Some People are So RUDE....

This harks back to me being a rule follower, but some people are incredibly rude....

I went to Joann's Fabric today at lunch to pick up some iron-on patches to do repair work on some pants. I completed my shopping and went to the checkout counter. I set my stuff down and started waiting, as there was no clerk there to check me out.

Another customer came up and set her things down at another register and asked if I was waiting for a clerk. I said "yes" and since it had only been about a minute I wasn't going to start yelling out for assistance, since I've worked in retail before and during slow times you have to step away from your register to stock shelves or something and keep an eye on the counter. I assumed that the clerk was busy doing just such a thing and would notice me soon. If I hadn't been acknowledged soon, however, I would have asked for assistance.

ANYWAY, the other customer that came up, immediately started yelling out for somebody to come check us out. The clerk came immediately (and I was right, she was just on the other side of the shelf doing some stocking, but hadn't looked up). However, when she came up, she started helping the loud customer first instead of asking who was there first. AND the loud customer didn't bother to stop her and say, "no, she was here first".

I was brought up to not cut in line and to play fair. I would have told the clerk to help the other person in line first.

Sheesh, people make me mad!!!

Being a Rule Follower

I read yesterday on The Champ's blog a comment from Jenn Ann that stated she was a rule follower and I had to let her know that she isn't alone.

I've always been a rule follower.

I never snuck out of the house as a kid. Never did drugs because I was always more worried about either getting hooked or getting caught. I never cheated in school, aside from writing my chemistry formulas on my calculator, which didn't work since I couldn't see them during the test. I didn't plagiarize any papers. I never consciously stole anything (although my mom would disagree as I think there is a story out there of when I took candy out of the barrels that they used to have at grocery stores). I rarely cross against the light. I don't cheat on my taxes. I come to full and complete stops at stop signs. I speed only to keep up with traffic, I avoid being the leader speeder. I've gone back into stores when I don't think they've charged me enough. I try to always say "please" and "thank you", which are etiquette rules. Even though I'm not a church-goer/believer, I still genuflect when I go into a Catholic church. I'm a basically good person, and incredibly boring...

I have never really understood people who break and/or bend the rules or better yet completely ignore the rules. For example, bicyclists, they are supposed to follow the same traffic laws of motor vehicles, but they don't; why is that? People who try to get something for nothing and are always on the look out for the next great get rich quick scheme, why do they not have to work for what they get? People who are pushy and don't wait their turns, why do they think their time is more important than anybody else?

Can somebody explain to me why these people irritate me? Is it a little bit of jealousy on my part that wishes I was more of a rule breaker? Possibly. Would I really want to change who I really am to become one of those types of people? Probably not. Am I glad that I'm a rule follower and a pretty non-daring sort? Basically, yeah.