You may not know this from reading this blog, but I am a polite person. I hold doors (within reason), I say please and thank you, I keep my voice at a well-modulated, quiet level, and on occasion I even let beyotches cut in front of me in line.
That being said, I am a fervent advocate of the "ladies first" or at least "first to approach" rule. I'll explain.
I've had a headache all day. It was obviously one of those headaches brought on by having too little caffeine in my diet, so I went to Starbucks on my way home to get a frappuchino. This particular Starbucks has one entrance inside the grocery store and the other on the street. I entered from the street at about the same time as a guy from the store (40ish. Full-time preppy.). Who ordered first?
Yeah, he did. He didn't exactly cut line, but you can be the judge of whether he's a jackass. He came in with his four grocery bags (bran cereal and potato chips), and put them down in front of the chilled dessert display. He took out his reading glasses and squinted into the case. This was my clue that he was not ready to order. I was standing in front of the register, meanwhile.
The barista makes eye contact with me and asks to take my order. He walked over and made his order instead (a piece of cake and an itty bitty coffee). I'm just standing there with my mouth open about to say "tall...." He basically elbowed his way into my personal space to pay the woman. I didn't move until another barista walked up to take my order.
If he had obviously been in line in front of me, that'd be one thing, but if we come in at the same time, shouldn't the lady order first? That shit pisses me off to no end. This isn't about me eschewing women's lib in order to get a favorable spot in line. If I had come in with a stroller and kid hanging off my tit, he'd probably had acted the same way.
Posted by Tiffany at June 12, 2006 04:04 PM | TrackBack