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[–]jsabo 222 points223 points ago

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I'm with you on this-- you courteously gave them your place in line, the least that they could have done was to say "we have a big order, do you still want to let us cut in front of you?"

[–]AndTheDanSays 121 points122 points ago

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WHY IS THAT SUCH A HARD CONCEPT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND??! HAVE YOU NO DECENCY, SIR? HAVE YOU NO DECENCY?

[–]redman66 47 points48 points ago

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GEORGE IS GETTING UPSET!

[–]Squonkster 32 points33 points ago

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WE'RE LIVING... IN A SOCIETY!

[–]Meades_Loves_Memes 20 points21 points ago

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I DON'T GET THE REFERENCES!

[–]chalkwalk 1 point2 points ago

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SOON...

[–]do_as_you_would 11 points12 points ago

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IS IT LUPUS?!

[–]cantonarv 1 point2 points ago

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ITS MOOPS

[–]guywhatdoneit 2 points3 points ago

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IT LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND OF DISCOLORATION

[–]Narfubel 1 point2 points ago

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BREAK INTO HIS HOUSE THEN

[–]hotsaucze89 1 point2 points ago

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had a large order today, and with this thread in mind, let the woman behind me in line cut ahead of me. I'm sure she appreciated the gesture. Reddit Rocks!

[–]FakingItEveryDay 1 point2 points ago

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And if you have a cart then you're buying too much shit to be going through the express checkout! Basket or GTFO!

[–]facingup 4 points5 points ago

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Some of the stores I go to have made the express checkout lane too thin to get a cart into. Genius in my opinion.

[–]NoOnesAnonymous 1 point2 points ago

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Disagree. A few large items (examples: 10-pack of paper towels, large ice chest, 30 lbs of cat litter, etc) are enough to fill a cart, especially if they're too heavy to carry, but still only take a minute to ring up. On the other hand, people with 35 different little canned goods that fit in the basket can take way too long.

[–][deleted] 215 points216 points ago

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This is why I hold the door open behind me so the next person can catch it.

[–]lifeformed 161 points162 points ago

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This is why I lock the door behind me so I can proceed to rob the store.

[–]porwegiannussy 10 points11 points ago

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But only after people are inside, you know, for wallets and stuff.

[–]t3ase 32 points33 points ago

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That say Bad Mother Fucker on them.

[–]joforedditin 7 points8 points ago

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I don't get the down-votes. Is reddit really to young for Pulp Fiction references?

[–]f03nix 5 points6 points ago

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Is reddit really too young for Pulp Fiction references

I was wondering the same thing myself.

[–]TesticleToe 7 points8 points ago

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I'm 24 and feel like I've been put out to pasture.

[–]ihavetwolastnames 1 point2 points ago

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I'm 19 with, apparently, the mindset of a senior citizen.

[–]MadeSenseAtTheTime 1 point2 points ago

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You think it's acceptable to crap wherever you happen to be standing at any given point? Awkward...

[–]ihavetwolastnames 2 points3 points ago

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I didn't imply dementia/loss of bowel control man. I'm just a grumpy old woman in the body of a teenager.

[–]DrasticFantastic 18 points19 points ago

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The worst part is when they don't take the door, so you accidentally hit them, or they don't take the door and walk right through without even a look in your direction. ಠ_ಠ

[–]BHSPitMonkey 17 points18 points ago

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If it accidentally hits them, show some conviction. Charge at then and punch them across the face.

[–]livevil999 4 points5 points ago

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You should have accidentally hit them.

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points ago

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Or, they walk in and don't say "Thank you." That is when I always reply, "Oh, You're WELCOME!"

[–]Sylense 12 points13 points ago

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If you're holding/opening the door for their thanks, you're doing it wrong.

[–]Ble_h 14 points15 points ago

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No, that's common courtesy.

[–]Sylense 25 points26 points ago

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It might be common courtesy (which isn't very common), but in my opinion replying to silence with "Oh, You're WELCOME!" just turns you into a royal asshole.

[–]GundamWang 12 points13 points ago

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Truth. Do good without thought of reward.

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[–]Jkins20[!] 2 points3 points ago

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The hand off would have been the best move in this situation. You are correct.

[–]the_right_one 15 points16 points ago

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this is a good point.. when you open it for them, you are giving them your place in line. it would be awkward if they got inside and then waited for you to get in and go ahead of them. what's the point of opening the door for them then.

[–]Jesufication 154 points155 points ago

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It's not awkward to say to somebody who was already polite to you "Hey, we've got a really large order; why don't you go ahead of us?"

[–]clerik 1 point2 points ago

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You guys are noobs. Just use door tech. if theres a double door. open the first one so they will be more likely inclined to open the second door causing first place position. And if there isn't a second door. Fuck them.

[–]cmilla 1 point2 points ago

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This. I am sorry but if there is a line at our mutual destination, I am not holding the door open for you and letting you go ahead of me. Last woman that let me go ahead of her at Tim Hortons I paid for her drink.

[–]finallymadeanaccount 1 point2 points ago

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This is why I don't hold doors open for people. And I walk past, letting the door close behind me, staring at them like a boss! One day, someone stared back. I just stared harder and, full of rage, quietly said, through gritted teeth: "What?!" Man, that was one 90 year old woman who won't give anyone shit again!

[–]TheRain 37 points38 points ago

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At Wal-Mart once I let a nice couple cut in front of me with their three items, figuring they would be done in a flash and I could have more time to unload my heaping cart of groceries. Turns out they were from out of state, argued about the sales tax, didn't have a local check to pay with, then had to get the PIN for their debit card from the luggage they left out in their rental. The amusement factor wore off pretty quick.

