08-12-2003 18:14									#1
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Oh yeah.

I was waiting in line to get to the ATM to get some money for the grocery store.. I was waiting there in line and when it was my time, this old woman comes in and charges to the machine. Didn't wait a single second in the line. Just busted in like it was her right. Naturally I got pissed off. She wasn't old like she couldn't stand few minutes, she was in good health IMO. If she would have asked me, I'd prolly let her go first. But no, she HAD to be aggressive about it. And I hate when people try to be aggressive against me..

.. so I said 'we had a line here...' and she turns 180 facing me like someone just gave her the biggest insult in the world. 'When I was your age, men had manners!' and started using the machine. I didn't answer for a while, I was kind of ashamed, she was oldie you know.. but then I though f it, she's asking for it... 'Well when you were my age, there were no ATM machines so you could just skip the lines.. and besides, the only one here with no manners and being selfish is YOU'.

YEAH! Take that Oldie! I think I won.

	08-12-2003 18:28									#3
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But for the folks out there thinking I have no respect for old people, I do. But I don't think it justifies everything. Her demand of getting to use the machine fast is understandable by all means, but being aggressive about it like that is not excusable in my eyes.

	08-12-2003 18:32									#4
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My symphaties are with you, Pekka

	08-12-2003 18:37									#5
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Thanks .

When I got my money after her and turned around to get back to the store, half of them looked me like I was punk, half of them clearly thought I was a hero. No matter, I'll say it next time too! I'm a SUPERCITIZEN!

	08-12-2003 18:42									#6
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Yeah... she was in the wrong and just being rude. I tend to just ignore these people. Nothing you can say would really matter to them... so i don't waste the energy. As long as you got some satisfaction out of it, it was probably worth it.

	08-12-2003 18:57									#7
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What the **** did she think that you should have manners when she just didn't show any to you? There's no point going easy on total *******s like that, give 'em hell! They will probably never change but why make their behavior easy for them?

	08-12-2003 18:57									#8
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ops dp, been a while...

	08-12-2003 19:01									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Pekka 'When I was your age, men had manners!'

"Only for civilised persons."

	08-12-2003 19:01									#10
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I always wondered where those old folks get the idea they are entitled to more than us normal ppl. from.

As if these retirees would have so much trouble finding time to wait in a line. Oh yeah less time to walk around in the park or something I guess.

Or how the always complain they dont get enough money for doing nothing.
Some old lady in my house gets 3times the money I get (me working full-time), getting essentially paid by me (close to 20% of your money you have to pay for retirees, and health-care which is also mostly used up by old-folks), yet still has the nerve to tell me how much trouble she has with her little money....

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	08-12-2003 19:01									#11
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I agree she was being rude, but what does her being "old" have to do with anything?? (By "old" I gather she was 60+ from the way young people tend to use that word).

There's a witch hunt going on for "old" people these days, and I don't like it. Bloody age fascists.

	08-12-2003 19:03									#12
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She probably was a member of government - at least at one time. My wife was just telling me about how things are (or at least were) in Brazil. Members of the government are always escorted (or barge in) to the head of any line!

I only hope the US never becomes this way. Such conduct is just one example how power corrupts. Compare Augustus Caesar who was lived in a modest private home and was just another citizen of Rome with Diocletian who lived in palaces and had people crawl into an audience with him.

	08-12-2003 19:06									#13
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It seems to me that the White House has more in common with a palace than a modest private home

	08-12-2003 19:11									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Pekka Oh yeah. I was waiting in line to get to the ATM to get some money for the grocery store.. I was waiting there in line and when it was my time, this old woman comes in and charges to the machine. Didn't wait a single second in the line. Just busted in like it was her right. Naturally I got pissed off. She wasn't old like she couldn't stand few minutes, she was in good health IMO. If she would have asked me, I'd prolly let her go first. But no, she HAD to be aggressive about it. And I hate when people try to be aggressive against me.. .. so I said 'we had a line here...' and she turns 180 facing me like someone just gave her the biggest insult in the world. 'When I was your age, men had manners!' and started using the machine. I didn't answer for a while, I was kind of ashamed, she was oldie you know.. but then I though f it, she's asking for it... 'Well when you were my age, there were no ATM machines so you could just skip the lines.. and besides, the only one here with no manners and being selfish is YOU'. YEAH! Take that Oldie! I think I won.

