Thread: Are you ever tempted to throttle someone?

Life's too short to let that rile you. I hope your day improved.

On Nov 4, 6:56*pm, Dave Smith <adavid.sm...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> I went to the corner bakery/coffee/ gift shop this morning for a coffee
> and a muffin, as I do several days each week. *They have great coffee
> and good muffins, but they are not known for speed, and I am not usually
> in a hurry.
>
> When I went up to the counter there were two women ahead of me and two
> other women, *a older woman and her daughter <?>, were walking around
> looking at the gift items. *The girl at the counter was making up some
> special teas, which I assumed were for the women ahead of me at the
> counter.
>
> As it turned out, when the teas were finally ready, they were for the
> mother daughter who are wandering around, so we had to wait while they
> slowly returned to the counter. *The counter girl asked if they wanted
> anything else. Mother said of course and ordered a brownie. The daughter
> is hemming and hawing and, after her mother pressed her to hurry,
> decided she wanted a sandwich. Despite there being a menu mounted on the
> wall that she could have been looking at while the girl was making their
> teas, she has to asked what kind of sandwiches there are.

>
>
I would have been tempted to ask for my coffee and muffin while she
was mulling over the choices.

On 04/11/2011 8:23 PM, ItsJoanNotJoann wrote:

>> As it turned out, when the teas were finally ready, they were for the
>> mother daughter who are wandering around, so we had to wait while they
>> slowly returned to the counter. The counter girl asked if they wanted
>> anything else. Mother said of course and ordered a brownie. The daughter
>> is hemming and hawing and, after her mother pressed her to hurry,
>> decided she wanted a sandwich. Despite there being a menu mounted on the
>> wall that she could have been looking at while the girl was making their
>> teas, she has to asked what kind of sandwiches there are.
>
>>
>>
> I would have been tempted to ask for my coffee and muffin while she
> was mulling over the choices.

There were still the two women in front of me. But FWIW... one day last
week there was someone dallying over their order and the girl asked if I
wanted the usual and went ahead and served me while she was making up
her mind.

On 11/4/2011 5:56 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> I went to the corner bakery/coffee/ gift shop this morning for a coffee
>

> When I went up to the counter there were two women ahead of me and two
> other women, a older woman and her daughter <?>, were walking around
> looking at the gift items.

> As it turned out, when the teas were finally ready, they were for the
> mother daughter who are wandering around, so we had to wait while they
> slowly returned to the counter. The counter girl asked if they wanted
> anything else. Mother said of course and ordered a brownie. The daughter
> is hemming and hawing and, after her mother pressed her to hurry,
> decided she wanted a sandwich. Despite there being a menu mounted on the
> wall that she could have been looking at while the girl was making their
> teas, she has to asked what kind of sandwiches there are.



Stupid or inconsiderate/self centered. it all amounts to the same level
of frustrating. "This, too, shall pass" is a good mantra when faced
with buttheads like that.

gloria p

"gloria.p" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 11/4/2011 5:56 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> I went to the corner bakery/coffee/ gift shop this morning for a coffee
>>
>
>> When I went up to the counter there were two women ahead of me and two
>> other women, a older woman and her daughter <?>, were walking around
>> looking at the gift items.
>
>> As it turned out, when the teas were finally ready, they were for the
>> mother daughter who are wandering around, so we had to wait while they
>> slowly returned to the counter. The counter girl asked if they wanted
>> anything else. Mother said of course and ordered a brownie. The daughter
>> is hemming and hawing and, after her mother pressed her to hurry,
>> decided she wanted a sandwich. Despite there being a menu mounted on the
>> wall that she could have been looking at while the girl was making their
>> teas, she has to asked what kind of sandwiches there are.
>
>
>
> Stupid or inconsiderate/self centered. it all amounts to the same level of
> frustrating. "This, too, shall pass" is a good mantra when faced
> with buttheads like that.
>
> gloria p

I wanted to see if my prescription was cheaper at Wallymart. It wasn't.
But here's the local drill. There is a long, long line of folks winding
back and around like at Disneyworld but there's no roller coaster reward at
the end. Maybe you do get to scream. That line is for people who hope to
pick up a prescription. There's another place to turn in the prescription.
It is occupied by the most pompous a$$ of a woman I ever encountered. She
has a computer screen with its back to the customers. For all I know she
was sending email to her friend (as if). There's a red tape applied to the
floor about 6 feet away from her. She will Not accept a prescription unless
the customer stands behind the red line and awaits her invitation to come
forward and she took her own sweet time to be bothered.
Two hours later, I came back to pick up my pills. While I endured the
pick-up line I fixed my most hostile stare on her; she couldn't help but
feel it. I also noticed that her preferred customers were not commanded to
stand away until invited. If I HAD to go back, I'd bring a camera and
record her performance. Mr. Wally might enjoy seeing it. Polly

On Nov 4, 7:56*pm, Dave Smith <adavid.sm...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> As it turned out, when the teas were finally ready, they were for the
> mother daughter who are wandering around, so we had to wait while they
> slowly returned to the counter. *The counter girl asked if they wanted
> anything else. Mother said of course and ordered a brownie. The daughter
> is hemming and hawing and, after her mother pressed her to hurry,
> decided she wanted a sandwich. Despite there being a menu mounted on the
> wall that she could have been looking at while the girl was making their
> teas, she has to asked what kind of sandwiches there are.


