I was a witness to this interaction last weekend. The grocery store I was shopping in was extremely crowded, with most people doing their best to get to the items they needed without getting too much in each other’s way.
Most people.
One older lady seems to think that she should be the only person allowed in the store, grumbling constantly and bumping into people as she pushes past them. One of the items she apparently needed was on a shelf where a younger woman had stopped her cart with her toddler in it.
Older Woman: “Move! I need [item]!”
Younger Woman: “Ma’am, if you ask nicely, I can move over or hand you the item.”
Older Woman: “I said get out of my way! When I was young, we respected our elders!”
Younger Woman: “Ma’am, when you were young, your elders were worth respecting.”
This seems to completely short-circuit the older woman, and she just stood there with her mouth hanging open for the minute or so it took the younger woman to make her selection and move on.
Respect Is A Two-Way Aisle
I was a witness to this interaction last weekend. The grocery store I was shopping in was extremely crowded, with most people doing their best to get to the items they needed without getting too much in each other’s way.
Most people.
One older lady seems to think that she should be the only person allowed in the store, grumbling constantly and bumping into people as she pushes past them. One of the items she apparently needed was on a shelf where a younger woman had stopped her cart with her toddler in it.
Older Woman: “Move! I need [item]!”
Younger Woman: “Ma’am, if you ask nicely, I can move over or hand you the item.”
Older Woman: “I said get out of my way! When I was young, we respected our elders!”
Younger Woman: “Ma’am, when you were young, your elders were worth respecting.”
This seems to completely short-circuit the older woman, and she just stood there with her mouth hanging open for the minute or so it took the younger woman to make her selection and move on.