OMG I have a GREAT story for this one!

I was in line at the grocery store behind an adult woman and her mother. They were buying groceries along with a handful of those cheap plastic toys they tend to stick in bins by the checkout.

The clerk (who looked to be all of about eighteen, which might explain why these women thought they could behave this way) starts ringing up the toys, and the younger woman flips out on her for no apparent reason, screaming that all the toys are the same price and the girl just rang a couple of them up at a higher price.

The poor clerk is totally bewildered, as all she did was scan the items - it's not like she did it purposely.

Now the mother gets into it and starts screaming that the girl is trying to rip them off, etc.

A manager finally comes over and tells them that yes, the bin is marked at one price, but that some of these toys came from a different bin, marked at a higher price (and really, they were like $1.00-$1.50 each).

Well, after much screaming and yelling, the women finally decided they didn't want any of the toys, paid for their groceries, and left.

I stood there stunned through the whole thing. I thought the poor clerk was going to cry. When I got up there I just looked at her and said, "Some people are real assholes."

At least I got her to laugh, poor thing. Wow.

Posted by: Ann at August 31, 2010 3:49 PM

As I was stepping up onto the bus, a woman stuck her cane between my legs, shoved me off my feet and jumped onto the bus.

Posted by: Ingrid at August 31, 2010 5:05 PM

The reason I chose to post the above comment under 'waiting in lines' is that I was waiting in line and the pushy woman was NOT. In fact, she shoved her way in front of the line every weekday for a year (that I know of) until that day. I yelled at her once I picked myself up and got on the bus. That woman never took the bus at that time of day again.

Posted by: Ingrid at August 31, 2010 6:56 PM

WTF? She flat-out TRIPPED you? That's ballsy.

Posted by: Ann at August 31, 2010 7:22 PM

A HUGE pet peeve of mine is when people disregard the sneeze guards at restaurants! The most frequent infraction I see is at Chipotle. As these people decide what they want on their burritos, the reach OVER THE TOP of the sneeze guard to point at what the want! I always put them on the spot, saying something like "you know those guards are there so the public DOESN'T contaminate the food right? And when you reach over, it defeats the purpose!" Often they get embarassed and leave and the staff thanks me.

The worst may have been when a mother stood her toddler up on the ledge and his handprints were smeared all over the guard! I was nicer to her and she apologized profusely. Luckily for her I was in a calmer mood.

Posted by: Brad at September 1, 2010 3:36 AM

Please-oh-please, stand BEHIND me in the line and not next to me. I don't care if your order was called in, I'm still in line to be the next one served.

(Exception to the rule: I don't mind if you line-jump to TELL [not to ask, but to make a declarative statement] the clerk something important, like the fact that they're out of toilet paper or somebody threw up or that there's a missing child. Something that the clerk needs to handle near-immediately and needs no discussion.

Posted by: cornerdemon at September 1, 2010 8:52 PM

People are Always going ahead of me in lines in stores. I am short and they act like I am not even THERE!! I was thinking of getting a sign and wearing it on my back. I am IN LINE IN FRONT OF YOU!! I EXIST !! Do not EVEN THINK ABOUT IT Cutting In FRONT OF ME !!!

Posted by: Becky at September 3, 2010 5:53 AM

Our local grocery chain has four self-checkout lines in its stores. I can generally make it through the checkout process in seven minutes max (and that is with a "large" order).

I have two stories -- one only happened once the other is a common.

The line has about nine-ten people waiting to checkout plus the four stations are already occupied. These two guys, apparently old acquaintances, meet up in line and have about five items each. They are talking as the line progresses. It took them about 10 minutes to checkout because they are B.S.ing back and forth as they checkout. They were totally oblivious that they are holding up the rest of us. The poor clerk is stuck trying to get them moving. :-(

The other is when it is busy in the store -- most of the lanes are open -- I'm using the mini-cart or a basket (and most of the rest of the people are) on the self-checkout line. Then you have someone who is special and shows up with a full sized cart that is almost full -- and it isn't bulk items like cases of soda and water. Then to add insult to injury -- they aren't quite sure how to run the self-checkout stuff to get the best results.

Posted by: Jim P. at September 6, 2010 1:44 PM

My self checkout rule, one of them anyway, is that if I have more than three items that do not have a barcode on them, I use a manned checkout station.

Posted by: Steve Daniels at September 6, 2010 6:11 PM

Please don't stand on my feet, bump into my back or legs with your bags, elbows or breasts, grab the bin at the airport security line ahead of me when you are behind me and by all means do not stand next to me. It is called a "line" for a reason and running into me constantly will not make it go any faster.

There.

Posted by: Tom S at September 8, 2010 4:30 AM

I'm with Tom S. I have turned around and asked people to back up before. If I can hear/feel you breathing, you are too close to me. You're not going to get their any faster by being up my ass. I have pretty long hair. When things get really bad, I take it down and start tossing it over my shoulder repeatedly. It usually only takes me a few tries to whip the ass behind me in the face with it. If you get whipped by my hair, you are TOO CLOSE. If I can't step backwards from the counter at the gas station to leave, YOU ARE TOO CLOSE!

