To think that waiting your turn, means just that!

[age81]

I stood patiently waiting for my turn to be served for new bedroom doors in a shop today (think order station) and needed some extra information before I placed the order.

Well this woman came out of nowhere and started asking questions about missing parts of her kitchen, the member of staff then left my order and started answer questions to which the woman had no interest. I think she thought the staff could Magic the missing part out of him air.

So this shit went on for 1-2 mins whilst I'm stood (and desperate for a wee) before I actually mentioned to the member of staff that I was here first,

AIBU to think you cannot barge in when people are being served and expect the staff member to give them full attention?

To be fair the staff member was shocked too and I thinks just carried on listening, thinking it was a quick answer (like what aside are fires in).

The woman (and yes she was older) did get the death stare a few times but I'm blaming that on the shitty water tablets I have to take.

Running - you chucked a load of a stores goods off the checkout onto the floor (which the person would presumably refuse to buy if there was any food thrown on the floor...I would refuse, anyway)...and the manager told you that was fine? Bollocks that happened

Sunny, someone did that to us in Lidl recently. Full trolley unloading (slowly) in front of us, we have a trolley but not a great deal in it, pushy woman with over-full basket joins us and starts shoving her stuff on the belt. I'm not sure that the person in front of us has enough room to unload all their stuff as it is so haven't started unloading though was thinking of putting a divider down. DH says to woman behind us "could you wait please?" which she ignores. So I got the divider and used it to push her stuff back, while putting one thing of ours down. Kept pushing her stuff back every time the belt made a bit of room for as long as the person in front was still unloading. When the first person had gone and my one thing was at the front, I pushed her stuff back as far as I thought I needed to unpack mine, but unloaded s l o w l y. She disappeared. The checkout girl had a huge grin and said this particular woman did it all the time, and the old ladies felt too bullied to protest so would just offer to let her go first.

You're bullying people, though that might not be your intent you're still doing it. It's very bad manners.

what did the checkout woman say ninja

Yes indeed. This has happened to me and countless others I'm sure. I have a lovely fantasy where I grab people like this, pull them down to the floor (possibly by their hair or coat collar, I'm not fussy) and kick their heads in and all the while telling them loudly to WAIT YOUR FUCKING TURN.

Good thing it's just a fantasy or I'd be doing time.

I see this happening so, so often. Mainly at my local Lidl, where they tend to have two checkouts open and then open the third periodically, when the first two have backed up a bit.

A new empty checkout opens and three people move to that checkout - you give the person in fronts shopping a quick glance, do a quick estimate, and then two or three people start putting their stuff onto the empty belt at the same time.

Never once seen anyone loosing their shit over this or throwing food onto the floor or behaving in any way other than as a grown up tbh.

good for u an your friendly co shoppers

its ignorant

Sunnybanker you'd better not be near me in the supermarket then had you. You really think it's fine to use up the conveyor space so you have to keep moving your stuff back for the person in front, or have them hand stuff to the cashier from their trolley because you've used the space up?

I got the divider and used it to push her stuff back

That's fair enough. If you start unpacking and seriously misjudge the room the person in front needs (or actually are rude and don't leave them anywhere near enough space) then you're asking to get your stuff pushed back.

Never personally seen that happen though.

GabsaLot she pointed out I was first but I was still wrestling DS I told him he could go before me seeing as he was in such a hurry He was a bit sheepish after that!
Wish I'd had the guts to say 'here, hold him for a minute (handing him DS) and I'll be out of your way soon' to the guy!

Uh no, prettywoman, I don't think that's fine - nor have I said it is. Don't let the truth get in the way of your righteous rant though, carry on.

Pettywoman even

you should have ninja!

its ok petty its never happened nor never will apparently

As Sunny implies, of course you can get a good idea of how much space someone needs... You probably have to wait to near the end of their load, but if they have half a dozen items left and 90% of the conveyor is available, then what's the harm!

I went in Poundland this week with DS4 and baby DD in her pram. Nightmare to steer pram in there with a basket so poor DS was carrying our items. Everyone forms one queue which bottlenecks at the start of the aisles.

A woman stood behind me but her DH nipped in front of me with the basket, even though his DW knew we were first.

She had to tell him three times to get behind me. Each time she told him, he turned to look at me as if he was waiting for me to say he could go first. Fuck that! I just stared at him each time until he looked away with an "Oh fuck" panicked look on his face. He really did not want to be forced to move back.

In the end his wife took the basket from him, got in the queue behind me and made him stand outside. Knob head.

Don't let the truth get in the way of your righteous rant though

Now that's unreasonable... Surely self-righteous rants are the oxygen of AIBU!