Postby BookSaver » Sun May 27, 2018 9:32 am
To quote Elizabeth, Snark Alert! An incident that could have been very annoying but turned funny:
Friday I had to wait in a long line at the Sam's customer service counter because I was afraid that my account payment would be late if I mailed it. I was still halfway back the line when I saw a man stride right past everyone to the register and say something to one of the reps.
I heard her say politely, "You'll need to wait in line for that, sir."
He grumpily replied, "I can't wait in line," and he kept talking.
I turned to the young man behind me and said with a straight face, "He can't wait in line."
The young man said, "Uh huh. None of us can wait in line. We should all crowd around the counter. That would be ... what's the word? Oh, right -- anarchy!"
I said, "But that wouldn't be very Iowa Nice."
He said, "That guy must be from Illinois."
Then we both laughed.
(No offense meant to people from Illinois. I have some really good friends in Illinois. None of them would think of being rude enough to cut to the front of a long line.)