How rude....?!

[Dizzieblonde]

Was waiting in a queue of about ten people in the newsagents today when a little old man struts to the front of the line waving a chocolate bar he wants to purchase. When the cashier said "You'll have to get in the queue", he just laughs and says "Noooo - you serve me first luv, I'll be waiting ages in that - they're all here to pay bills" (!). She sighed dishearteningly and served him, much to a lot of tutting and hushed comments, and he strolled off again saying "If you think I'm waiting in that, you can p*** off - Why should I have to wait...?!"

Has anyone else felt as close to smacking someone in the face in public...? Grr...

[B00]

Said it before and I'll say it again.....not all old people are the sweet grey haired old grandmas and grandads we'd like them to be. Some can be downright bloody mean and vicious and thinks the world owes them a living.

Yes they fought a war for us, for which we ARE grateful, and try to treat them with respect for - however respect is a two way street and some old dears think this rule doesn't apply to them.

[Kim A]

Yes, frequently in the Deli at Arundel, when I've been waiting patiently for some time at the cheese counter, and some posh Arundelian (?) woman rushes in and pushes in front of me and gives her order as if she's the most important person in the world, and I'm invisible. It happens quite often, and remonstrating with whoever it is has no effect as they all just say, Oh, well I'm in a bit of a rush, you don't mind, do you? and if you say, 'Yes, I do actually, I was herre first and am in just as much of a hurry as you, but I've been waiting patiently', they look at you like a piece of pooh and carry on regardless. Even the shopkeeper gets the same response, only the look is more 'servant and master' than 'pooh'.

[dot.hawkes]

I work in retail : ((

[Captain Swab]

I hate people like that. I have no qualms and just tell them to f**k off. You should see some of their faces, nearly heart attack jobs. Hahaha.

[beejaybee]

I`ve often experienced senior citizens trying to jump the queue. I don`t think they should be treated differently. If a person young or elderly asks me if I mind them going first as they only have 1 item, I`ll gladly let them. Infact, if I see anyone behind me with a basket & I`ve got my weekly trolleyload of shopping, I often let them go first.

[Lore]

I would've tripped the bu**er up!

I really dislike people like that, they give decent folk a bad name!

[Ethel]

That young gobby lad will grow into an old gobby man.

People don't change just because they get their pension books.

[BrainMonkeys]

I'm a manager of a record shop, so I've seen the worst of humanity. And funnily enough, Christmas is not the season of goodwill when it comes to shopping!

[saxy_jag]

I only know that the people who hold shop doors open for me tend to be under 30. In fact, at the checkout in Tesco last night, the students in front of me dropped some coins on the floor, much to their own and everyone else's amusement. I thought I'd dropped some at the same time, but couldn't see any evidence. Then one of the lads held out a pound coin to me and said, 'scuse me, this ain't mine, it's yours'. Sure enough, when I checked, I had indeed dropped it. Bless 'em. Gave us all a good laugh and honest as well.

[mightyWBA]

I offered my seat to a lady on a packed train the other week,and she said,in all seriousness, "****** off,do you think I'm an old woman"
Naturally I was shocked but had the last laugh by saying "No I thought you were an old man,it must be your moustache".
Oh how I laughed all the way to casualty.

[CheekyChops]

I work in a corner shop and we get people like that, one look at the queue and they walk straight to the front and demand cigarettes or something.

I do usually say 'there is a queue, you know' (or similar) but most of the time they just slap the money on the counter and hold their hand out for whatever it is they are wanting to buy.

To be perfectly honest, I know they are in the wrong but it is often easier to just serve them quick and get rid of them!

[Dizzieblonde]

I think that's how the cashier felt CheekyChops - she tried telling him but just got one of those frustrated huffing-puffing faces off him and a rant, so she just sighed and put up with it - Can't blame her I guess, as he looked the sort to make a bit of a fuss about it if she hadn't.

