I was at a gallery yesterday, small place next to Tate Modern. There was lots to buy, including cushions as one of the exhibitors was a fabric designer. Anyway, I'm queueing up to pay for something & it was very busy, long slow queue. One man was getting served & he had his wife & 2 daughters with him. The 2 girls (9, 10ish?) & the wife were standing next to the counter, next to the husband/father, blocking any access to the counter even though they were just waiting for him. it was then the turn of the next person in the queue (in front of me) & she was buying lots of cushions & prints. Because the wife & girls were standing there it was really awkward for this woman to hand over purchases as the counter was high & she was on the corner & couldn't move because of this woman. Had that wife been me, I would have apologised, moved, & told my children to move. But she didn't! She stood there, watching this woman struggle. The daughters were oblivious (but I'm not blaming them). It was such roll-your-eyes-middle-class-me-me-me behaviour...
Am I such a pathetic people-pleaser that I think this is really rude??