Now that I am calmer, I think perhaps I may have been a jerk but I was so annoyed earlier.
I was catching the train to work with about 20 minutes to spare. I stopped off at the deli near the trainstation (also petrol station), Sunday morning close to Xmas, the que was longer than usual and the staff were slow enough.
This lady skipped the que and approached the men at the top and asked if she could stand in, as she was in a hurry as she had a baby in the car.
I was annoyed but whatever. She then did the same thing in the que to pay.
She left the shop and while I was in the que to pay, and by now, barely going to make my train due to the slow deli, she came back in, picked up a bottle of water and approached the man at the top of the que.
I was second in the que, she had the same story. “Sorry is it ok to jump in, I just have a baby in the car”.
he said it was ok. It was not ok with me. I piped up and told her no it wasn’t okay, everyone’s got places to be and I’m in a hurry too, she’s after skipping twice and wants to skip the third time? Get to the back of the que and wait your turn.
she started yelling I was very rude, very rude indeed, turned to the sales assistant saying how rude I was and the sales assistant served her.
the man who let her go ahead of him also let me go ahead of him.
I didn’t complain to the sales assistant but I called the shop immediately after I got on the train, complained to the manager and he called me back there tonight to say he watched the cctv back and he is after reprimanding the assistant in question.