tyder001
Paranormal Adept
First this is a little self serving and not paranormal at all. But, I'm trying to understand if I am completely out of touch. I am 54 and active and I thought a good judge of proper behaviour in public. However, some co workers and I disagree on an incident today. Wondered how people here would handle it and any obersvations and maybe even state your age if you don't mind.
O.k. here is the incident. I was at a store about to buy a gift card for a Kindle. The person in front of me was a lady of maybe 40 to 50 something years old. The clerk was maybe 25 to 30 years old. The lady pays for her purchase and gets a phone call. She pulls out her phone and starts talking and stands blocking the register. I ask the clerk if she is finished and he says "yes." So, I start to hand him my money and he stops me and says "you will have to wait until she moves." I then tossed the card on the counter and told him to "keep it" and walked out. The lady has the audacity to follow me out of the store and say "I was finished" at which I said "Maam you were rude" and walked on to my car. Now, my co workers say I should have not gotten angry at the clerk and should have asked the woman to move out of the way. I disagree because I felt it was the clerks job to say excuse me maam I have to let this customer pay for his item. I do think I should have just let it go and not said anything to anybody but here is the problem. I am old school and don't think people should talk loudly in public places on their cell phones or play their stero until my windows rattle or use the f word in front of children in public. I am out of touch I guess because it appears to be the norm these days. I have lived from Alabama to Colorado to Hawaii and have noticed a dumbing down and a complete collapse of personal space. On one hand it's great that the south and the north and the east and the west in this nation are becoming more homoginized and less isolated. On the other hand the lack of decorum and personal space and courtesy is sickening. So, how do some of you see it? Was the clerk at all at fault or did I put him in a bad situation? Was I completely rude to have said anything at all to the lady or should I have spoken to her sooner? Is the whole thing much ado about nothing. Finally, should I just accept the "new rules" of society?
O.k. here is the incident. I was at a store about to buy a gift card for a Kindle. The person in front of me was a lady of maybe 40 to 50 something years old. The clerk was maybe 25 to 30 years old. The lady pays for her purchase and gets a phone call. She pulls out her phone and starts talking and stands blocking the register. I ask the clerk if she is finished and he says "yes." So, I start to hand him my money and he stops me and says "you will have to wait until she moves." I then tossed the card on the counter and told him to "keep it" and walked out. The lady has the audacity to follow me out of the store and say "I was finished" at which I said "Maam you were rude" and walked on to my car. Now, my co workers say I should have not gotten angry at the clerk and should have asked the woman to move out of the way. I disagree because I felt it was the clerks job to say excuse me maam I have to let this customer pay for his item. I do think I should have just let it go and not said anything to anybody but here is the problem. I am old school and don't think people should talk loudly in public places on their cell phones or play their stero until my windows rattle or use the f word in front of children in public. I am out of touch I guess because it appears to be the norm these days. I have lived from Alabama to Colorado to Hawaii and have noticed a dumbing down and a complete collapse of personal space. On one hand it's great that the south and the north and the east and the west in this nation are becoming more homoginized and less isolated. On the other hand the lack of decorum and personal space and courtesy is sickening. So, how do some of you see it? Was the clerk at all at fault or did I put him in a bad situation? Was I completely rude to have said anything at all to the lady or should I have spoken to her sooner? Is the whole thing much ado about nothing. Finally, should I just accept the "new rules" of society?
