I just got in a fight with this huge ->-bleeped-<-ed at the grocery store. I was in the checkout line. This guy was behind me and there was an elderly lady behind him. She was breathing hard and kept kind of shifting around . I asked her if she was ok and she said she was just a little tired from shopping and that she had arthritis in her hips and that they were hurting. So I told her to go in front of me. She didn't have as much stuff in her cart as me and the guy behind me had like 3 times as much stuff as both of us. This guy was maybe in his late 20s . He said "REALLY"?? I asked him if he had a problem and he said " why would you let that old lady go in front of you"?  I said because she was tired and in pain. Then he said that he had someplace to be and old people were slow as hell. I told him he would still get where he was supposed to be and to chill out. Then he said if I was going to let someone go in front of me I should have let him because she was "just an old lady who has  nothing better to do than wait in line"  I asked him how did he know? Did he know her schedule or something? He said he knew that after she got home she'd probably go to bed cause at her age she already was about an hour late for bed . I told him he was going to be old one day and better hope people treat him better than he was treating her. Then he said "##you, you little ##"  (he actually called me the C word) then he just left his cart and stomped out of the store. WTF?? How are going to be so mean to someone because they are old. That was just awful! That someone could be so cruel to an elderly lady almost made me cry! People SUCK!

Well I commend you for your kindness to elderly I work in a nursing home, yes some people are very mean even some family member I have seen of the residents of the nursing home. I am sorry that happened to you I would have told the guy of myself.

He will be old one day. Karma has ways to pay back with a force


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Because of the self serving culture that has been propagated over the last few decades.  Its' always about ME even when MY needs trample on the needs of those around me.

My dad had someone stop in the drop off lane at a store, under an awning, and the lane was blocked on each side.  The guy parked his car blocking the lane entirely, got out 3 kids, and went into the store. Before he went in my dad asked him to move his car, and the guy replied I have 3 kids and it's raining and went in leaving the car in the lane.  My dad then had to attempt to back up, with other cars behind him, just to get him and my mother home.

Quote from: natalie.ashlyne on June 17, 2017, 08:32:45 PM
Well I commend you for your kindness to elderly I work in a nursing home, yes some people are very mean even some family member I have seen of the residents of the nursing home. I am sorry that happened to you I would have told the guy of myself.

I also work in a nursing home.  I really try to hide my frustration in my position from the residents.  I had the fortune of having 2 family members come to the 1st nursing home I worked at.  I got to visit with them every day, but then I realized that it looked like I was showing them favoritism.  I decided at that point to treat them ALL like my family, and I have carried that with me to my new nursing home.  They often call me "MR Smiley" or "The Whistler" because I try to always smile, and tend to whistle while walking as a happy tune helps my sanity.

Quote from: Artesia on June 17, 2017, 08:40:47 PM


I also work in a nursing home.  I really try to hide my frustration in my position from the residents.  I had the fortune of having 2 family members come to the 1st nursing home I worked at.  I got to visit with them every day, but then I realized that it looked like I was showing them favoritism.  I decided at that point to treat them ALL like my family, and I have carried that with me to my new nursing home.  They often call me "MR Smiley" or "The Whistler" because I try to always smile, and tend to whistle while walking as a happy tune helps my sanity.

Ya I usaully can hide my frustrations from the residents so residents can pick it up when I have had argument with management as I am our union President, I try to fight for more hours of care for the residents but Management is about $$$. I work as a PSW in the nursing home. I have had resident even chant WE WANT A RAISE it is so funny and cute I do not regret my job I just hate the disrespect elderly people get because of time and $$$.

He sounds abnormal.

Quote from: Viktor on June 17, 2017, 08:56:37 PM
He sounds abnormal.

Depending on where you live, that behavior is perfectly normal, but incredibly uncaring and rude.

There are many others just like him.

Thank God that you and me are not one of them.

I have never in my life seen anyone act like that in person.  I hope my luck continues.


Conform and be dull. —James Frank Dobie, The Voice of the Coyote

Ugh. When I worked in retail I saw a lot of people like this...jokes on him. he left his cart and didn't get to buy any of his stuff.