Posted by: Kimmy at September 8, 2010 5:23 PM

My sister's boyfriend hates waiting in line and gets very impatient if he has to. He my sister and I were at the movie theater. He was in line getting concessions and she and were getting tickets. I got my ticket before her and so joined him at the end of the concessions line. Not realizing his disdain for line (having only met him earlier that week.) I started chatting, big mistake, he immediately told me that I was "retarded and if I didn't have anything smart to say I should shut up." I was completely shocked and before I could get a response out my sister walked up. She sensed the tense mood and tried to make a joke to lighten it. Another big mistake he told her she wasn't funny and that both of us need to learn when to stop talking. That is about the time I actually figured out what to say. I told him that he was acting like an immature child and needed to learn how to treat others with respect and that if he did not immediately apologies we were outta there. So he apologized and we stayed but now I kind of wish we had left cause this guy still acts like a total jerk when waiting in line.

Posted by: Katebo at September 28, 2010 7:17 AM

I hate waiting in line and i like the scene from the movie, it was a very nice movie.

Thanks for sharing

Posted by: karen at February 24, 2011 6:28 PM

I was next in line to be rung up at a local drug store, and a little old woman wandered past the head of the line and straight to the register. Seeing as she was at least twice my age and probably confused, I figured this wasn't something worth getting upset over and let her go ahead.

As it turns out, she pulls this maneuver quite often. The next time I was there waiting further back in the line she made her way to the register. Only this time she was cutting off another elderly woman who was next, and this lady was not having it! She let her know in no uncertain terms (and in a fun combination of Korean and English) that she needed to haul her butt to the back of the line.

Posted by: JonnyT at September 12, 2011 2:14 AM

I shop at Trader Joe's regularly, have for years. Those of you that go there understand that Traders is tight. The aisles, the check out, everywhere in the store. Patience is key for the place. I have no problem waiting my turn but I will say something if I am cut off and have been waiting. Traders customers have a tendency to be courteous and thoughtful though.

However, one day I was checking out and things are especially tight there. There is barely enough room for each persons line to go through. A woman waiting in the line next to mine pushed her way between me and the woman behind me. No excuse me or asking for pardon for bumping into us. She had an armful of gladiolas and they were long stemmed and bulky. She turned and hit me in the head with the flowers. She apparently didnt notice she had bounced my head forward but several others did. I turned around to say something to her and she then pretended to not speak English. She acted as if she didnt understand what I had said and then proceeded to turn around again to go back in line next to me and hit me in the face with them this time. I touched her arm to tell her, again, that she had hit me and she completely ignored my touch and words and disappeared back into the store.

Both checkers and the customer in line behind me and the one checking out behind me asked if I was ok as it had hit me in the face. They were as appalled as I was. The checker said the woman asked her question in English before pretending to not speak when she spoke to me.

Posted by: Audrey at September 18, 2011 10:57 PM

I was checking out at a self check-out line, just finishing up bagging my items when a woman with her teenage daughter and the daughter's newborn baby step up behind. The old biyatch looks directly at me and then scans a bottle of fabric softener and then just tosses it down the conveyor belt into all of my stuff. Then proceeds to send a giant storage box down into all of my stuff. Then gets upset because the price isn't right and calls the clerk over so now I have to move my shopping cart the let him through. It would have only been another minute you impatient wh*re!

Posted by: Misty at October 29, 2011 1:59 PM

I had somehow dropped my club card inside Costco and couldn't check out without it. The people behind me and the cashier were all really nice about it. Everything was loaded back into the cart and I was sent over to a service desk for a day-pass. Even my 3-year-old was being well behaved, not fussing in the cart or anything. It was too good to last.

When I got there, there were 2 people ahead of me and one staff member running the desk. The first person was doing a new application, which takes a couple minutes. However, the computer was having issues, so the wait was maybe 4 minutes. During this time, a very old "gentleman" came into the store and got in line behind me. After less than a minute he started going, "Come ON!" in a grumble that was loud enough to be easily heard by the person running the counter. He couldn't make it a minute before repeating himself. Then he started slamming his hand against the cart handle and adding grumblings like, "Geez!" and, "(snort) They're too slow."

The poor lady staffing the counter was getting visibly frustrated, which was clearly slowing her down... and making the man louder, ruder, and bolder. After several more minutes of this, my child asks, "Why can't he wait nicely?"

I replied, "I guess his mommy never taught him good manners. Do you see why they are so important now?"

He said he did, but this didn't even make the man pause and think (we were less than a foot apart, and he clearly heard us despite using appropriate voices). At this point, the first lady was done and the lady in front of me moved to the desk.

Thankfully, somebody arrived with my now-found card and I was able to hop out of that line and back into the check-out. When I left a few minutes later, the man was practically growling at the lady behind the desk (it was now his turn).

This whole thing was easily under 10 minutes.