I usually hold my tongue in public but do occasional make meek
hints of displeasure such as a slowly shaking head with a grimacing
face aboard, or even light moans or groans of disgust. I think a
really good counter person who knows you and what you normally get
would look to you and quickly ask, "The usual?" Back when I drove cab
5 days a week I had one medium coffee per day from Dunkin Donuts. I
love their coffee, with cream only, which is good fatty stuff, not the
half and half. Anyway, I used to go in for pretty much the same thing
every day. One day I was behind a group of inconsiderate people who
couldn't make up their minds, and the counter person looked beyond
them to me and I said, "The usual", which was the coffee with cream
only, and then added, "and a plain old fashioned donut." I began
tipping her from that point. Nothing great, just a keep the change
kind of thing. I never forced her into it or said anything, she knew
how to work it. Those people in front of you were inconsiderate, but
if the person behind the counter knows you and your order is small and
quick, then I think if they're any good at what they do they should be
able to get your quick order while those in front of you are
dawdling. But because I am wimpy about such matters and wish to show
no disrespect to any worker, especially those who make little money, I
would not go out of my way to complain or say anything. That person
behind the counter who worked me in that day was operating the same
way I would if I were doing the job.

TJ

On Nov 4, 8:30*pm, Dave Smith <adavid.sm...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> There were still the two women in front of me. But FWIW... one day last
> week there was someone dallying over their order and the girl asked if I
> wanted the usual and went ahead and served me while she was making up
> her mind.



Ok, sorry, didn't see this one, responded only to your first
one. So you too have experienced the good side of the fast food way
of life. I guess I wasn't telling you anything you don't already
know. I'm not Mr. Impatient, but I really think at certain stores
there should be separate aisles, like one for just paying gas, and
definitely one that is only for buying or cashing in lottery tickets.
Waiting in line is funny. Ever check the lines at the super market
wondering which one might get you through the fastest - or if not the
fastest, the easiest at least? So you pick the one you think fits
that descrption, maybe because there's only person in front of you but
the other aisles are way more packed. But you just happen to get
behind someone with coupons or a card that requires the checkout
person to get on the microphone and call in the manager who is busy
somewhere else and you wind up in the shorter line longer than anyone
in the longer ones. I love that one.

TJ

On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 21:28:19 -0500, "Polly Esther"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Two hours later, I came back to pick up my pills. While I endured the
> pick-up line I fixed my most hostile stare on her; she couldn't help but
> feel it. I also noticed that her preferred customers were not commanded to
> stand away until invited. If I HAD to go back, I'd bring a camera and
> record her performance. Mr. Wally might enjoy seeing it. Polly

From what I've read about him, he would be absolutely appalled.

sf - not a Walmart fan.

--
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

"Dave Smith" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> I went to the corner bakery/coffee/ gift shop this morning for a coffee
> and a muffin, as I do several days each week. They have great coffee and
> good muffins, but they are not known for speed, and I am not usually in a
> hurry.
>
> When I went up to the counter there were two women ahead of me and two
> other women, a older woman and her daughter <?>, were walking around
> looking at the gift items. The girl at the counter was making up some
> special teas, which I assumed were for the women ahead of me at the
> counter.
>
> As it turned out, when the teas were finally ready, they were for the
> mother daughter who are wandering around, so we had to wait while they
> slowly returned to the counter. The counter girl asked if they wanted
> anything else. Mother said of course and ordered a brownie. The daughter
> is hemming and hawing and, after her mother pressed her to hurry, decided
> she wanted a sandwich. Despite there being a menu mounted on the wall that
> she could have been looking at while the girl was making their teas, she
> has to asked what kind of sandwiches there are.

There are many people in this world who are so self obsessed as to be
unconsciously rude and inconsiderate of others. Unfortunately it is a fact
of life. Just be thankful you don't have to either live with or have a
relative who are like that.

Dimitri

In article <[email protected]>,
"Polly Esther" <[email protected]> wrote:


> I wanted to see if my prescription was cheaper at Wallymart. It wasn't.

