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One would think he should have planned better. Was there any worry about a swarm of hungry bikers? Or was it not that that kind of biker rally?

Seriously? Is he serious? Dang

I'm really proud of her for having such great sense. And I agree with her.

Good for her!

@sealavender Not sure what kind of bikers you mean but it's more like motorcycle enthusiasts doing time trials and displaying their bikes.

Good for her. That's the kind of thing I would have wanted to say in the moment but wouldn't have thought of it until after the situation passed.

The world needs more like her!

Love this!

Luckily it didn’t take a bad turn.

If the man was in a rush and was polite about it, the others might have agreed to let him go ahead..

I was once on a line and when next was called a young tall woman jumped ahead of me. I mention tall because maybe as a short person, i wasn’t in her sight range😂

I said, ” That would be me. Next usually means the person ahead of you!”

Collenoz, I was worried it might be the Hell's Angels or Outlaws, LOL!

Good for her! She's probably now the town hero LOL!

What a jerk the man was.

What a smart and quick response. Good for her.

Did the bratwurst guy ask those in line if he could go ahead of them? That seems like a missing piece of what could have happened. Would anyone have said no?

I think the clerk was a bit too snappy. The situation could have been handled by her more effectively, more smoothly and with a bit more dignity. Unless the bratwurst guy's other words or conduct had warranted the rudeness from the clerk.

"Is this okay with you folks? Anyone in a hurry?"

Had I been there in line, I would have reacted negatively to the clerk. And the "jerk" word would have come to mind to describe her.

" Too many people don't stick up for themselves."

Yes. but too many overreact too. Too many people can go from 0 to 100 on the anger scale in a way that's disproportionate to the situation. Think of road rage as an example.

Just the other day, I had a situation where a guy pulled out of a parking lot into oncoming traffic and cut me off. He hadn't even looked first. I honked at him as I hit the brakes. He let me pass him and he then followed behind me for nearly a mile with his horn on. I guess having done that for long enough, he passed me with a one finger salute.

Huh?

People have gotten seriously hurt for stepping up. That would worry me more than rudeness. maybe I'm a wuss.

The bratwurst guy didn’t ask if it was OK, he just barged into the head of the line. If he had instead of basically threatening the cashier said something like, ”I’m in a dreadful hurry, does anyone mind if I jump in here quickly?”, people would have said, ”No, go ahead.” But we do get a little tired of groups coming in from outside, taking over the town and closing off the central main streets, making it hard to get around. Throw entitlement and rudeness into the mix and people aren’t happy.

And Elmer, I’m not surprised that you thought the cashier was the jerk, but when instead of apologising for inconveniencing those already in line he intimated that since he was making a large purchase he should get special priveleges, he had already win the jerk crown.

In addition, since the store wouldn’t have been expecting outside vendors to be purchasing locally, he was cleaning out all of the product they would have expected to sell to their regular customers.,

I think both of them could have handled the situation AND expressed themselves better.

I think the cashier could have handled things differently, but have no issue with what she did. The guy could have handled things differently. And though it isn’t their responsibility, someone in line could have nicely pointed out the end of the line (or is it the beginning? Anyway, you know what I mean.)

sealavender I almost sprayed my keyboard with my tea when I read your comment. Hells Angels as well as the other more well known notorious clubs are very polite to the public in social settings. It's the weekend warriors that are more likely to be rude. Bratwurst guy was an ass, but it could it have just been a reactive statement to the clerks tone. We don't know since we were not there.