Not particularly been stewing on this one and not sure if it was more down to the splendid weather yesterday but I almost ran out of swear words in a non physical contact full on slagging match while waiting to be served in Toolstation.
Picture the scene with only one person being served, another person waiting to be served and then myself, still only one member of staff serving. Moving forward there is only the guy originally in front of me now being served and my protagonist rocks up and hovers around the shop entrance area, result a second member of staff comes to the front looks squarely at me and asks can he help. I walk forward and new guy feints moving to the same serving point then steps back as if he's just offered his seat on the bus to an expecting mum, ok I will admit I gave him the stink eye whereupon he starts thinking out loud what's my problem to which I replied I was here before you and we still queue... apparently not the reply he was looking for as it then turned into five minutes of swapping every naughty word we could think of while the shop filled up with new bemused punters.
No blows were exchanged but my 5ft 6 to his 5ft 10 and the possibly 25 yr age gap in his favour (maybe my first case of ageism?)meant it was probably for my best that this was Friday morning and not the night.
I thought I'd post as while this is little more than a road rage incidence but what is wrong with society when it starts turning into a push and shove to the front at any cost and even when it makes you look an absolute coconut?
Picture the scene with only one person being served, another person waiting to be served and then myself, still only one member of staff serving. Moving forward there is only the guy originally in front of me now being served and my protagonist rocks up and hovers around the shop entrance area, result a second member of staff comes to the front looks squarely at me and asks can he help. I walk forward and new guy feints moving to the same serving point then steps back as if he's just offered his seat on the bus to an expecting mum, ok I will admit I gave him the stink eye whereupon he starts thinking out loud what's my problem to which I replied I was here before you and we still queue... apparently not the reply he was looking for as it then turned into five minutes of swapping every naughty word we could think of while the shop filled up with new bemused punters.
No blows were exchanged but my 5ft 6 to his 5ft 10 and the possibly 25 yr age gap in his favour (maybe my first case of ageism?)meant it was probably for my best that this was Friday morning and not the night.
I thought I'd post as while this is little more than a road rage incidence but what is wrong with society when it starts turning into a push and shove to the front at any cost and even when it makes you look an absolute coconut?
