I am becoming Larry David.

[Rick Lee]

It may be selective memory, but the more I think about this, the more I think this woman was also the one I saw go berserk in the DMV about three yrs. ago. The clerk told her she could not renew her registration because she was missing this or that. The woman lost it, threw her papers at the clerk, screamed and hollared and started storming out. She had two kids with her and looked at one of the other women in the long line and said, "What the eff are you looking at?!?!" Another woman said something like, "Please. You have young children with you." More eff this, eff that, eff you. I was sure she was coming back there with a gun later in the day. Of course, there was no security guard or cop there and I'm sure nothing ever happened to her. Today's episode didn't turn profane, but I would have let her have it, had there not been several other women standing on line there.

Motion, how would you have handled it? Do you not mind people walking right up and cutting in front of you after you've said not to? I'd like to see that.

[944Larry]

Originally Posted by john rogers

As I have gotten older, I have found I never talk to people in any line such as the post office, Walmart, DMV, UPS, Walmart or any other place where strange things can happen.

Hey, me too. Cut out a lot of the BS I hear daily too!

[Racerbvd]

[QUOTES]hould have knee capped her.... Bet she wouldn't do that again....[/QUOTE]

He would have to be able to find her knee caps 1st.

[Kraqus]

Holy Cow! That is a Massive Camel Toe!




Benny

[JavaBrewer]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

On the contrary, her behavior would have been acceptable in China, as they do not queue up in lines there.

That must explain why old Asian women butt to the front of the express (15 items or less) with a full cart and then act clueless when folks get angry. Not my most PC post on this BBS but it is the truth.

[island911]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Should have knee capped her.... Bet she wouldn't do that again....

So, in your mind, what would be the appropriate response?

Maybe he should have apologized for not bowing and stepping aside once she, and her BFF poodle, entered.

[porsche4life]

Realistically? I would have blown it off. NOT worth the BP rise over an idiot...

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Realistically? I would have blown it off. NOT worth the BP rise over an idiot...

It wasn't a BP rise for me at all. She was the one shouting, creating a scene. I highly doubt anyone here with a pair of balls would have stood idly by while someone asked to cut in line, you said no and they ignored you and went anyway.

[Heel n Toe]

Rick, I agree she was a complete tool and shouldn't have asked to cut and should have given the scale a little more effort, but maybe she did actually go outside to help somebody and the clerks knew it and that's why they helped her.

Maybe they wouldn't have done so otherwise. I have no problems with how you handled yourself, and I think many of us would have done the same, but we would all probably weigh a lot of factors in a very short timespan before deciding what to do, if you know what I mean.

On a related note, give that 30 min. A&E show "Parking Wars" a look sometime. Each show has segments showing the meter patrol, the booting crews, and the people working inside the building at the impound lot and what they have to deal with daily.

I have watched several shows, and it's hilarious watching the logic-challenged morons go through all their hysterics trying to argue their way out of the crap they put themselves in.

I think it's running on Saturdays at various times now in the afternoon and evening. Detroit and Philly were the settings for the shows I've seen, so you can probably imagine the level of entitlement attitude exhibited, and they always fail in their attempt to skate, so that's fun to watch, too.

It's an incredible commentary on the "I'm special" mentality that many have, and it is not a staged re-enactment like some of those shows like Operation Repo.

[island911]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Realistically? I would have blown it off. NOT worth the BP rise over an idiot...

But what if the stakes were a bit higher for you.

What if some boys cut in front while you were in line for a Justin Bieber concert?

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

but maybe she did actually go outside to help somebody and the clerks knew it and that's why they helped her.

I highly doubt it. If I had gotten out of line to help someone, the last thing in the world I'd think of doing is using that for an excuse to cut in line and then still do so when the person I asked said no. In fact, if I had seen an old lady in need of assistance when I walked in, I'd have dropped what I was doing and helped her myself. This lady was FOS (how did she help anyone with a large poodle in her arms? I didn't see the dog walking around when I got there.) and a liar and has probably been enabled and encouraged for years by people like Motion and Sidney who say they'd let it slide. Yeah, right. That really helps.

