Deli Counter Jerks

This grievance is very similar to a past post on line cutters, but I am so annoyed by this recent experience that I feel compelled to post.

Last week I went to the deli counter at Safeway to grab a sandwich to make it through a ver late night at work. There was a man being helped, so I stood to his left and patiently waited. The woman making his sandwich was taking her slooooooooooooooow asssssssssss tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime, so I waited for at least 10 minutes. Finally, another woman came over. At that exact moment, some punk 20-something guy walked over. She went right to him and asked him what he wanted! Despite the fact that I had clearly been standing there waiting to be helped for quite some time.

Now, this woman was a jerk for ignoring me, but so was the guy. Dude, I obviously hadn't been helped yet. The courteous thing to do was tell the deli lady that I was there first and let me order first. But nope...selfish jerkface guy placed his order and got instant help. I had to wait even LONGER than I already had. Nice manners, DB. You'll make some woman very lucky someday...

So immediately after she takes his order, THEN the mean deli woman looks at me and says, "oh...are you waiting?" Um, YEAH. She goes, "well you were supposed to wait over HERE," and nodded slightly to the left of where I was standing. There was no sign anywhere that said "wait here." And I was standing a 2 feet from the spot. And clearly she knew I was waiting. She ignored me on purpose. I must have seriously offended her sense of rightness by waiting 2 feet away from the "correct" sandwich ordering spot.

As she had not began making DB's sandwich, one of the two of the jerks could have let me go first. But nope. She made his order. Serves me right for standing to the LEFT of the guy who was already there instead of standing to his RIGHT. How DARE I?

Moral of the story: guy who walked in and got help instantly even though I had clearly gotten there first and was waiting = big jerk. Deli woman who intentionally ignored me and punished me for not magically knowing the correct place to stand to place my order = bigger jerk. It took me almost 20 minutes to get a crappy Safeway sandwich, and I left in a foul mood. I hate rude, inconsiderate people. :(