If I'd been braver, and not wanting to get kicked out of the shop altogether, I'd have gone upto him and asked him exactly why he thought he had the right to push in front of everyone else waiting patiently and orderly - maybe one day when I'm feeling brave or annoyed! I remember having a shocking row with quite a refined elderly woman in Druckers once who pushed in front of my parents and myself, which ended in her saying something along the lines of "I don't come here to be spoken to like that", to which I (shamefully now, but it made me laugh at the time) replied...er...go away and see how you're spoken to when you try it somewhere else *ahem* :)

[Dizzieblonde]

I think that's how the cashier felt CheekyChops - she tried telling him but just got one of those frustrated huffing-puffing faces off him and a rant, so she just sighed and put up with it - Can't blame her I guess, as he looked the sort to make a bit of a fuss about it if she hadn't.

If I'd been braver, and not wanting to get kicked out of the shop altogether, I'd have gone upto him and asked him exactly why he thought he had the right to push in front of everyone else waiting patiently and orderly - maybe one day when I'm feeling brave or annoyed! I remember having a shocking row with quite a refined elderly woman in Druckers once who pushed in front of my parents and myself, which ended in her saying something along the lines of "I don't come here to be spoken to like that", to which I (shamefully now, but it made me laugh at the time) replied...er...'go away' and see how you're spoken to when you try it somewhere else *ahem* :)

[henke]

This sort of thing happened to me coming back from holiday a few years ago. We were waiting to to check in our luggage when a group of about 20 French people in their sixties barged into the line. The people around us didn't seem too bothered about this (from Edinburgh) but this got my back up. When the line moved again I quickly jumped infront of them with my trolley. I didn't look back but could here them angrily chatting away. After we checked in one of them turned to me and asked "are you happy now"? I replied "I'm very ******* happy now". That soon shut him up.

[Sherry1]

I lived in a small town which had several tour buses visiting in the summer, they were mainly elderly people we refered to as the 'Tea and Pee' brigade. They would walk around in gangs, stand in shop doorways, trip innocents up with their zimmer frames and shopping trollies and then have the cheek to moan about the youth of today..... Give me chavs and punks any day :0)

[jessiedog]

On a similar theme, I hate the ones in front of you in the supermarket who seem to think it OK to continue doing their shopping while their goods are being rung up. This results in the cashier having to pack their goods and makes the whole process even slower.

I exact revenge on these people by removing their most vital pieces of shopping eg butter, meat, bread and putting it in with my shopping. The twit doesn't realise that items are missing as they have not packed it, and even comment that their bill seems low.

When they have gone and my shopping is being rung up I just say to the staff that I have changed my mind about the items I have removed and they get taken back to the shelves.

It is no good arguing with these types as they seem to enjoy an argument.

[Birt]

I have a severe aversion to people in queues that invade your space. They stand as close to you as possible as if this will make the queue move quicker or stop anyone from pushing in in front of them. It really bothers me. I have now sussed out a way to get them away though. My wallet is always in my back pocket. When i reach round to get it out i (innocently) stick out my elbow. This seems to do the trick!!!

[jessiedog]

Or else - oops i've stumbled backwards and trod on your toe, sooo sorry!

[Dizzieblonde]

If I'm smoking, I sometimes wave my smouldering cigarette end around a bit too casually if someone seems to be getting too close - otherwise I just raise a dirty eyebrow and then think of something witty and cutting to say about three hours later! lol

[ermintrude35]

..I live and work in a very busy tourist seaside town...a couple of weeks back I was helping on the music counter of the store I work in, which has a queue barrier system (which was snaked back and forwards)..when this woman comes to the counter in completley the oposite direction and slapped her cd on the counter, my coleague told her the queue went round the other way and that loads of people where before her, she huffed said "stuff your effin cd you b!tch" and hurled it at her head.... she's on holiday for gods sake!!..whats her rush..?... unfortunatly this is not an isolated incident more and more shopworkers are subjected to verbal, physical and sexual abuse on a daily basis...