Posted by: Anon at January 3, 2012 1:47 PM

When I was about 14 (circa 1995), I rode my bicycle to "town" and went into the V&S (remember those?) to buy some t-shirt to tie-dye. There was only one cashier and the line was relatively long. I waited patiently.

When it was my turn I stepped up. This *really* big lady pushed me (with her stomach) hard enough that I sort of flew forward several feet (well past the cashier). She then proceeded to knock my pack of t-shirts to the side and hand the cashier her basket of items.

Unfortunately, the cashier was probably not that much older than me. She rang this lady up and then I (after being squished to the side as this lady passed) had to go and jockey to have my purchase rung-up because the person *behind* the big woman didn't see anything. He had no idea that I had waited in line and was just trying to pay. He thought I was cutting and tried to send me to the back of the line.

The cashier took pity and rang me up, saying it was her fault.

Posted by: Anon at January 3, 2012 1:56 PM

My pet peeve with waiting in line is that people don't have the courtesy to let a person with the fewest items before them at the check out line. While I was going to a community college a while back, I would often go across the street to the dollar store to get a soda and that's it. When I get in line, I would more than often be behind a person with a shopping cart full of items. They would see me ( I know they would cause they always turn back to see how long the line has gotten or other purposes) and "ignore" me and my one item. I would wait longer than necessary for the cashier to ring the people up and the customers even dare to try to small-talk with the cashier while others are waiting! When it comes to my turn, I am out in less than 15 seconds (I always know and have exact change).

So, mind you, if the person behind you has wa-ay less than you in line, you should offer them to go ahead of you. It peeves me off that those with far more items than me will ignore me just because they want to get theirs over with. (Yes, I have timed myself at the check out counter. The fastest time I got done with my purchase was 8 seconds!)

Posted by: Mona at June 27, 2012 8:29 AM

Ah, Mona, you say tomato, I said toe-maa-toe. You are my pet peeve. This is the rule with stores. First come. First served. Period. How do you know that your eight seconds isn't vital to the person in front of you? You don't. They might have a sick child waiting at home or have to be at work in a few minutes. Having one item doesn't give a person the right to essentially cut the line and thinking it does shows, to me, a sense of misplaced entitlement. Patience is a virtue.

Now, If the person who is in front, has time, is in a good mood and all is aligned with the stars, by all means, they should turn to you and say, "Go, ahead. You only have one." But it shouldn't be expected. In grocery lines, as in much of life timing is everything.

Posted by: maria at December 7, 2012 8:42 PM

Nice to know my experiences in line are not unique. My line cutters have always been women, which has lead me to wonder if they are trying to tell me something about my place as a man in the scheme of things. Clearly, though, no one group of people are being singled out for this sort of abuse. This discussion has renewed my determination to do more of my shopping online. What else is there when so many feel entitled to poop on their neighbors like this?

Posted by: Jeff at October 20, 2013 6:29 PM

I had an embarrassing experience at a supermarket and it was in regard to accidentally cutting in front of someone who was NOT in line at that given time. Three people walked past the man (who was not in the checkout line when he should have) and I was going to, knowing that he was still not in the line and was starting to stare at the female shoppers. Well, some middle aged woman accused me of cutting when three other people walked past him because: He was NOT in line! How can that be cutting if he is too lazy to get into a checkout line?? Then the woman said some untrue stuff about me to the guy and they were both rude to me. Luckily, another checkstand opened and the lady was very polite in ringing me up.
I do not understand the people who accuse others of cutting if the accuser is NOT in the line to begin with. Rather than him checking out other shoppers and or being distracted, he should have gotten in line to begin with and the three other people and I would have been behind him without any incident.
In addition, my other pet peeve in a grocery store line is when I am lifting heavy items to place on the conveyor belt. Once, this guy who claims to be a doctor was telling me how to lift and I just tuned him out. It is none of anyone's business to tell others what to do. If I needed help, I would ask a checker to either lift the item and or scan it without having to remove the heavy load.

Posted by: Embarrassed at December 28, 2013 2:19 AM

My boyfriend and I were at an animal exhibit and the line never seemed to moved. As we moved closer towards the animals, there were people just standing there rather than moving like they were told to do so. I cannot stand people who hold up the line for no reason and worst off, disobey staff who simply ask people to keep moving so other people can have a chance to see the exhibits.

Posted by: Unhappy Woman at February 11, 2014 4:48 PM

At my sports group, we have to pay dues and I am waiting patiently in line to pay. However, this one girl tells me to go in front because I'm college-educated. Now wait a minute, I was waiting behind three other people and you make me cut in front of them. How rude! I'm in line just like everyone else and will continue to wait my turn just like a civilly educated person.