[sad story deleted]

> If I HAD to go back, I'd bring a camera and
> record her performance. Mr. Wally might enjoy seeing it. Polly

Mr. Wally is dead:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Walton

"Samuel Moore "Sam" Walton (March 29, 1918 * April 5, 1992) was a
businessman, entrepreneur, and Eagle Scout born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma
best known for founding the retailers Wal-Mart and Sam's Club."

He was a firm believer in buying American.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]

Dimitri replied to Dave Smith:

> There are many people in this world who are so self obsessed as to be
> unconsciously rude and inconsiderate of others. Unfortunately it is a fact
> of life. Just be thankful you don't have to either live with or have a
> relative who are like that.

Have you never read Dave's stories about his relatives?

Bob

"Polly Esther" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "gloria.p" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:j92334$1hf$[email protected]..
>> On 11/4/2011 5:56 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> I went to the corner bakery/coffee/ gift shop this morning for a coffee
>>>
>>
>>> When I went up to the counter there were two women ahead of me and two
>>> other women, a older woman and her daughter <?>, were walking around
>>> looking at the gift items.
>>
>>> As it turned out, when the teas were finally ready, they were for the
>>> mother daughter who are wandering around, so we had to wait while they
>>> slowly returned to the counter. The counter girl asked if they wanted
>>> anything else. Mother said of course and ordered a brownie. The daughter
>>> is hemming and hawing and, after her mother pressed her to hurry,
>>> decided she wanted a sandwich. Despite there being a menu mounted on the
>>> wall that she could have been looking at while the girl was making their
>>> teas, she has to asked what kind of sandwiches there are.
>>
>>
>>
>> Stupid or inconsiderate/self centered. it all amounts to the same level
>> of frustrating. "This, too, shall pass" is a good mantra when faced
>> with buttheads like that.
>>
>> gloria p
>
> I wanted to see if my prescription was cheaper at Wallymart. It wasn't.
> But here's the local drill. There is a long, long line of folks winding
> back and around like at Disneyworld but there's no roller coaster reward
> at the end. Maybe you do get to scream. That line is for people who hope
> to pick up a prescription. There's another place to turn in the
> prescription. It is occupied by the most pompous a$$ of a woman I ever
> encountered. She has a computer screen with its back to the customers.
> For all I know she was sending email to her friend (as if). There's a red
> tape applied to the floor about 6 feet away from her. She will Not accept
> a prescription unless the customer stands behind the red line and awaits
> her invitation to come forward and she took her own sweet time to be
> bothered.
> Two hours later, I came back to pick up my pills. While I endured the
> pick-up line I fixed my most hostile stare on her; she couldn't help but
> feel it. I also noticed that her preferred customers were not commanded
> to stand away until invited. If I HAD to go back, I'd bring a camera
> and record her performance. Mr. Wally might enjoy seeing it. Polly

You could complain to the store manager and invite him to watch.

--
http://www.shop.helpforheroes.org.uk/

On Nov 4, 10:47*pm, Tommy Joe <j...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> On Nov 4, 8:30*pm, Dave Smith <adavid.sm...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> > There were still the two women in front of me. But FWIW... one day last
> > week there was someone dallying over their order and the girl asked if I
> > wanted the usual and went ahead and served me while she was making up
> > her mind.
>
> * * *Ok, sorry, didn't see this one, responded only to your first
> one. *So you too have experienced the good side of the fast food way
> of life. *I guess I wasn't telling you anything you don't already
> know. *I'm not Mr. Impatient, but I really think at certain stores
> there should be separate aisles, like one for just paying gas, and
> definitely one that is only for buying or cashing in lottery tickets.
> Waiting in line is funny. *Ever check the lines at the super market
> wondering which one might get you through the fastest - or if not the
> fastest, the easiest at least? *So you pick the one you think fits
> that descrption, maybe because there's only person in front of you but
> the other aisles are way more packed. *But you just happen to get
> behind someone with coupons or a card that requires the checkout
> person to get on the microphone and call in the manager who is busy
> somewhere else and you wind up in the shorter line longer than anyone
> in the longer ones. *I love that one.

I repeatedly insulted the piece of human refuse that was in front of
me in
the line at Aldi a few days ago. She did everything she could do to
be slow.
I guess she was trying to prolong her face time with normal humans.
>
> TJ

