An example of standing up for yourself...

Zil · 05-04-2008, 08:24 PM

This was my personal blog posting from exactly one week ago today.

Enjoy!

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April 27, 2008 - Sunday

"Mr. A--hole"
Current mood:

accomplished
Category: Life

So earlier today I took my kids to Wal-Mart to exchange two shirts that I had bought yesterday for my daughter. They were a size too small and we just needed to get one size larger for each and then my son had some birthday money to spend from a few weeks ago and then I needed to pick up a couple of things.

We headed over to the customer service desk and I explained it to the lady and then we went and found the same shirts easily and got a size larger for each and then headed back up front. When we get there, there's two people behind the counter both assisting customers. We end up waiting behind them and when the first lady finishes with the customer, the customer leaves and the lady looks real busy still so we don't move - I was waiting on her to say something to me because it was obvious we were waiting.

Well, at that moment, this guy walks past us and right up to her and starts talking to her...

Now, this is a pretty tough looking dude. He actually looked like he might've been taking steroids or something.. lol ..but I didn't let that stop me from saying something:

"Hey man, there's a line here."

He turns around and says the following - laced with ALL kinds of pissy-attitude:

"Well is okay if I just ask the lady a question?!"

I say: "Yeah, sure."

It turns out, he's waving a pair of gym shorts in the air and mentioning that he just wanted to exchange them and he had already brought the original pair up there and they were behind this lady.

Interesting. He's there for pretty much the same thing we are.

So, of course, I speak up again:

"That's funny, we're here for the exact same reason. We're *waiting in line* to exchange these shirts for my daughter."

He turns around and gives me a dirty look and, before he could say anything, the lady says she's busy finishing something up and then she asks him to step to the back of the line.

lol

He reluctantly walks around and stands behind me.

I couldn't resist, even though he could've totally pounded me into the ground, I say:

"See? Now you're right where you belong -- BEHIND ME."

...and I smile and turn back around.

...

It was then that he actually has the nerve to say - this time laced with plenty of sarcasm:

"Ya know, you're being a *real* good example for your kids here..."
I turned back towards him, pretty furious at this point but holding it in, and I say:

"Don't you worry about the example *I* am for *my* children. I'm a great example for them -- and right now I'm showing them that you shouldn't let someone else cut in front of you in line, that you should instead speak up and stand up for yourself."

Then the lady makes eye contact with me and I could tell she was ready to assist us.

(I'm pretty sure the roid head make another smarta-- comment but right now I can't remember.)

Anyway, after she does her scanning and printing of the receipt and after I sign it and all that jazz - we're now ready to go.

I turn around and as I'm walking past Mr. A--hole I say:

"Come on kids... and hey, just remember: no matter how old you are, you should never let someone bully you around."

All he could come up with was: "Shut up..."

So, I smiled at him and said:

"You have a nice day, sir!"

lol

...

A--hole.