Posted by: Equality at February 11, 2014 4:53 PM

This is the worst one yet: When you're waiting for a carnival ride and some parents make the line longer by trying to smuggle kids who do not meet the height requirements. This happened once, but several times (and yes, I am tall enough). I noticed far back that there were some people that were way less than the height required and the ride attendant has to measure the kids to make sure they meet the height requirements and most of them did not. And to make matters worse, the parents try to bribe the attendant that their children are tall enough. Well, these parents are rude because:
1. They are making everyone else wait while they're acting like children
2. There are height limits put in place for the people's safety. Did safety ever cross these parent's minds??
Adults need to set better example for children by complying with the ride operator and not make everyone else (who are all waiting patiently) sit through their babyish behavior.

Posted by: Jane Doe at February 22, 2014 5:51 AM

I was checking out a lot of groceries today with a coming snow storm tomorrow. I had about 90% of my groceries on the conveyor belt. The man behind me in line said something I did not understand and assumed he was commenting on how busy the store was or how much stuff I had. He was asking me to cut in front of me in line as he had fewer items. When he asked a second time I understood and said yes, I did mind and he could go to the empty self checkout or the next register which was not busy. He decided to yell at me for ignoring him the first time and kept repeating that even after I stated I did not understand him the first time and was not ignoring him. He was very dressed up so I asked if he had been to church that morning? He said yes and continued to yell at me. A gentleman would have offered to help me with my groceries and/or been patient as I am extremely efficient and he was only done about two minutes before I was. The clerk and others were so kind to me and I was nearly in tears due to his being a jerk and a lot of other stress in my personal life. My life is not any more important than the next person's but neither is it less so. Please stop yourself when you are tempted to be rude as you never know what battles the other person is going through. I'm still shaking a little. And I agree with the notion first come, first served in most cases.

Posted by: Irene the Machine at March 2, 2014 6:48 PM

I was in line at a convenience store and these two guys were behind me with one using the f word. He started complaining about how long it was taking. He then said I'm not waiting lets go across the street and proceeded to leave thei stuff on the counter to which the second employee had come up and said I can help you ignoring the fact that I had been there first, I was really irritated as apparently throwing a fit means you can get customer service over those waiting patiently. They left and I said to the clerk that it was not right that they served them when I was next to be served and was given a weak sorry. I dont care who you are but being rude and having the cashier knowingly accept the behavior and encouraging it is not acceptable.

Posted by: Beth at March 16, 2014 6:33 AM

This one takes the cake in the drive thru. A relative and I were waiting for our order (took awhile) and this unruly and obnoxious spring breaker behind our car was hollering obscenities out his window and complained how slow we were. We ignored his attention-seeking-behind and carried on as normal.
If Mr. Spring Break cannot be patient and wait like everyone else, then either he parks and walks his lazy butt and order inside or eat at home and not make everyone's lives a living you-know.
And for those on spring break, just because your school is on spring break does not entitle you special treatment. You have to wait in line just like everyone else.

Posted by: anonymous at April 6, 2014 5:12 AM

I had an experience at a discount store which could have been worse if I told these two young women something, but I did not give into their juvenile games.
There were only 2 out of the 5 or 6 checkstands open and the girls (they were not acting like women, but children instead) were complaining about the checkers and how everyone in front of the two girls were "cutting," in which they were NOT. I got in line way before the two women, behind about several other customers, whom were also waiting patiently. The girls then had the nerve to accuse everyone of cutting in line when the other customers and I were in line before they came. They were nasty and negative the whole time and nobody wanted to pay any attention to these two ladies.
The sad part: one of the two girls had a small child with her. Really bad example to be teaching your children. If these girls had a beef with how the service is going, then they should complain to the manager rather than act like drama girls. And, to accuse the other customers and I of cutting is unacceptable. These two should have waited until the line became smaller, then try to pay for their items in a civil manner.

Posted by: Anonymous at April 25, 2014 4:43 AM

I have had problems with this in the past (when I'm getting lab work done)-when I'm waiting in line or about to get in line, some obese patients rudely barge past me with either their butt or bellies, cutting in front of me and other people patiently waiting to be checked in by the receptionist. I just find that rude, especially if the people in front of the obese patients are fasting.
Worse, after being checked in, the obese people laugh and taunt at me. How rude!!!
People, regardless of size, need to wait their turns!!!