--Bryan

On Nov 5, 6:07*pm, Bryan <bryangsimm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 4, 10:47*pm, Tommy Joe <j...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Nov 4, 8:30*pm, Dave Smith <adavid.sm...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> > > There were still the two women in front of me. But FWIW... one day last
> > > week there was someone dallying over their order and the girl asked if I
> > > wanted the usual and went ahead and served me while she was making up
> > > her mind.
>
> > * * *Ok, sorry, didn't see this one, responded only to your first
> > one. *So you too have experienced the good side of the fast food way
> > of life. *I guess I wasn't telling you anything you don't already
> > know. *I'm not Mr. Impatient, but I really think at certain stores
> > there should be separate aisles, like one for just paying gas, and
> > definitely one that is only for buying or cashing in lottery tickets.
> > Waiting in line is funny. *Ever check the lines at the super market
> > wondering which one might get you through the fastest - or if not the
> > fastest, the easiest at least? *So you pick the one you think fits
> > that descrption, maybe because there's only person in front of you but
> > the other aisles are way more packed. *But you just happen to get
> > behind someone with coupons or a card that requires the checkout
> > person to get on the microphone and call in the manager who is busy
> > somewhere else and you wind up in the shorter line longer than anyone
> > in the longer ones. *I love that one.
>
> I repeatedly insulted the piece of human refuse that was in front of
> me in
> the line at Aldi a few days ago. *She did everything she could do to
> be slow.
> I guess she was trying to prolong her face time with normal humans.
>
>
>
> > TJ
>
> --Bryan

Some people just love to be the center of attention. I can remember
first noticing this with a girl in grade school who would always dilly
dally, waste time and play dumb when she was called on to do something
in front of class on the blackboard. Becky was her first name, and I
always dreaded when a teacher called on her to do something at the
'board" like an arithmetic problem or something. I wanted to tell her
"Just do the problem and sit down, dammit!"

Notoriety is better than anonymity, after all!

John Kuthe...

On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 21:28:19 -0500, "Polly Esther"
<[email protected]> wrote:
snip
There's a red tape applied to the
>floor about 6 feet away from her. She will Not accept a prescription unless
>the customer stands behind the red linesnip

That's the standard setup here. It's for privacy reasons to allow you
to discuss your issues without embarrassment.
Janet US

"Janet Bostwick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 21:28:19 -0500, "Polly Esther"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> snip
> There's a red tape applied to the
>>floor about 6 feet away from her. She will Not accept a prescription
>>unless
>>the customer stands behind the red line
>
> That's the standard setup here. It's for privacy reasons to allow you
> to discuss your issues without embarrassment.
> Janet US

BUT there was no one ahead of me or behind me. There was no reason for me
to go 'stand away' except she had to show her authority. Polly

On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 11:36:39 -0500, "Polly Esther"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Janet Bostwick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]. .
>> On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 21:28:19 -0500, "Polly Esther"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> snip
>> There's a red tape applied to the
>>>floor about 6 feet away from her. She will Not accept a prescription
>>>unless
>>>the customer stands behind the red line
>>
>> That's the standard setup here. It's for privacy reasons to allow you
>> to discuss your issues without embarrassment.
>> Janet US
>
>BUT there was no one ahead of me or behind me. There was no reason for me
>to go 'stand away' except she had to show her authority. Polly

I've never thought about it.
The line/sign is there and I honor it. It's like the stop light at
the corner, there is no car coming but I still don't cross against
light. It doesn't matter to me where I wait.
Janet US

"Polly Esther" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "Janet Bostwick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>> On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 21:28:19 -0500, "Polly Esther"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> snip
>> There's a red tape applied to the
>>>floor about 6 feet away from her. She will Not accept a prescription
>>>unless
>>>the customer stands behind the red line
>>
>> That's the standard setup here. It's for privacy reasons to allow you
>> to discuss your issues without embarrassment.
>> Janet US
>
> BUT there was no one ahead of me or behind me. There was no reason for me
> to go 'stand away' except she had to show her authority. Polly


That's not what you said in your first post. You said, "There is a long,
long line of folks winding
back and around like at Disneyworld but there's no roller coaster reward at
the end. Maybe you do get to scream."

For a long time Wal*Mart advertised their $3 prescription drug program for
generic equivalents for people who don't have Rx drug coverage. After I got
out of the hospital in 2008 my doctor insisted I start taking an antibiotic
immediately, as soon as I got home. I knew this drug was on the list I had
previously read of drugs eligible for this antibiotic so I I had them call
in the prescription to the Wal*Mart pharmacy. I went over there, stood on
line for what felt like hours and the charge was close to $50. I don't shop
at Wal*Mart. Since Sam Walton died his greedy kids have let everything go
to hell.

Jill

On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 11:36:39 -0500, "Polly Esther"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
> "Janet Bostwick" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
> > On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 21:28:19 -0500, "Polly Esther"
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > snip
> > There's a red tape applied to the
> >>floor about 6 feet away from her. She will Not accept a prescription
> >>unless
> >>the customer stands behind the red line
> >
> > That's the standard setup here. It's for privacy reasons to allow you
> > to discuss your issues without embarrassment.
> > Janet US
>
> BUT there was no one ahead of me or behind me. There was no reason for me
> to go 'stand away' except she had to show her authority. Polly

That's what they call a petty tyrant.

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All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.