On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 2:38:36 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> >> Some time ago I was in the express checkout line
> >> to pay for a box of berries. There are two guys ahead of me, one being
> >> check out and the other, and 5-6 people behind me. A woman snuck up on
> >> my left, reached over and put something down in front of me.
> >> I said "Excuse me?" and she said she only had one thing and was in a
> >> hurry. I told her I had one thing and I was in a hurry, and the people
> >> behind me only had a few things each. She asked "Can't I go ahead of
> >> you? " ...... "No".
>
> I chalk it up to her selfish sense of entitlement. I guess she figured
> that she was better than everyone else and should not have to wait for
> the peons to check out. She picked the wrong one to pull it on because
> I won't tolerate that sort of rudeness in public. It was kind of funny
> after I refused to let her in ahead of me she looked to the guy in front
> of me and asked if he would let her in. He looked at me. I shook my head
> and he said no. FWIW... she was not in such a hurry that she had to
> leave without it. She went to the back of the line.
>
>
On the rare occasion that I meet someone who states 'they're in
a hurry' and want preferential treatment I always reply "we're
ALL in a hurry and if you are so impatient you should have been
here when the doors opened." It seems to shut them up in a hurry,
albeit they are fuming.