About people trying to push in the supermarket Q

[ModreB]

Went to do the shopping today, and it was crazy busy. Fought my way all round the supermarket, and then stood in the Q behind 2 other people, all of us with full trollies.

An elderly(ish) couple, then came and stood behind me. Both of them stunk to high heaven of BO and wee. Both were also filthy dirty, clothes as well as faces, black fingernails etc. They also stunk of beer. Hey ho, whatever. You live your life they way you want to.

But, then as I am stood there (bearing in mind I was not next in the Q) the bloke said to me, "can we go in front of you, we only have a few things." Pointed down into the basket, 2 packs of beer, and a bottle of whisky.

I replied "No, there is a 10 items or less till at the end, or there are about 10 self serve tills next to that." He said "No, I don't want to go down there, I want to use this till. Can I go in front of you"

I said again "No, if you only have a few things then there is a till for that." then turned my back.

Cue much muttering - I caught "Evil bitch" and "Fucking twat" amongst others but ignored them. They eventually moved off and, you guessed it used the 10 or less till. Then came back and stood at the end of the q where I was, still waiting, and continued to point and swear. I just ignored them, did the packing and walked out.

So, AIBU to say, if you have a few items then use the till for a few items, don't expect me to let you q jump in front when I have been waiting for ages and then abuse me when I object to you Q jumping.

queue

Just saying.

YANBU, if you ask to go in front of someone you should do so politely and be gracious if they decline.

and what did their appearance have to do with this sad and very petty tale?

really, people are rude, people don't always wash

and people don't always do someone else a favour

oh have you no pity in your soul?

this could be you in x years

If someone stood behind me stank to high heaven and only had a couple of things, I would happily have let them go first to get rid of them.

Recently I got to the front of the queue, then from nowhere a woman (nicely dressed, middle class accent.... positively fragrant) walked up, placed her items in front of my stuff, and said: "I've only got two items, so I'll go in front, if you don't mind".

I agree with the OP. If there had been a queue at the 'Baskets only' or they were invalids, I might have let them in even if just to eliminate the smell.

If I have few items and stand in a trolley queue, I never ask to go in front of those before me. Sometimes, one or two will notice and offer the place to me but I would never ask. A queue is just that - a queue where people are served in order of arrival.

I got set on by some git in the supermarket yesterday having a fit over the fact that I was at the basket till with a few items in a little trolley.
(I have a disability which means I cannot carry a basket.)
Amazing that such things annoy some people to such an extent.
All the problems of the world and all the problems that we humans must endure and all some people care about is bloody supermarket queues.

So many people seem to have their default setting at either "arsey" or "fuck you".
Whatever happened to tolerance and doing people a good turn?

Jeee - I hope you picked up her items, handed them back to her, and said "Actually I do fucking mind!!" I'd have done that. If she'd asked, 'Can I go in front of you, please, I only have two items' - that would have been ok, but she was a cheeky mare and I wouldn't have put up with that!

Off point, but I missed the 'Q' in your post title and read 'people trying to push in the supermarket' and had visions of women going into labour in the aisles. My mind was busy boggling when I realised

Jeee, I would have removed her stuff and said "queue there... get to the back of it"

Esta, I get round that... I put a basket into a trolley.

You see, if I'd seen her, I'd have said go ahead. But as it was, I weakly acquiesced, and then felt a wimpy pushover.

There was a thread earlier about people that tell little fibs when they post on MN, just to get a response.
I wonder if it's still there.

Why on earth should they go first?
There was no need for them to swear on insult.

OR, not on.
I blame them

I always let people go ahead of me with one or two items. But that's me offering, not sure I'd be told they're going first, that's pushing it a bit.

"I've only got two items, so I'll go in front, if you don't mind".

"No, please don't."

So if you take out all the judgy bitching about their appearance, smell and what they bought....

They only had a few items and asked you politely if they could go in front and you said no.

That's your choice.

Had it been a little old (clean) lady with a couple of tins of cat food, would your answer have been different?

Send them to the bank of the queue.

Smelly fuckers.

try getting into a lift queue in a European ski resort, then you'll have something to moan about.

*back.

naturalbaby I have had many a strong word with hairy, queue jumping Germans. Zey do not queue for ze lift.

Well I suggest you shop at a place where they have a 10 items or fewer cash desk in future

FWIW there is always rudeness in supermarkets - it's just the degree that varies

Wow jeee, just reading that's made me angry.

I once tried to be assertive to a woman who waltzed past me at the self-serve. I said, 'oh don't mind me', then she went all gracious and apologised and we had a standoff with 'you go first', 'no you, I insist' etc. Somehow it ended with me apologising to her.

It wasn't until after that I realised she was probably taking the piss.

YANBU, I would have said no too.