irunnoft
I'm What Willis Was Talkin' 'Bout!!!!
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So this sat and churned in my stomach like an acid bomb all day yesterday. When I deal with people out in the public, I am a personable kind of guy. I talk to people and try to treat them as people - not as a means to an end. Yesterday, my family was getting ready to leave the World and return home. I was looking at a 10.5 hr. trip and I decided it would be a great treat to stop off at the Contemporary and get some tea from the Contemporary Grounds to take on the road. I ordered two tea lattes and struck up a conversation with the barista working the counter. She was a very nice young lady from Puerto Rico. I wish I could remember her name, but while she was making the teas, she and I carried on a conversation. Mind you, she was working the entire time. We were having a very pleasant conversation when all of a sudden, the one person waiting behind me just rudely blurts out "Can you guys cut the chatter? I'm in a hurry!" I turn around to look at this person in utter disbelief at what I'd just heard! There was a fairly tall older guy and a kid (who was kind of hiding behind him - couldn't tell if it was his son or daughter, but the kid was about 11 years old). He then glares at me and says "Maybe she could focus if you weren't talking to her!" I said "Hey man, I've got a 10.5 hour drive. . ." couldn't finish the sentence before Jerk says "I really don't care!" and I said "that's obvious." He then says "I just need to get a shot of espresso!" The young woman was obviously flustered by this. I didn't say anything when she stopped making my drinks (HELLO.... I actually WAS in line there!) and made his shot. The ONLY reason I didn't tell him to shut his trap and wait his turn was because I was afraid he would totally ream that CM out for no reason. I thought it would just be best for the Jerk to get his joe and go. So she served him and he was still a complete tool about it. He continued "Maybe I need to get a manager over here to explain it to you!" I'm not sure if he was talking to me or not, but I think he was talking to the young lady. It was the only non-magical event during my birthday weekend. What a great lesson he taught his son. I'm sure this idiot was in a hurry to get to a park, but that was his fault for not getting his coffee earlier. After all, I was in a hurry to get my teas and hit the road for a day full of driving. I didn't act like a jerk to the guy that was in front of me. I waited my turn in line. Anyhow, he certainly didn't know how to treat a young lady, let alone a person who was serving him. Maybe I was in the wrong and I just don't see it, but I never treat servers or people in a public position such as that as a simple means to an end. It took a lot of grace not to punch that guy in his pompous face, cuss him out or, more realistically, continue to argue with the idiot. But, man did that burn me up for most of the ride home. I resigned that I would shine the light on the big Jerk here on the Dis. I'm positive this guy wouldn't be a Dis'er but I considered this cathartic.
The real sad thing here is that he acted this way in front of his child. If this is the way he acts out in public, can you imagine what this child sees at home!!!!
Are people getting ruder and more self-important, or was I just fortunate enough not to run into such people years ago? Honestly the behavior you are describing unbelievable! I really feel for the castmembers who have to deal with such people.
