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A couple weeks ago I was at Taco Bell with a couple of kids who were working for me. (not my first choice in cuisine). The line was L-shaped with 4-5 people lined up in front of the register an me and some other people at a 90 degree angle leading clear out the door. I was standing next to a dude at the apex of the “L” who had his ear buds in and was intently effing around with his phone, totally oblivious to what was going on with the order line. The line in front of him cleared and the order taker called “next.” I waited half a second to see if he would pay attention, and then went to the counter ahead of the guy. The guy harrumphed and complained, but I told him I didn’t want to wait for him to finish his phone call to place my order. Felt kind of good.
So today almost exactly the same thing happened again! At Starbucks – clueless phone addict alone at the head of a line 15 feet from the counter. Again, some mumbled “I was here first,” but I told him he needs to pay attention, we can’t all wait for his phone conversations.