Saturday Rant

Kindness and consideration should be the norm not something

pulled out occasionally " just to be nice".

I witnessed some things this week that have stuck in my craw,

and I feel like a rant.

Last night I ran over to get a Bobbie Sandwiches at my local Capriottis,

( Thanksgiving in a sandwich)

and watched a man express extreme rudeness with no

provocation whatsoever.

They call your name when your order is ready and each time

he got up and yelled at the young man behind the

counter with "who did you just call?" Now granted, being

in a a casino it is quite noisy, but he sat about 30 feet away so

if he had hearing issues shouldn't he have

loitered a little closer? Yes, I said casino.

We here in lala land get pickup food at the casino

2 blocks from my house.

Anyway..

He finally got his order and before he sat down with it, he marched

over to the counter and threw his fries across the counter down

and over to the other side spewing them everywhere screaming "I said no salt!"

The girl who made them said quite nicely."Sir, there is no salt on them."

He pounded on the counter and said "make em again, NOW!" and sat down.

I was sitting next to the counter and heard the girl explain to a co-worker

there was no salt on them and asked what she was to do.

Then I see the guy's wife pick up one of her fries and taste it

and told him there was no salt. He ignored her.

I was then called to pick up my order.

When I got up there I said to the young man

"What an !#$%&^%"

He said laughing "yeah sure thing."

He then said "we're making them again the exact same way,

wonder what he'll do." I said "do you want me to stick around,

I'll ask for security to throw the bum out." He laughed, declined,

and said "they wouldn't do anything to him anyway."

As I walked by the guy I almost said something.

I have been known to do exactly that.

Oh, I was itching to. I actually paused, but I knew whatever

I said would fall on deaf ears, literally and figuratively.

Besides Hannah and I were in the middle of

Hepburn Movies- 4 classics in a row. Thank you TCM

So here are two young adults maintaining decorum while this

jerk of an adult sets a horrible example.

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Earlier in the week, I'm standing in the market line and

up runs a guy humphing and huffing and searching for

the shortest line. There are three -15 item lines, but they have

a few people in them so he searches the other regular ones and

there are two more each having two people.

I'm one of the two with maybe 20 items.

He very loudly starts to yell to anyone

"hey get some more lines open here, I have to be somewhere."

Now he is not laden with diapers or formula rushing home to a

hungry baby or one with severe abdominal issues,

nor does he have prescription drugs for an ill family member. Not

even dog food for the pet he forgot to feed (who should bite his butt anyway).

He has a bag of pretzels and cheap beer.

So he sighs and harumphs and fidgets and gives the clerks dirty

looks and even though I did not want to, I wanted THIS GUY GONE so

I offered him my spot, he pushes past me, slams his stuff on

the counter without giving me a glance and says..

" about ^&%$#(* time"

He pays, throwing the bills onto the counter,

not even bothering to hand them to the clerk or

look at her and storms out.

The clerk, who I've known for years says

"What an #@$%*&^"

I laughed saying

" Yeah, sure thing."