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Well yesterday, my mom, Patri and I wanted to go out for a quick bite to eat. She was on her lunch hour, he was just off work and I didn't have to work until that night. So off we go to the deli to find some grub. It was fairly busy and unfortunately only one girl was left working there as it was after lunchtime hours (about 1:30 -2 o'clock). Mom and I went off to get some soup and salad trays while Pat was ordering hot food. Then we lined up at the checkout to wait for the girl to finish dishing out to customers. She then began to make up another tray while no-one was around which we thought was strange but oh well.
At this time, there was my mom, myself and another couple waiting for her to finish and come over to ring our orders into the cash register. Patri decided to head somewhere else at the front checkout because there was four of us (my mom and myself included) waiting for her to finish.
That's when this woman comes out of the liquor store (which is adjacent to the deli department) and sets a bag behind the counter and asks the girl (who is now finishing up the meal she was getting together) to watch her bag while she runs over to the floral department. Which is fine I guess, whatever.
So the deli employee finally comes over and my mom purchases her stuff. And this woman comes back and stands out of line beside me. I assumed she was going to get her bag from behind the counter until she started talking about her food getting cold.
As soon as my mom stepped aside she pushes ahead and tries to pass her plant to the girl and said "Scan this in too". I was flabbergasted but I guess I had seen it coming. I couldn't help but blurt out at the time "Are you SERIOUS?!" We had just waited in line for almost 10 minutes by this point and the couple behind us too and she was cutting. Wth?
The woman bluntly put "I've already ordered and my food will get cold". It was her food that the girl was getting together while no one was around the whole time. I had seen the woman earlier approach the counter but she left and went to the liquor store and came back as I said while we were in line.
I replied "You were in there (the store) while the rest of us here were standing in line." and I gestured to the couple behind me in line. My mom must have heard me because she turned back around.
The woman then took this aggressive stance and said something... of which I was not having. I protested that she should go to the back of the line or somewhere else with her food but she didn't have the right to cut.
Then she angry and puffed up and snapped at the girl "Fine scan her in then, I don't want to hear it!" She started bitching but I cut her off and said "I don't want to hear it either thanks." I was so agitated, I still have no idea where she got off thinking she had the right to overstep 3 other people because she had ordered her food ahead and left.
Anyway, after I said this I had set her off. Ugly thing. She puffed all up beside me and told me "You better watch what you say to me little girl.." and was trying to be intimidating. I really was inside but I was determined not to show it and said "I'm not scared."
Anyway I half saw the couple behind me shaking their heads. I wasn't sure if it was at me or her but honestly didn't care. This woman was clearly no lady and I wasn't backing off. So the woman turned around as I was paying and started bitching about me to the couple and my mother lol. My mom was like "Well, shes my daughter." I think this threw her off because she changed her tone suddenly after this and whined that her food (which the deli cashier put in the hot case, duh.) was going to get cold. My mom said to her "I can understand that, but our food might be getting cold too and we've been waiting." Lol gotta love my mom, so diplomatic and fair when arguing.
The woman then complained that I only had a salad plate, where my mom pointed out that I also have soup (like it matters, it was our turn). I was finished by this point when she asked the couple who had been patiently standing behind me if they had hot food too, which the girl pointed out that they did. And she "graciously" let them go ahead of her (despite the fact that it was their turn in the first place).
So in the end we go to the seating area and can still hear the hag off in the distance. But whatever. Patri was already there and we explained to him what happened. And to our surprise, when he was ordering his food, that woman had come up and blatantly ordered over him, confusing the employee and cutting him off before she went over to the liquor store! He just ignored it but was annoyed at her then too, and that's why the deli girl was doing that order up last anyway because she had butted then as well.
The couple who were behind us came in at this point and the girl patted my back! I guess I didn't have to worry that they were shaking their heads in disapproval at me. I apologized for my behavior in the argument and said "I don't normally act like that.." But the girl told me not to worry about it saying "I do!" lol Even when I apologized to the Deli employee later she said she was going to ask her to go back if I didn't say anything and pointed out that she had done the same to Patri when he ordered.
I honestly felt guilty afterwards because I felt I behaved poorly. But not as poorly as this woman had. I just don't understand where people think they get the entitlement? I guess maybe too many times others have allowed her to cut? Really strange. Anyway, the moral of the story is DON'T GET IN BETWEEN ME AND MY FOOD! lol or otherwise don't let others walk all over you. I'm not normally the type to pipe up in such situations but yesterday was a bad day all around and I just couldn't abide this behavior. I'm beginning to learn that in life you can't ignore every time someone steps over you to get ahead. Sometimes you have to speak up and out and defend your own self. Even if it is in small ways, in grocery store lineups.
Until next time, bye for now!
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