AIBU?
that this ISN'T pushing in?
FlowerSour · 27/07/2017 00:28
So I went to a local café today with a friend (in Tesco after an hour long shop for some time to myself 
) and I only wanted one single bloody coffee. And that's important to note for the next bit of the story.
Anyway, this café has a long serving hatch and you push your tray down from right to left. It goes cakes, hot food, drinks.
I only wanted the bloody coffee. No cake or hot food. And it's just me and two old ladies in the queue, who- for about five minutes- have been standing next to the hot meals bit umming and ahhing over the hot meals. As they hadn't even chosen yet, I sidled past them, got my coffee AND paid for it before they'd even chosen their hot food.
See poorly executed diagram below.
TILL --DRINKS-- HOT FOOD---- CAKES
x ME (after moving) X OLD LADIES X MY OLD POSITION
After I'd done this and paid, one of the old ladies decided to visit my table and announce in a hoity toity voice, "We had manners back when I was your age! How dare you push in front of us!"
She then swore at me, by this point other people are staring, then went back to her friend and continued to glare at me for the rest of my coffee.
Now, who in this situation is unreasonable?
I genuinely don't think I was. They were not queuing to pay... they hadn't even chosen.
So was I being unreasonable for sidling round them to get to the till when they had no intention of paying at that moment in time and were a good five metres away from the till?
Surely I was not expected to wait behind them whilst they spent another five minutes deciding what to have?
And yes, this is a trivial AIBU. I am aware and apologise in advance.
BadLad · 27/07/2017 00:33
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DustyCropHopper · 27/07/2017 00:42
YANBU! Everyone does that don't they, in that sort of system? If you are not ordering hot food or choosing a cake you move to the next part, drinks! Obviously if they had ordered their food and were moving towards the drinks then you would have been wrong to overtake, but as they were still deciding/ordering then no problem!
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faced her and carried on with my coffee.KeepServingTheDrinks · 27/07/2017 00:48
TBH, I'd WANT to slide past, but wouldn't have the nerve. Usually in those places (supermarkets, coffee shops, etc) they're SO BLOODY SLOW preparing the hot drinks, that you run the risk of them having made their choice and being ready to move on, at which point you would be blocking them in.
However, the polite thing would have been for them to have waved you on.
Horrid thing to happen. Have a hassle-free 
from me.
viques · 27/07/2017 01:04
Depends how many people are serving. Sometimes at our tescos cafe there is only one server /till person. In that case they should serve the old ladies and take their money before you get your coffee.
You could always have said 'do you mind if I go ahead, I only want coffee'
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