That was the sound I made after this happened to me today. I'm standing in line at a very crowded grocery store, joking with the people behind me about people stepping out of line for "just one more thing". I feel a tap on my arm and turn around to find a little (I'm talking 4'10" tall, tops) old lady carrying a couple packages of hot dogs and a dollar bill. In a very accented voice she tells me I dropped the dollar. Sure enough, I had, so I thank her and look down to put it back in my purse.
That's when she cuts ahead of me and puts her hot dogs on the belt in front of my stuff!
I look back at the ladies I had been joking with, who saw the whole thing, and they're all standing there slack-jawed. No one was upset, just rather bemused at the whole situation. The little old lady turned her back to all of us and kept her eyes on the cashier until she had paid and was gone without another word.
I'm not sure how I should react, since the person was so... I don't know what to call her attitude. Blissfully ignorant? Self-entitled? Did she think I owed it to her to allow her ahead of me because she returned my lost dollar? I would have let her in anyway (after checking with the people behind me, of course), but it would have been nice if she had asked.
That's when she cuts ahead of me and puts her hot dogs on the belt in front of my stuff!
I look back at the ladies I had been joking with, who saw the whole thing, and they're all standing there slack-jawed. No one was upset, just rather bemused at the whole situation. The little old lady turned her back to all of us and kept her eyes on the cashier until she had paid and was gone without another word.
I'm not sure how I should react, since the person was so... I don't know what to call her attitude. Blissfully ignorant? Self-entitled? Did she think I owed it to her to allow her ahead of me because she returned my lost dollar? I would have let her in anyway (after checking with the people behind me, of course), but it would have been nice if she had asked.
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