Posted by: Jane Doe at May 25, 2014 4:14 PM

So, I hear an announcement that a register in another area of the drug store has opened up and I made my way to it just as the first customer was being taken. When my turn came, I bend down to pick up my items for purchase from my basket on the floor, the customer behind me begins yelling in rapid fire (like an alarm ding-dong) "EXCUSE ME!" over and over and I get from the corner of my eyes she wants me to stop loading items on the counter...basically she wants to cut in front of me. Not politely, but aggressively! As I continue placing items, she goes, "UGH!" and starts waving her item and a $20 bill next to me with, "EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME, I JUST GOT THIS ONE.." Like a broken alarm clock! I bend down to get my items, now feeling pressured to hurry...I have items I need price checked etc because they have no tag and one with no bar code while she's still next to me going, "EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME (even LOUDER as if I'm deaf)...I guess she doesn't want to hear me..." Last part to the Cashier as if she was supposed to intervene and get me to give her my attention. Finally, she got the hint that I was ignoring her rudeness and continuing with my transaction. I still had the presence of mind to get the prices for items not marked, refuse them and pay. It is one thing to ask politely but to go on with the excuse me's like four times for each time I'm bending to get my times from the little store basket I was using, not a cart, as if she had the right to insist on going ahead of me was totally arrogant. No one knows the persons situations, I didn't know hers, nor she mine. We all have the same time and the rules are first come first served. I've been in line at a store and have been OFFERED the oppty go ahead of them when they saw how little I had compared to their order. I have done the same. But I don't recall ever asking to do so. Even at fast good restaurants, I would wait patiently while someone was deciding and if they weren't ready to order they would step aside and let others go until they had it together. I've done this too. But when did things get to a point to where a person will keep insisting to go ahead, even after the first eight or nine, "EXCUSE ME's" land on deaf ears? If she weren't so loud and pushy, maybe I would have at least answered. But what about those after her? I have to look behind me at everyone else's loads and let them through too? This was at a convenience store... I may look well on the outside, but I needed to get out ASAP, too. This is why I went there in the first place... Peace

Posted by: Mila at July 18, 2014 4:19 AM

My DH and I had pushed the "down" button and were waiting for an elevator at the mall during its quieter hours. A group of young people approached -- apparently, they were extended family. They ignored our presence completely, but at the same time they sort of surrounded us as we continued to wait, chatting and pressing the "down" button. The elevator came, and one of the children passed us to run in, and as I moved to get in, one of the MEN actually slid past me and cut me off to get in. As the rest of the group moved to do the same, my DH, who does not suffer fools gladly, gave them all what fer. They ended up getting out of the elevator and looking at us with clear resentment as the door closed and we left them there. Most people just tolerate that kind of behavior and fume about it later. My DH did the right thing.

Posted by: Susan T. at August 8, 2014 1:22 AM

Last few times I have been walking into my favourite grocery store I have been accosted by young people who were walking behind me, but seemed for some unknown reason to need to get in the door ahead of me. They have either walked quickly up behind me and then tried to get in the door ahead of me, or ended up surrounding me as I am trying to get in the door myself. On one occasion, I turned around and said 'excuse me' to draw their attention to their rudeness and received a 'sorry' then some very annoyed looks. On the other occasion, three young men pretended they were going to stop to let me through but still tried to get ahead of me.

I am not old, I do not walk slowly, it was a very large sliding door, it was the middle of the day, there was no rush, there was no prize for getting in the door first. I was the only other person going in the front door of the store. So what possesses people to be so rude for no reason?

Posted by: Jordie at September 24, 2014 5:22 AM

Here's a tip to keep these nasty trolls in supermarket lines from crowding behind you. Always keep your carriage BEHIND you while you are in line at the register and request to bag your own things:
That way the "bagger" has no excuse to pull your carriage forward and away from you.

It's a great way to physically block all the entitled bullies and A-holes. You can really force them to keep their distance.

Of course, if it's a line with no carriages, this won't work. Maybe open up an umbrella and start twirling it. I LOVE the idea that was already mentioned of flipping your long hair in their impatient faces until they get the message!!! LOL

Posted by: Chloe Blue at March 15, 2015 1:07 AM

My complaint is the same as several others on here. Sometimes on my way home from work I stop to pick up some groceries. I get what I need, check out the lines and pick a register to wait at. At least half the time someone will get behind me with 1 or 2 items and try to get my attention. Meanwhile the express registers are open, self service checkout etc. Please don't expect me to let you go ahead. I have just worked for 8 hours, have children to pick up, then need to go home, drag the groceries in, cook then clean up. Why is me saving you 4 minutes at the grocery store more important than my busy life and time?

Posted by: suzanne at June 13, 2015 4:39 PM

I had an experience where I was accused of cutting the line at a resturant. I had a reservation and I walked the hallway beside the line up to let the host know that my party was here and that we w 5ould be waiting outside when our table was available. Before I had the chance to even find the hostess a woman standing in line called out that I can't cut the line. I looked back quickly and said I had a reservation. But this woman continued to yell. So I turned back and walked up to this woman and told her to her face that I had a reservation. She then continued to lie and tell me that every one had a reservation. I had no reason not to believe her so I apologized and waited behind her. The hostess did come by and call out my name and told me I shouldn't have waited in line as I was now late for my reserved table. I wish I punched that lady in the face. I still bypassed the line up and was seated while that woman without a reservation waited.please know that it's not line cutting if you have a reservation!!!!