Here's a story about someone similar. I worked in a DIY store for about a year. Well, I left in July of 2016, just when the summer rush was really beginning to kick in. My last day was a Sunday, and because we were only open 10-4 on Sundays they were always really busy from start to finish. Well, people often bought gas canisters for their barbecues...but the thing is, we didn't actually sell them directly. We sold them via contracts with the manufacturer. Anyway, a new guy was shadowing me that day and this guy comes up to him with a canister. The new guy tells him that he needs to go to the garden department to get a contract for it as there is no way he can process it through the till otherwise. He then immediately screams "Oh what the f** you stupid piece of sh**!". At this point I turn around and see him as red as a tomato. The new guy is speechless so I take over and tell him the exact same rule. He then shouts "it's not my fault this c*** can't operate his till" so I told him that's just not the way the till works. He then goes on a rant about how "teenagers are useless and the store should stop hiring the whiney little sh**s". At this point, especially since it was my last day I wasn't in the mood to take his crap. Is sent the new guy on his break, closed down the till, told all of my colleagues to refuse to serve him. It then hit the end of my shift so I said to him "Next time, don't be such an a**h*** and you might get served. Now get out of the this store now. And if you wanna talk to my manager go ahead because as of now I don't work here anymore."

I then walked out. He didn't get served. Serves him right.

I've been frustrated internally at old people shopping as they are slow but the rational mind kicks in and I rememver that they might be exhausted and that they didnt grow up with computers so fast checkouts are baffling to them.

I will say the younger person in the queue may well had been in a genuine hurry but no need to be an arsehole about it

Boy that really escalated quickly. 

I don't understand why people think that type of behavior is OK. 

Before I started taking derris scandens, which blends my dual gender modes, my male side was often impatient and overbearing, oblivious to anyone else. I even used to get into almost "roid" rage if I took a pinch too much sarsapirilla powder, which stimulates one's body into making testosterone.

Although I never bothered women and respected older people, men who cut me off or who I believed had disrespected me, were often angrily confronted. What saved me was looking like a petite older woman.

Thankfully, most of that has calmed down.

What do you think of this one?

http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/video-woman-demands-white-doctor-at-mississauga-walk-in-clinic-1.3467580

Wow. Its hard to believe people act like that in 2017.

Quote from: HannahHindle on June 18, 2017, 06:11:29 PM
At this point, especially since it was my last day I wasn't in the mood to take his crap. Is sent the new guy on his break, closed down the till, told all of my colleagues to refuse to serve him. It then hit the end of my shift so I said to him "Next time, don't be such an a**h*** and you might get served. Now get out of the this store now. And if you wanna talk to my manager go ahead because as of now I don't work here anymore."

*taking my hat off to you*

Really well done. In fact I think this should be standard procedure against people likes this (or just straightforwardly calling security to kick him out the store). Some people just need extra-education outside the school, and thats what you have done. In fact, you would had to be payed off for the lesson, no teacher works for free

I am surprised that guy acted like such a douchebag. Most just do not care, and just think evil things about the elderly and disabled.

During a time when I used a wheelchair most of the time, I went into a store with my mother. I was using crutches that day. After putting a few things in my cart, I headed to the register. There were two people in front of me. The one going through checkout looked back and decided she needed more stuff. So, off she goes. Then, she needed price checks. Before she ever paid for her stuff, my legs collapsed, and I could not hold myself up any longer. Nobody cared at all, except for two employees at the store. Everyone else looked at me like I must have been some sort of mental patient. One employee stayed with me, while the other got me a chair. Since then, I have walked out of stores without buying anything if the lines were bad and if I was in ANY pain, or if there was only one register open.

Some people just suck, and others are worse. We can use a few more angels in the world.

Pointlessly aggressive one-upmanship seems to be the new normal, at least here in the uk, everyone seems to be looking to get one over on someone at every oportunity, i think the media and the general breakdown of community is to blame, we need to just see each other as other people first, not just opponents.

Quote from: EvelynD on June 24, 2017, 01:31:27 AM
Pointlessly aggressive one-upmanship seems to be the new normal, at least here in the uk, everyone seems to be looking to get one over on someone at every oportunity, i think the media and the general breakdown of community is to blame, we need to just see each other as other people first, not just opponents.

Aren't Brits supposed to be 'famous' for tolerantly queuing? Compared to what I've seen elsewhere we tend to bear waiting behind other people pretty well.

I know, it's quite distressing.

"Screw you. I'm more important."

It's sad that this seems to be the typical attitude anymore. Maybe that's why I'm so misanthropic.