WIBU in Lidl queue

[GimmeAy]

So, this happened yesterday and I'm over it as they say, but at the same time it has just crossed my mind again today as the whole shebang caused me much annoyance at the time as I dislike conflict.

For the purposes of a fair hearing, I'm not going to say which party I belong to just yet.

Basically it all went down in a queue for Lidl.

So Man called Bob joins the end of the queue.

Woman called Mary joins the end of the queue behind Bob.

1 minute later Sue and Karen join Bob at his place in the queue in front of Mary.

Mary states that there's a queue and that they should go behind her.

Sue and Karen state that they are with Bob and they're family and that they're not jumping the queue.

Mary won't let it go and states that regardless of who they are they should join the end of the queue behind her.

Heated argument ensued with both sides exchanging 'pleasantries'.

Was Mary wrong or were Sue and Karen? Bob kept out of it.

See @Tardigrade001, I don’t know. In my town, experiencing a rammy like that would be the highlight of some people’s day. It might even make the local paper. Certainly the FB group. It’s a public service in dull times.

(Obviously I am assuming it wouldn’t actually escalate into violence)

That's roughly the usual wait for my local supermarket, so there's nothing "lucky" about my experience. The point is that, if you have to wait, is 20.5 minutes really so much more dreadful than 20 minutes that it's worth getting into an argument about it?
I have disabilities, so no, the wait is bad enough. I would not let anyone push in front!

@BashStreetKid sorry I didn't realise there was a time limit on what we could talk about. It wasn't 40 years ago but it was over 30 years ago. It was the local supermarket to the station I worked at so you know we were there for them with shoplifters/break ins etc. They had no problem accepting the cheque, they always did but with a bank card, I just didn't use the bank card.

Do let me know the time scale we are allowed to use for reference, I never read that particular rule.

@Gingerkittykat

You would actually abuse your status as a police officer over queue jumping?

No I used it because I could see they were intending to cause trouble outside. It worked, incident avoided, good use of my ID in my book, you would probably have preferred me getting roughed up, supermarket phoning 999 and a couple of officers on duty having to attend to sort it out. Takes all sorts.

I don't think the supermarkets accept cheques anyway so this sounds like bullshit.

I left the police just over 30 years ago when my maternity leave finished so it is over 30 years ago, I can't actually give you the date and time but I could give you the dates of my employment if it would help?

By the way BashStreet you were way out with 40 years, Sainsburys stopped accepting cheques in 2007, well after I left my job, handed in my ID in 1990.

As it turns out, I was let in immediately after the three amigos. So I was behind them (inside the store) while they each picked their baskets. I was quick in and out as were they - but they actually got to the tills right before me, so I joined a longer queue to avoid the .

IF they hadn't started to give me lip, I would have kept quiet, but they were so fucking entitled that they riled me up. Plus it was 2 against 1, which is always a cunt, so I held my ground.

Queues annoy me at the best of times, but queue jumping brings out the fucking rage.

A point has been raised, that 2 extra people wouldn't cause me to wait too much longer. That applies to the pair of chancers too - they wouldn't have had too much longer to wait until they could join Bob BE-FUCKING-HIND me.

At our Lidl they would have all gone in together anyway - each little group goes in rather than eg me then dh if we are standing together.

Caveat: I don't take dh shopping and I hate queuing. I did it once and he drove me up the fucking wall dawdling and faffing.

As it turns out, I was let in immediately after the three amigos

Oh, FFS. So you were delayed by all of five seconds?

Queue for the till i would be with you, Mary.
But in the queue to get into the store, i have to agree with them.

Oh FFS, I didn't know the future when they joined the queue ahead of me with about 20 people in front of Bob that the security guard would have let me in directly after them.

It's not a big deal for me, but techincally you were in the right.

However, it's not hard to see how they could all be one household. Around my area most households are intergenerational and a large minority have different adults of the same generation living together. So, for example, my household is made up of two parents, two adult siblings, the husband of one sibling, and the children of both siblings. Now, as it happens, I go shopping alone. But, for instance, I go for a walk with various combinations of the people I live with and wouldn't expect to be judged by the neighbourhood Covid police because there were two women and a man.

So did you make your local FB group?

In an area of London with maybe 200k citizens, I very much doubt I made the local facebook group.

It's not bothering me now - I know that I was in the right and they were cheeky fuckers, so I'm like Elsa - I've let it go........

Wish I was more like Bob or my Dad however! Nothing fazes Bob. My Dad could have people walk all over him and he wouldn't be bothered. Very placid character. I think I take after my highly strung mother.

Ah. I forgot what it was like to live in a city....

I say good on you. But do take care !

GimmeAy
Thanks for the thread, I love your posting style, it's funny and very slightly bonkers.

Still disappointed Karen wasn't called Rita.

FOJN that's probably the nicest compliment I've ever had on here!

Sue and Karen WBU. There was their bloke Bob doing the shopping. They should have sloped off to the park with a bottle of Prosecco and left him to it. VVVU!

I should have asked Bob to carry my basket in hindsight. He seemed a nice enough bloke lol.