Posted by: June at November 9, 2015 1:41 AM

I was at a trader joes with my 3 children and forgot toilet paper after checking out. I grabbed some and told my kids please wait here as I didn't want to drag them and the full cart through the very busy store again.keeping my eye on them i rushed around the counter and looked for the quickest line. Obviously i was rushing but did hesitate seconds to find the shortest line as i was uncomfortable not having my kids right next to me even though i could see them. This was probably not the best idea but my point is i was moving and acting quickly. This women behind me says, " my God, pick a lane already " I asked if she was talking to me because I genuinely didn't think she could be I was going so fast. She says in the bitchiest voice ever, " yes. I am talking to you " so I take 3 or 4 steps towards her, she was really far away I wasn't near cutting in front of her and said, " you don't know me or the kind of fat I've had you should be more careful when starting fights and making snippy little comments to strangers " and I then proceed to get in line, she then said behind me, " that's the land I wanted " again really bitch y and I lost it on her. " I said take your precious lane it's so important to you take it but again you really think it's a good idea to push someone who you don't know? " by then I'm red in the face and she says " your getting red in the face " and I said "yes. I'm really angry at you that's my point you don't know me you don't know my life what I've between through back off with your snide little comments" she then starts saying " security, security. This woman's having a really bad day " and I'm saying, " exactly! If you feel like you needed to calm security don't start something worth people you don't know. " and my son days, " yay, mom! " and the nice staff offer to check me out at another counter which I'm uncomfortable with because it's further from my kids. But i understand the store wants to get me away from her because i was looking like i might start screaming or hit her. And that's my point, don't mess with strangers. Not everyone is going to be gracious with your rudeness and don't start a fight you can't finish. I don't ever start fights but i will escalate them, i have a temper and only so much patience and i need that patience for my kids not some snotty bitch.

Posted by: Binnie at January 18, 2016 4:12 PM

I hate it when you line up at Costco and the person in front of you has no buggy. Because the other person they are with is in the other line up. So if my line moves faster , they push the buggy in front of me. These people have no consideration for other,
think that there time is that much more important.

Posted by: ken at January 25, 2016 10:07 PM

So I'm at the post office and I waiting in this long line, had to be like 30 people in front of me. While I'm waiting, a woman calls "anyone has to pick up mail, you can give me your slip". Before stepping out of the line I politely mentioned to the couple behind me that I'm just giving her my slip to get my package and I will be right back". So I step away and get my spot back but they were looking real pissy about it, as if I had just came inside the door and got right in front of them. So I ignore their looks and continue waiting. So about 6 minutes later the clerk calls my name to step up to the counter and claim my package, again, I looked at the rude miserable couple behind me and said, "excuse me, they are calling my name but I still need my spot", and dashed over to the counter quickly, it took all of 20 seconds. As I'm getting back in my spot her dude just rudely says " you left and you can't get your spot back." I said "excuse me, but I was just here. What's the difference, really, just one person. How childish and rude". By this time I'm like 4th in line and I looked back at the sea of people behind us and I was like oh hell no. So I had to step out of the line and find the woman who had just called my name like a 4th grade child and tell her " he says I couldn't get my spot back and clearly I was here first and before them. She just said "really, it's common courtesy, of course. Get your place back". So I went back to my spot and this time I wasn't polite about it. "How rude and childish. You are an evil Devil" I began, lol, but just as I was about to read him for filth, she had called my name from behind the counter to service me.
Ppl are so rude and judgemental, granted I was in my work out gear heading to the gym with my hair unkept (messy bun), but the nerve of some people. What do you think was I wrong or was I expectations too much. Let me know below!!!!!
Thanks for your time. -ann

Posted by: Angela Walker at June 4, 2016 11:33 PM

I was checking out at Walmart and getting ready to pay and this man with his five kids all up behind me and he was right next to me where the credit card machine is and I told the kids behind me excuse I need to pay and the dad said move so she can pay but he was still right up on top of me and I said excuse me could you move back and give me some space. I just don't get people. That is one of my pet peeves. MANNERS. What happened to manners. Pam

Posted by: Pam at August 15, 2016 11:09 PM

You leave the line repeatedly like Ms. Walker here you are not entitled to get your spot back. Have courtesy and wait like other people. In other references If you are going from line to line leaving your kids in one line without you, you need to get focused, and stay in line with your kids. The well being of those children is worth more than looking for toilet paper. There should be a timer with these store lines for both the cashiers and customers. Too many people like to spend extra time chit chatting, counting change, and taking up space when they finish paying. When you get your crap and pay it is time to move on and let the next customer take your former spot.

Posted by: Chris at September 4, 2016 12:31 AM

was at a racetrac getting gas. this gas station has 30+ pumps, about 6 taken. some fool literally waited to get my spot. the fucker was probably OCD'ing and needed her usual pump #10. fuck humanity