[porsche4life]

Yup, you got bent out of shape, made a scene, and she still cut, and all you accomplished is making yourself look like an ass.... Sorry, but people like that are going to do that crap. Better to just let it happen, then escalate it...

[island911]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Yup, you got bent out of shape, made a scene, and she still cut, and all you accomplished is making yourself look like an ass.... Sorry, but people like that are going to do that crap. Better to just let it happen, then escalate it...

Really? . . .and yet you get so bent with people here. I mean PWD post about his Mustang, in Off Topic, and you get testy..

So then, it's just when you're online that you get tough, eh?

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Yup, you got bent out of shape, made a scene, and she still cut, and all you accomplished is making yourself look like an ass.... Sorry, but people like that are going to do that crap. Better to just let it happen, then escalate it...

Ha ha. Let's see here. I didn't bring a pet (non-service dog) into the PO, I didn't ask someone to let me cut in line with lame lie about having left the line to help someone, I didn't get bent out of shape, I didn't call anyone any names and I somehow escalated this? Ok, gotcha. I did wrong. Thanks for setting me straight.

[porsche4life]

Originally Posted by island911

Really? . . .and yet you get so bent with people here. I mean PWD post about his Mustang, in Off Topic, and you get testy..

So then, it's just when you're online that you get tough, eh?

If you read that thread, he came after me for a comment I had made, not mentioning any mustangs...... He had it out for me, and I was usually either defending myself, defending Porsche or the PCA, or telling him to bug off for being a trollll


Great example iLand..... Something like rick posted, doesnt warrant my time. If it was a real issue, or more directly affected my life, not just a few minutes, I will stand my ground, just like I do on here.....

[DanielDudley]

I can't help but wonder if this story would have gone a little different if tha lady was young and pretty...

In any case I probably would have let her in front of me. It is tough enough to be a crazy woman, and I have no idea what kind of day she was having. What does 30 seconds of my life mean compared to an act of courtesy that might renew someone's faith in humanity ?

Women look for certain behavior in men that shows them we are safe and worthy of admiration. When they don't see it, they naturally close ranks.

Being right, making other people wrong, keeping lists, telling stories... This is what women do. Men take care of the old, the helpless, the weak of mind or body. We create order from chaos - we use our strength, intelligence and reason to make the world a better place for all.

Or not.

[red-beard]

Just to remind everyone, the Post Office is a self defense free zone...

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by DanielDudley

I can't help but wonder if this story would have gone a little different if tha lady was young and pretty...

In any case I probably would have let her in front of me.

No, it would not have made a difference, especially given the fact that there were by then several more in line behind me. So my letting her in would have been a big FU to all the others in line. Someone who walks in with a dog, gives a total BS story about why they deserve to cut, does so anywat when I say no, is too dumb to use the scale (where there's no line) is not someone whose behavior I want to enable or whose gratitude I care about in the least. If more people stood up to such idiots more often, their behavior would have been corrected long ago.

[Rick Lee]

Originally Posted by red-beard

Just to remind everyone, the Post Office is a self defense free zone...

I usually ignore this one, but was not dressed yesterday in a way that let me do so without risk of being made.

[motion]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Motion, how would you have handled it? Do you not mind people walking right up and cutting in front of you after you've said not to? I'd like to see that.

Maybe a year ago, in SoCal, an older, foreign-born gentleman busted in line in front of me at the grocery store. I wasted no time in collaring the guy (figuratively) and putting him behind me. Our insult-trading went on for the entire 5 minutes we were in line. It made me feel dirty and I wanted to take a shower when I got home. I didn't feel proud of the way I conducted myself, even though there was no shouting or raised voices.

I go back and forth between Montana and California very often. There is an amazing difference between the 2 places. In Montana, we drive slowly, wave at everyone and hold the door open for elderly people. I park in the most distant parking spot at the grocery store and the PO, so the older people can have the closest spaces. While in California, I've learned to tune out all the background noise. If I didn't, I'd spend all my time marveling at the differences in the 2 societies.

Sometimes, you just have to smile at the amazing diversity of humanity, observe, and learn