Who is ruder?
1. A customer who is having a conversation with his mobile phone while
carrying out a transaction with a shop assistant. He chats away
happily to himself while waving his credit card at the poor
assistant's face. The assistant has to try to get his attention to
verify which account he is using, and then he randomly pauses for 30
seconds before signing on the line as he's deeply engrossed in what
the unseen person on the line is saying.
2. A customer who is listening to her ipod while carrying out a
transaction with a shop assistant. She, again, just waves her credit
card in the shop assistant's face and says "WHAT?" when asked if she
needs a bag. Without trying to remove her headphones in order to hear
what's going on around her.
Who are the idiots doing such things and thinking that it's okay?!
Oh, and the shop assistant was me. I'm a pharmacist and we
short-staffed the last time I practiced so I was working at the front
of shop too.
With the guy, I wanted to pick up my landline and start having a
random conversation with someone as I was serving him, pausing
inconvieniently to say "Really? Well, I'll get there at 6pm. What
should I bring? What are you going wear? Really? Oh, did you hear the
news? Yeah! I know! I can't believe what he said.Yeah. It's not very
nice. Yeah. Really?"
With the woman, I just wanted to yank our her earbuds and slap her.
What is with their manners? Are they the same people who sit on the
aisle seat in public transport expecting people to climb over them?
Are they the same people who bring hot chips onto a train, letting the
smell permeate everywhere? Are they the same people who don't move
down to back of the crowded bus, preferring to stand at the front and
stopping people from getting on?
Some people really need training in basic ettiquette.
6 comments:
Jezzy,
You know I was thinking over the past weekend, as I was here playing on the internet and "killing time" (the Missus will be back tuesday evening!) the internet and the web and blogging have given us something that we as a people can hardly comprehend! We are all unique, but it is our mind, our heart, and our feeling that produces the little characters on your screen. Not the other "yardsticks" by which we tread through everyday life.
Are you Asian, black, hispanic, caucasian,...who cares!
Are you Christain, Muslim, Hindu, Judaic,...who cares!
Are you a human being with the same trails and tribulations as someone in London, England, Oslo, Norway, Cairo, Egypt, New York City, USA, or Bombay (I know it's a new name, and I apologize for not knowing it off the top of my head,...I think it's like Mobay.)
What does it really matter below the obvious?
You talk of the ipod idiot, the cell phone clown, are they real or are they simply escaping from life, and those who live it and serve them as part of thier job?
Your husband is a part of you,.. his health is foremost in your mind and heart, you and your future, despite the Phd thesis, are secondary,...that is what a human being is all about!
Next time one of those idiots shows up at your counter here is the ultimate solution:
Simply "mouth the words", but let nothing of a sound pass your lips. They will say "What?" and you repeat the procedure until they are paying attention to you as #1, then quietly say whatever you need to, with a smile, KNOWING you disrupted thier "world" to bring them into the "civil" world.
Have faith, life is ultimately good.
Now that I've got a pram to deal with as well, the people who don't move to the back of the bus irritate me even more. It's not like you're not going to be able to get off.
I bet those non-moving-to-the-back people are the same ones who don't get up for the elderly, disabled and pregnant either. GRRRRRRRRR
I love my iPod because it gives me an excuse not to communicate with ordinary people, but I take out the earbuds at the register.
I automatically take mine out as I approach the checkout line, but it never occured to me why, lol. I'm a true Southern (U.S.) lady - can't be rude.
I had to come back and tell you this... This morning, as I walked from my car to my building, I ran into three people that I know. Two of the people I met because we were going in opposite directions. As I saw each of them, they saw me, and we each took out our earphones at the same time to speak, almost like it had been choreographed. BUT the third guy was walking behind me and trying to get my attention. I was listening to some really loud, really angry stuff at the time, so I couldn't hear him calling my name at all. Finally, he tapped me on my shoulder, and I almost jumped out of my earphones, lol!
It's all rude, I hate it.
Don't even push my "talking on your cell while you ____" button!
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