Posted by: FUCKYOU at November 7, 2016 3:03 AM

I am someone who agrees with Mona, if I have just a few items Inthink people ought to be nice and let me go ahead. I do not have time to wait through your huge basket of crap. Also if you want to go ahead of me ASK! I would never just assume the person was ok with it. The other day an older woman than I walks right past me with a bunch of bananas and I am the type where if you wrong me, I will not just speak up, but tear you a new one verbally. I said loudly so the whole store could hear that she cut ahead, did not even ask to cut. Yes she has one item but you need to ask, because if asked I would have let her go happily, as I too myself expect to be allowed to go ahead with one item. However I ask people politely. The casier just keeps ringing her up in spite of the fact that she agreed with me and verbally acknowledged so twice. I said some people regardless of age will think its ok without asking! Cashier says " she does this crap all the time its not ok!" But rang her up anyhow ahead of me. So I yelled right at the woman, " You needed to ASK the person in front of you to go ahead!" I said. " You dont just go ahead without a word! Your my elder and you do not understand what asking permission is? You werent even IN LINE, you walked from in the store right up here. If you were standing IN LINE behind me I may have offered or you could have asked. As it turns out, you are nothing but a rude and vile person. They should have made you leave!" She just says nothing and gets her bananas paid for anyhow. I think the cashier should have told her no, I will not check out your item until you wait in line. The thing is when I got up to my turn I told the cashier " What a rude as-----le!" And cashier said she agrees. If she agrees why ring her up like it was ok? To avoid confrontation? I am never one to do that! I will take it to physical violence if you physically hit, bump or push me withouta sorry if you are close to my own age. . This woman was my elder , I was not about to fight my elder but yelling at her, to me, was justifiable. I HATE waiting in lines because I dislike other people, inside I do believe that I ought to never have to wait because these people are not my friends or family, they are strangers I do not care about. In spite of how much I hate others, I still take it upon myself to more often than not allow someone with one item ahead of me, and expect the same courtesy but rarely get it! The difference is I wIt to be offered the favor, or I ASK if I could please cut ahead. I never just walk up and plop my bananas on the counter like I own the place. This is why she got b----hed out, and called several names. I do not hold my tongue like most of you sound like you do too much. I have had other incidents where I have had even more volatile issues in lines. I even ended up punching someone once years back. Do not be rude to me in lines, they make me want to kill people on the inside already. I barely deal with lines, and I am usually seething internally just waiting for someone to say the wrong thing. So dont! You never know who is standing next to you or behind you.

Posted by: Kayfabe at January 15, 2017 6:23 PM

Lol, Kayfabe is my misanthropic sister out in the world. I hate people so much, but I am far more respectful and nice than they are. If someone is looking at some items I need, I'll go get something else nearby and then come back when the other shopper is gone. I won't hover and crowd them. But they don't do it in return. Just now I was in the walkway looking at buns that were also displayed in the walkway. A man behind me said excuse me, and I said sorry and moved for him to go by. Seconds later a woman came from my front and I moved up for her to go by. Instead she stopped in front of me to also look at the buns. I said something passive aggressively, "Oh no no... excuse ME." as she grabbed a few packages. She moved back. I slipped back in and bent back down to read the price tag to make sure the item there matched (It did not). Then the woman swooped back in and gathered up more packages. WTF? I was finished, but lingered as I do in these situations. Then I left going forward. I looked back and the woman then went to another display... something she should have done the first time! The first time when she saw I was already at the buns in the precious little space!

I hate people so much because they almost all think they are these great and wonderfully nice people when they are not. They treat the world like they are in the Matrix so nothing they dump on is actually real. No one they push aside is real. "Everything I do is golden. My dumps are golden. You are rude for making me realize I'm not perfect." Victim aholes. If youre not a misanthrope, you're guaranteed to be a clueless, selfish jerk.

Posted by: My sister says U' m a curmudgeon. at April 15, 2017 4:46 AM

They weren't really in line-yet. These two woman with walkers were racing each other to get in line in front of each other where I work. I never saw anyone with a walker move so fast! I thought one or both of them were going to end up on the floor or in a fist fight.

Posted by: Becky at June 22, 2017 9:13 PM

My pet peeve is the people that have one item, and think that entitles them to go ahead of me in line. I have been waiting in line patiently and have invested my time for my turn and these one item holders think their time is more valuable then mine because they only have one item, they are somehow now are special and don't have to wait like everyone else. It's how they actually expect it, like it's a right, they get mad at you because they have to wait their turn, that is annoying.

If I'm not in a hurry, I might let the person behind go ahead, but only if they are not demanding it from me but it's the ones who think they are entitled to go ahead of me cause they choose to get unless items that day, can glare all they want but they will have to wait in line like everyone else.

Posted by: Bell at May 18, 2018 7:21 PM

I was at a post-performance meet and greet at a theater with several of my friends. Three of us were waiting patiently in line to meet the performer and get autographs while one of the people in my party had her turn. I was supposed to be next person to meet the performer. Did that happen? No! An older gentleman, who was not standing in line, darts right in front of me and takes a turn. It was supposed to be my turn—I was waiting patiently—in LINE! What gives this guy a right to not be in line and steal someone else’s turn?? After the rude guy left, we all took our turns accordingly and had a nice few minutes with the performer.

