So I can't tell you how much I generally despise the "general public". Humans individually I think are generally good people (Or should I say have the ability to be). But I tell you I could have a field day on all the negative, unthoughtful, truly selfish, and overall ignorant behavior that one will see when we the human species attempt to work, live, and tolerate each other. Everyone notices it in some form whether it be that individual that cuts you off on the road or that person that cuts in front of the a line. Now I'll give you the average person that may be confused or someone who may be in a new area, or even just clueless. But I guarantee you it's occurring on some level quite consciously and selfish.

Of course, now I will tell you my latest encounter with a fellow individual while at the grocery store that once again has reaffirmed my overall feeling toward "general public". Today I stopped off to get some small items at the grocery store. As I was headed up to the check out counter I noticed that the lines at all of the registers were quite long and to my excitement the 15 item or less line was moving quite well which worked great because I just had a couple of products. While I'm waiting in line an African American woman walks up behind me. She clearly had more than 15 items and probably more like 30 in a cart.

It was weird because she wasn't quite in line directly behind me but off to the side/ middle, even though still hovering behind me. She asks the clerk at our register if he can call the manager to open another line as it was really busy. I already was annoyed! Don't you think that the grocery store managers are completely aware of how busy it is and maybe how much man power they can delegate to registers at one given moment? He replied that he'd work on it, so she still waited behind me. At this point now a man who has like 6 items is standing behind her clearly wondering what she was doing as she had soooooooo many items. He asks her are you in line and she says yeah I'm in line. Then she mumbles some random comment about how she's actually buying two different sets of groceries (contributing to my already negative outlook on things) so she's not going to go wait in the lines that are too busy. He honestly looked like a 30+ rocker dude who may have just woke up. I saw him eventually gradually leave our line to another one despite the possible wait.

I'm now overly wanting to say something as it's behavior like this that once tolerated unbalances the whole reason for having things like an express check out or maybe a carpool lane, or maybe you know general social order. So now the check out man says to her as she is placing her items on the conveyor belt, maim you know this is an express check out lane. She snaps back well yes but all the other lanes are busy and there's only one other lane next to us which is also an express lane so what am I supposed to do. I had it I couldn't sit there any more and watch this cRaP.

So now I'm looking her like, "who are you"! I say to her well then what's the point of the express line. She snaps at me, "who are you" I said I'm a customer just like yourself. I'm wondering what gives you the right to butt in front of others while there are a number of other people who are patiently waiting. That's the whole reason we have things like this is so the entire system of things runs smoother and that when people like herself "butt in" or do not respect the "rule" of the system that it messes everything up for the rest of us! I tell you the check out man who also happened to be African American was def. staying clear of getting overall involved.

Especially, because now she yelling at me telling me that I better stop harassing her because she could call the cops. I said, "go ahead call the cops if that's what you feel you have to do". She said do you think if a black man was harassing a white woman like this that he wouldn't be arrested. (Which makes me so pissed; because I'm white, I now have to tip tow around the situation, meaning I can't speak up for myself just because she is black. BS!) She said don't talk to me like that are you my husband? Are you my father? NO. so don't you speak to me like that. I told her know thank god I was neither of those and that I was a customer just like her so YES. I am entitled to express my opinion. She yells at me well you better just shut your mouth because this ain't no game show.....

This I thought was funny cause I work for a game show, which is I think strange that's what went through my head initially. She tells me that she has children and she's getting off work trying to get home to them. I said, " I don't give a hoot (much worse) if you have children or what your personal issues are but that still doesn't give you the right to get any special treatment just because you have a loud mouth. Everyone else around her has the same or more different but equally important situations; I just don't see the merit or justification.

Then .. I'm loving this ... I hear her say, no wonder you're not married! Thinking she's looking at my finger which is weird. I say that's pretty ignorant to make an assumption because I'm not wearing a wedding ring that must mean I'm not married. She says well we know why that ain't happening. I kind of just began to laugh at this point. The cashier was really nervous, justified; he was bumbling with my order probably just wanting to be done with the encounter. So in the end I paid while she was muttering stuff under her breath but loud enough for me to hear it. I actually just kind of kept laughing which believe me I'm sure bothered her more.

I was surprised that the cashier didn't call her out but who knows how everyone handles that kind of situation. It made me remember working retail, and in the food serving industry, and how much I hated it. I know I'm a weird-o in many aspects. But I honestly think everyone has there idea of what's right and wrong, what's acceptable and not ....................... I might be batman ....................... probably not.