What is it about the holidays that make people 10x more idiotic than normal? I know we have a lot going on in our brains, but that shouldn't automatically result in stupidity.
Take for example my holiday shopping excursion last night (a perfect display of why I choose to do 75% of my Christmas shopping online vs. in the stores).
Lee and I went to Macy's for a few things. As I approach the two-sided checkout counter, I see that there is ONE line, despite there being THREE checkers. So, I patiently wait behind two dudes. The checker from the backside of the counter motions for the next guest and looks at me, but I say that these dudes were next in line. So, I stand waiting for my turn. Then, the lady at the counter with 100 items remembers that she forgot something, so had to go back to the men's department to pick it out. All the while, I still wait, as does the guy checking her out. By this time, some idiot doesn't see that I'm waiting in ONE line and makes his own line on the other side of the counter. At that point, the original checker who offered to help me starts to help the idiot that formed his own line...and not me. HELLO??? I'm still here.
By now, Lee is furious. Another 100-year-old checker busies her self with putting stickers on tags, while, you guessed it...I still wait. Then, the original checker turns around and sees me and I say "I thought there was one line," as to indicate "why the hell did you help that other guy first and not me?" To which he replies "I didn't know you were still here." Nice. Nice customer service, a-hole.
The kicker - after I still wait for this checker to finish with the idiot customer, or the other checker who's still putting stickers on tags or the lady with 100 items, the original checker finishes with the idiot and starts to walk away, as I head over to his side of the counter to checkout! WTF? So, I get to the counter and say "so, are you ready to help me now or what?" He says, "Oh, I didn't know you were still here." My husband says, "yeah, we liked wasting 10 minutes of our lives being ignored." His response "Thank you very much for your patience." Beautiful.
Moral of my story - nothing. I just wanted to vent. Peace out.
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OMG LESLIE! you had me rollin' hahahahahaha I can totally see you and Lee saying these things. That post cracked me up. The same thing happend to me in Target the other night, they totally started helping the people behind me instead of asking me to move over to their line, made me so mad!!!!
Venting on blogs is good therapy. I am always amazed at how bad stores are during the holiday! Hey at least you are done, now I hope you don't have to return anything!
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