Posted by: Anonymous at May 30, 2018 4:53 PM

Some ladies annoyed me today at a TJ Maxx I was in, so here goes. These two ladies were in front of me in line and so they decided to step out of line to look at some merchandise. I waited for a few seconds but saw they were still looking, so I went in front of them. There was a huge gap in front of them. I wasn’t sure how long they were going to take. Well they started to shame me telling me I didn’t have to do that and that’s why the area is like that so that people can shop while in line. So I’m supposed to wait for them to be done with shopping because they decide to stop and look at stuff. What if they decided to take 10 minutes. When I do something like that, I let people go in front of me so that I’m not holding up the line. Some people grrr.

Posted by: Stephanie at August 27, 2018 12:31 AM

My boyfriend and I were walking up to check out at a hardware store. There were two registers in the area we were at. As we walk up we see a few people in line at the register on the left and one person at the register on the right. Now these registers are pretty far apart so there isn't one line for both registers or anything like that. So we are pushing a bulky cart with some wood and tools on it, getting closer to the registers and no one was going to the one on the right. So we just walk up to it slowly. Then as we were getting our items checked out I hear a guy say "we wait in line that's what we do" or something of that sort. I just shrugged it off cause I didn't think we did anything wrong. We check all our items and just start walking away and this guy rushes over and puts his stuff on the counter and comments under his breath "we were all waiting in line" or something like that. So i look at my boyfriend and say "what line"? I don't like confrontation so we just kept walking instead of saying anything to the guy. I talk to my boyfriend about it in the car because I felt bad. I'm not the type to cut people off I'm pretty chill and just go with the flow kind of person who wouldn't want to upset anyone. My boyfriend told me he saw the guy talking with the woman in front of him trying to get her to go over to the right register but she didnt want to because the person in front of her was almost done. While he was figuring that out with her was when we got there and went to the register. So... I still feel bad but he had time to get to the other register before we did. I dont know. I am the type to worry about something I did for awhile afterwards. So to the guy we accidentally cut in front of I'm sorry but at the same time dont be in line at one register and not expect people to go to an open register.

Posted by: Anonymous at June 27, 2019 9:40 PM

I have waited many times in walmartone line

Posted by: steven at October 21, 2019 3:52 PM

I go to a deli counter without numbers for people waiting. There are two people ahead of me. I wait patiently, when another younger woman walks up and tells the lady slicing meat that she needed coleslaw. I look at her and say I was ahead of you, and the lady behind the counter also tells her to wait. Another lady goes behind the counter to begin working and this woman tells her she had walked around the store and realised she wanted coleslaw. Again I reminded her I was ahead of her. Her response was but I was here earlier???? I told the lady behind the counter I was there ahead of her and she had the same response that the other woman was there earlier. I told the rude one she was a millenial snowflake that wasn't spanked enough as a child, then told the deli lady I would shop at the store down the street and left. Then I went to customer service and told them they needed bettter trained deli people. I haven't been back.

Posted by: Gwen Pace at October 24, 2019 5:50 PM

During the pandemic, I want to get in and out of.any store as fast as possible. In other times, in a grocery store if I had a full cart of stuff and the person in back had only or 1 or 2 many many times I would say “is that all you have” and let them ahead of me. Recently, I was in a grocery store, many feet in back (social distancing) waiting over 5 minutes for the person ahead of me with many items. A lady comes to the register with 2 big flowering’ plants. I see her sorta looking around and I say to her politely, “ yes I’m next”. We both continue to wait. A couple of minutes later she asked the lady in front about to finish her purchasing, I”m going to put these here alright? She put her 2 plants on the counter before the moving ramp part. I let her do this because I realized that maybe they were heavy. Besides that she walked away to get a bag of cookies. I started to put my stuff on the counter, and I realized in was more difficult because I had to lift them over and around her plants, heavy stuff like cases of soda etc. When she gets back all I said was “ it was tough putting my stuff on the counter because of her plants in the way. This set her off into an argument.She then says to me “that’s my stuff in front I’m next” At this point I told her she’s full of xxit. Someone at the next register hears this and tells her to go there. She then explains and totally lies about what happened. When I pay my bill I explained to my checker what really happened. It was obvious that this selfish, rude, inconsiderate women was just trying her best to cut into the line. She was totally pissed off at me because where she usually gets over on many, wasn’t happening today.

Posted by: Frank at April 30, 2020 4:26 AM

I hate it when I'm in line about to check out, and someone tells me to move to another line -that has just opened up. Once I move, it really throws me and it usually does not end well. Either someone will beat me over there and I'll end up at the back of the line or no cashier will be available when I get there or something stupid like that. Killing part is; everyone in the original line (including the cashier) will put their head down and act like they didn't see what just happened. So basically, I end up starting over. This probably seems like a little occurrence to be tolerated here and there, but I cannot tell you how many times this has happened to me. To the point where I started getting angry about it. So I adopted a new rule: I never change lines no matter what- if I can help it. And So far, it has worked out well for me. Occasionally, I get the person who will get in their feelings when I politely decline the offer to move, -but overall "staying put" has worked out well for me time wise and it's taken some of the annoyance out of standing in line. To be honest, It has helped to developed more patience for these situations and I leave the store in a happier mood.

Posted by: Carla H at July 9, 2020 6:59 PM