This article appears in Dec 6-12, 2007.
Bad reception
To the bitch from Ontario who cut in front of me in line at the cell phone store on Spring Garden Road:walking around the store doesn’t actually mean you are in the line-up. We were there first, and we were pressed for time…because we have jobs, which
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So like did you shoulder her out of the way and take your rightful place? My guess is no. What good does bitching about it here do?
Ohmygawd, you let her push ahead? Get some balls, honey, or you’ll stay second in line for the rest of your cowardly life.
Get some balls, honey? Wow. Condescending much? The solution to dealing with a rude person isn’t always to be rude back. The point was that this Ontario native needs to learn some manners, and throwing our own manners out the door isn’t going to teach her anything.
A loud ‘EXCUSE ME’ is not rude, dumbass. You can get your point across without being nasty. If you can’t do that, don’t fucking complain.
Ellbee – “A loud ‘EXCUSE ME’ is not rude, dumbass.”I beg to differ. If a POLITE “excuse me” were used it may have worked. A LOUD “excuse me” would have been rude, likely started a scene, and even more likely would have led to open hostility from a person who may or may not have realized they butted in front in the first place (some people really are that oblivious to everyone who is NOT them). And by the way, calling someone a DUMBASS? It definitely doesn’t sound like you graduated from Miss Manners Academy.