Going postal at Christmas...

[moosmom]

I went to the post office today to pick up a box of cat goodies from my friend Kathy in Michigan. Oh what a nightmare.

I was third in line. As I was waiting, the line got longer. There was an Asian woman at the table writing out her mail slip. She proceeded to cut in front of everyone, claiming she didn't understand English. We all called it to her attention. She started arguing that she WAS in line but just filling out her paperwork. Doesn't understand English. HARDLY. She sure understood that the people ahead of her were pissed.

UGH!!!! Everyone in the line was SOOOO pissed!! We all called her attention to the fact that she cut in front of at least 4 people. She looked at us like we were aliens. One of the people in line, who had a Jamaican accent said, "When I came to this country, the first thing I did was learn English!!" She had this stupid, blank look on her face. The woman behind me said, "Don't understand?? Yeah right!!"

The lady proceeded to the desk with her envelope and asked for a money order. She got it and had to fill it out, so back to the table she went. By that time, it was my turn. I got my box and left.

So, what would YOU have done???

[BC_MoM]

Anger and frustration are a universal language - that's why she understood.

I wouldn't have let her had her way, but I'm not sure what I would have done! I probably would have yelled at the woman working at the desk for not making the lady go back to the end of the line.

[Zippy]

I wouldn't have been happy.I agree with the guy who said first thing I did when I came to america was learn english.
She might understand a little english but not speak it.

[lvpets2002]

Now Donna where is the patience.. Remember Patience is the Virtue.. Oh I know what you mean.. When I went to mail all the PT Christmas Cards the same thing happened.. We all was just doing this && grumbling to our selves.. There was two that day at the table & the younger person cut in line & the old lady got in the back of the line.. So what I did was got the little old lady & took her to the front of the line {in front of the younger one}.. I stated to the younger one keep in mind wiser ones come before wicked ones.. You know she said nothing.. Nobody said nothing & all was just ..

[caseysmom]

Yeah the more I know people the more I log my dogs and cat

[moosmom]

lvpets2002,

I know patience is a virtue, believe me!! I was to the point where I just didn't care. I just wanted to get my package and ge outta there.

I've been trying to do a random act of kindness everyday. But this lady made it imposible.

Caseysmom,

Amen to that!!!

I hope I never have to go back to the post office until AFTER the holidays.

[ramanth]

It would of been nice if the postal workers had told her she was not next and to get in line.

Sorry she was rude. I've seen it happen at the grocery store at those self checkouts. People cut all the time.

[Randi]

I probably would have said a few select words to that "lady". Had this been in the UK, she wouldn't have got away with it!

In Denmark, I notice that lots of people from the Middle East don't even know the meaning of queue culture! It can be really annoying, when you've been standing there, waiting for a bus and they just jump in front.

[lvpets2002]

ramanth I thought you were going to say it would have been nice if the postal workers were Nice.. I know here the Postal Workers can be very rude.. Oh of course they if they cant smile = then they sure cant tell you to wait your turn..

It would of been nice if the postal workers had told her she was not next and to get in line.

Sorry she was rude. I've seen it happen at the grocery store at those self checkouts. People cut all the time.

[Blue_Frog]

Ooo... queue hoppers always make me mad too!

When I was still working retail, i remember it being around this time of year and we had a line up at the till - and some woman cut the line to the front. Everyone grumbled, but no one really said anything about it. I finished the customer i was helping, and said "next customer please" -- so the woman came to the front and put down her things. I said "I'm sorry, you're not next, this other lady is" (indicating the the person who got cut in on) "you'll have to join the line like the rest of the people here"

Well didn't she raise a stink! I took the next customer around her, and the next, all the while her raising heck about the level of service in the store, and what a b#$%^ I was, etc. etc., and eventually she left her items and left the store without purchasing them. Everyone else was pretty happy with the fact that she didn't get her way.

[Randi]

I said "I'm sorry, you're not next, this other lady is" (indicating the the person who got cut in on) "you'll have to join the line like the rest of the people here"

Well done!!

[Donnaj4962]

Our postal workers seem to be in very good spirits most of the time, and they will tell someone that they will need to wait their turn. I sure appreciate that. People in line can grumble all they want, but if the "line cutter" really doesn't care that they are making people upset, they will understand when they worker tells them they have done wrong. I, too, get upset with people who pretend not to understand English. That is simply no excuse to break the rules!

Ahhhh, the Holiday season..... I am doing my best to be merry as I scurry about doing my shopping. It will be better next week when I am making deliveries!

[elizabethann]

You should have put a stamp on her forhead & shipped her home.

But that wouldn't be right I guess. Not sure what I would have done had that happened to me. I try to practice extra patience around the holiday's because I'm sure somebody's going to eventually do somthing to really pi$$ me off.

[ramanth]

ramanth I thought you were going to say it would have been nice if the postal workers were Nice.. I know here the Postal Workers can be very rude.. Oh of course they if they cant smile = then they sure cant tell you to wait your turn..

LOL! Well luckily the post office workers I come across are very friendly even during this time of the year. But maybe it helps that I'm smiling all the time despite a long wait.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

A lot of people pretend to not understand English when they think it will help them get there own way.