Even after all my terrible experiences with people, including getting spit on, leaned on and yelled at, other people’s terrible behavior never ceases to amaze me. What I’m curious to know is, how do these awful people function in society? It makes you wonder, why isn’t there a meeting place in the womb where the egg and sperm talk about whether it would be a good idea to bring this awful fetus into the world. If they decide it would be a bad idea, then the sperm and egg would simply swim away from each other, thereby sparing the world from another bad and useless person.
But, unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way and these bad people live among us and there is nothing we can do about it, except put on a brave face and try to deal with it as best we can. Case in point, the idiot woman in the vegetable/fruit market earlier this afternoon.
I’m waiting on line in this small vegetable/fruit market by my apartment, sweating to death, waiting patiently in line to pay for my nectarines when some older woman (57-65ish) walks right in front of me and puts her two tiny containers of raspberries down on the counter in front of my nectarines.
“Ummmmm excuse me,” I said to this crazy old woman. “I’m actually next in line. ”
“Um, yes, ok,” crazy said back to me, and proceeded to stay standing in front of me.
What was going on?? Were her two tiny containers too heavy for her and she needed to put them down on the counter before her arms gave out under the pressure and the tiny raspberries fell to the floor? Did I smell and she was afraid to stand behind me because the odor was so terrible? (I was coming home from cardio kickboxing at the time.) I managed to keep my cool on the outside, all the while simmering on the inside. “WTF!!!,” my inner voices screamed. Did this woman not understand the concept of a line? How did she get through life this far, unscathed, not understanding the concept of line-making? I was mystified.
When the woman in line in front of me was finished, I cast a determined, somewhat scary, look at the cashier, so that there was no doubt in his mind who was next in line. ME. Not crazy old woman. He did help me next and I swear, as he took my bag of nectarines from me to weigh and ring up, his hand was shaking.
Another example of people behaving my badly - My neighborhood in Queens, where there is a high-population of rude people. You all know about the problem with dog shit in the neighborhood, but there is another problem that you may not be aware of….
People who walk in herds and like to take up the whole sidewalk and not move over when someone is approaching in the opposite direction.
Unless you’re a high-ranking government official, like the President, or an A-list celebrity, like Brangelina, you don’t get to take-up the entire sidewalk when you are walking by. If you are a “regular person” you need to show some damn respect for your fellow man. If you are walking with more than one other person, when someone is approaching you from the other direction, form a single line. Because if you don’t, someone (me) might run you down!
What type of bad people drive you crazy??
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August 24th, 2009 at 8:11 am
I notice that middle-age/older women are OFTEN trying to sidle their way up in front of me in lines. It’s like I’ll be in Duane Reade waiting to pay, and then some woman comes and “gets in line” but is slowly edging her way up next to me rather than behind me. Not only will they often try and sneak in ahead of me, they end up violating my personal space and making me feel very threatened. I’m like, “look bitch, what’s the dillio? You and your Tuck’s medicated need to back it on up.” Lord knows with the amount of osteoporosis they’re suffering from it wouldn’t take much for me to break their hip.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:02 am
it’s so amazing how many rude people there are in the world. that’s why i hate grocery shopping. i always encounter one asshole while i’m there. it’s inevitable.
the biggest offenders are on the road. i pretty much hate driving because ever person pisses me off with their rudeness. somedays i wish i lived in a big city where i could walk or subway it to work. driving sucks.
August 24th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
(1) People who think it’s OK and/or normal to spit in public–seems to be all guys–and (2) people who think nothing of blowing their nose loudly seated at a table in a restaurant–both genders. Who decided such things were normal or acceptable? Both are disgusting.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Keep in mind that the number one human activity of humans is screwing with other humans. It’s not actually bad manners, it’s a concious effort to mess with your mind, to ruin as much of your day as possible in as short a time as possible. They’re probably keeping score somewhere. If dueling was still accepted people would behave better.
August 24th, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Marilyn, I hear ya girl! There was an old woman I felt like bitch-slapping just this evening on my commute home. She was reading a newspaper, tabloid style, and kept folding it all up in my personal space and ripping things out and just be awful. If it wasn’t socially unacceptable to hit an old woman, I would have today.
Brandie, this is exactly the reason why I hate the grocery store. The aisles are small and people are rude. Fights are bound to happen. And don’t even get me started on the teenagers and old men who work there and oggle you every damn time you walk by. There is a time and a place for that, and the grocery store is not it.
Rhymology, I gotta confess, I blow my nose at the table!! I know it’s soooo gross, but I don’t do it out in public - only when I’m eating with my family in their home.
Nailhead, if dueling was still accepted, my life would finally be complete.
August 31st, 2009 at 10:31 am
I think New York sidewalks should have lanes based on direction and speed of travel.
August 31st, 2009 at 10:54 am
I second that, MMB!! And if I weren’t so lazy maybe I would write a letter to the Mayor about this