the floor tiles, gum rack, etc.

But nobody moved to let her in, either.

Sadly, I do think that she might have had an emotional or mental issue.

[depechemodefan]

I'm for the woman forgot her meds.

I remember there was jewelry show at the convention center. There was a long line for the ladies room. There were two entrances, but one faced the back of the convention center, and so far no one came from that direction.

I was next in line but this old woman just walks in and walks to the stall that opened up. I let her go ahead. Old people, eh. But then this young woman walks in from the back entrance and heads toward a stall that just opened up and I was heading there. I tell her there was a line and she said, "The guy told me this was the restroom" and she just went inside the stall. No one said anything (if no one spoke up for the....who will speak up for me?) but I was tempted to upload a can of garbage in her stall.

[Difdi]

The line cutter then steps back, looks at all eight of us in line and says: "You are all rude and retarded [her exact word, not mine], and if you won't let me in line, then you are all a**holes, too!". Nobody said a word. Everybody (including me) looked away.

A better reaction: "Who is retarded? Us for not believing you, or you for using such a lame lie?" I'd probably also laugh in her face, but that's just me, I'm rude that way.

[BookstoreEscapee]

If she's not mentally ill, then lady's got some b*lls!

As Stephen Colbert would say, "Lady b*lls!!"


Yeah, I quoted myself. So I'm a dork.

[MoonChild2007]

She is only pissed off just because nobody fell for her bull.