You know what?? People like her who thinks having wrinkles give them a God-given privilege to walk all over younger people are RUDE and SELF-CENTERED.


Way to go, Pekka.

	08-12-2003 19:15									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Urban Ranger It seems to me that the White House has more in common with a palace than a modest private home

Yeah, One cannot help but notice the drift. Once Grant (or was it Lincoln) would mosey on over to the Willard to spend some time in its lobby. People would come up to him and talk, usually about things they wanted. The practice became known as "lobbying."

Today, due to all the assassinations and attempts, one can't get any where near a president. He travels with a large, armed entourage larger even than those of a Roman Emperor. Yeah, we are more like Diocletian than Augustus.

	08-12-2003 19:21									#16
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Exactly. I said old woman because she referred me as a young man, like 'when I was your age'... She wasn't very old.. I think 60 might be right, but not much older. Futhermore, she didn't seem to be even slow.. the way she busted in was very 'young'. I still felt kind of bad for a moment about it.. but now I don't. Except maybe a little. And it's not like I'm 14 year old punk dressing up like some weirdo.

It's funny that I still feel little guilty, though I only returned the verbal favor she first gave to me.. i guess I'm improving though.. from beating up young kids to verbally abusing old women. Good tendency.

	08-12-2003 19:22									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Pekka i guess I'm improving though.. from beating up young kids to verbally abusing old women. Good tendency.

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	08-12-2003 20:22									#18
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@Pekka.

At least you refrained yourself from doing what Steven Seagal would have done in that situation: sliced her throat open with a credit card.

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quote: Originally posted by Pekka 'When I was your age, men had manners!'

... and since you are a woman, you still haven't learned them?

	08-12-2003 20:25									#20
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Damn straight Pekka!

Show her who's boss!

	08-12-2003 20:28									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Ned She probably was a member of government

Shame on you, Ned. A) You have nothing to base this speculation on. B) As a member of the government, I always take my turn in line...in fact, when I'm waiting in line with a basketful of groceries and someone comes up behind me with just a couple of items, I always offer to let them go ahead of me.

	08-12-2003 20:30									#22
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Thanks for all the ecouragement, I feel good about myself now .

Pretty soon I might need to take my message to my own age and size too.. it's hard being SUPERCITIZEN, but I'll try to live one day at a time.

	08-12-2003 20:34									#23
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I would've bent her over the counter and show her how a young buck teaches proper manners.

But that's just me.

Edit: I take that back. That old, dessicated poontang would probably be nastier and drier than the Kalahari desert anyway.

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	08-12-2003 20:36									#24
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quote: Originally posted by Zkribbler B) As a member of the government, I always take my turn in line...in fact, when I'm waiting in line with a basketful of groceries and someone comes up behind me with just a couple of items, I always offer to let them go ahead of me.

Haha... Vote-hunter

	08-12-2003 20:38									#25
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quote: Originally posted by Pekka 'Well when you were my age, there were no ATM machines so you could just skip the lines...'

Good one!!

You should have walked up behind her and yelled out her PIN as she punched it in.

	08-12-2003 20:59									#26
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Nah, Pekka, that's not a complete victory. The real victory would be to make her trip, while she was mindlessly rushing to the ATM.

	08-12-2003 21:07									#27
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True.. nothing like a broken hip.

But then again, she did take the money first, so it wasn't total submissive victory. And I don't think she got embarrased about it, just angry too. So, in a way it wasn't a total elimination. But then again, no one booed me for charging an old lady, making it silent acceptance.. and that's taboo, attack old ladies, so I guess all in all, maybe it was total victory.

	08-12-2003 21:08									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Pekka YEAH! Take that Oldie! I think I won.

You should have slugged her and taken you rightful place in line.

	08-12-2003 21:28									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Ned I only hope the US never becomes this way.

You haven't spent anytime in Washington, D.C., have you.

	08-12-2003 21:32									#30
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quote: Originally posted by Pekka 'Well when you were my age, there were no ATM machines so you could just skip the lines.. and besides, the only one here with no manners and being selfish is YOU'.

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