[–]Pr0pagandhi 15 points16 points ago

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how do you argue about the sales tax.....wtf....

[–]TheRain 12 points13 points ago

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Claimed they were from out of state and didn't have to pay it, but didn't have the ID to prove it.

[–]ichae 26 points27 points ago

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Wait... what state allows you to not pay sales tax just because you are out of state???

[–]Kimbernator 5 points6 points ago

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I believe if you have ID showing that you live in a different state, you can get your own state's rate. For instance, I live in southern Washington and I have a friend that recently moved here from Portland. His ID shows Oregon so he doesnt have to pay sales tax, whereas the rest of us pay like 8.2%

[–]Geirskogul 22 points23 points ago

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You are incorrect, sir. When you are in a state, you pay their taxes if the transaction takes place inside their borders.

The only, ONLY time a state business alters their tax rate for a customer is if they do a house call where money changes hands OUT OF STATE. If the customer pays in the shop, they pay that shop's state's tax rate.

[–]TheRain 9 points10 points ago

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You're wrong:

http://dor.wa.gov/content/QuestionsAndAnswers/article.aspx?id=10015

This has been a long-running issue in Washington State. Oregon doesn't have a sales tax, only an income tax, and shops along the river (particularly in Vancouver) struggled because of it. The legislature stepped in and said that Oregon residents didn't have to pay sales tax in Washington.

Now can everyone go back and upvote Kimbernator? They were absolutely correct in what they said.

[–]Kimbernator 2 points3 points ago

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Thanks for clarification. I was unaware that this area was a special case.

[–]roveboat 18 points19 points ago

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How the fuck? If I'm from abroad, I can basically decide on how much sales tax I want to pay? It's not as if the cashiers know what the sales tax rate is in Bumfuckistan..

[–]TokiBumblebee 15 points16 points ago

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Bumfuckistan? Why, us Assbangies are practically cousins!

[–]alchemeron 6 points7 points ago

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Gotta call shenanigans on this. There's no way this is legally true.

[–]double1 1 point2 points ago

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I've never heard this before. That has to be bullshit as each county can have a different rate.

[–]Pr0pagandhi 8 points9 points ago

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I thought you pay the tax of whatever state you are in? That's how it works right?

[–]INGSOCtheGREAT 1 point2 points ago

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correct

[–]StinkyBottom 132 points133 points ago

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You know, I used to get pissed off about shit like this. People cutting in front of you in traffic. Kids in cars playing their music REALLY LOUD. Stuff like that. I'd get really worked up. But then I got over it because I realised that life's too short and I just don't give a fuck anymore. Now, if I'm stuck in a queue somewhere I'll just start singing quietly to myself because that makes me happy. Also, people holding up a line tend to HURRY THE FUCK UP if someone waiting right behind them starts singing to themselves. True story.

[–]notcaptainkirk 110 points111 points ago

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No doubt. You're so right about life being too short. I like your method, but I do it a little different. Instead of singing to myself, I vigorously stab the assholes to death.

[–]StinkyBottom 29 points30 points ago

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I wouldn't recommend stabbing, personally. It seems like an over-reaction, (but hey, who am I to judge?) Try smiling at them next time. A big, wide, Forrest Gump smile. Then say something like "I've got a kitten!" or "It's my birthday!"

[–]ichae 43 points44 points ago

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"I just took a dump in my pants!"

[–]akatherder 6 points7 points ago

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Can I take a dump in yours now? You don't have to take them off... I got a system.

[–]nug87 7 points8 points ago

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Those look like comfortable shoes

[–]Alphaeno 4 points5 points ago*

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I just got up and am putting in Forrest Gump. It's 11:50PM and I have work at 7...thanks dude.

Edit: Proof http://i.imgur.com/SCDmb.jpg

[–]flexiblecoder 2 points3 points ago

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Baconator?

[–]StinkyBottom 5 points6 points ago

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People say "No way should Forrest Gump have won an Oscar." I say "Fuck you, Po-Faced bitches."

[–]Ikarus3426 9 points10 points ago

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If life really is to short I would think that would be more reason to hate the people making you wait in line longer.

[–]StinkyBottom 3 points4 points ago

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Hatin' is habit-forming. Just say no.

[–]RoccoRocco 2 points3 points ago

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You should check out Eckert Tolle's "Power of Now"

[–]StinkyBottom 3 points4 points ago

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Nice try, Tolle. I'm not falling for that one again.

[–]slotbadger 3 points4 points ago

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So you wouldn't mind waiting for 9 sandwiches to be made up because life's too short?

[–]StinkyBottom 5 points6 points ago

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I would mind, but then hopefully I'd remind myself that if this is the worst thing to happen to me today then I'm having a good day. Then I'd chime in to tell myself that there are Libyans and Syrians and Sudanese and a bunch of other people getting shot by their own Governments right now, while I'm standing in line all grumpy cause I have to wait ten minutes for a sandwich. All during which, of course, I'd be singing "I'm on the edge.... of glory... " out loud, cause I love that song. Have a nice day.

[–]slotbadger 4 points5 points ago

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Yeah, but imagine if you're some sort of Sudanese executioner, and you have to crush some rebels. You're a nice guy though, and you let another executioner take his turn first. Then this guy wants to cap 9 rebels before you can even gun down a single one?

[–]KellyAnn3106 1 point2 points ago

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If I'm on my own time, I wouldn't mind too much. If I'm on my 30 minute lunch break, I'd probably leave and hit a drive thru depending on how quickly the sandwich artists were moving that day.

[–]Paid_Spokesperson 2 points3 points ago

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That humming trick is key. I use it if someone's invading my personal space, or if a salesperson is on the phone rather than ringing me up. It's subtle, but people will find you very annoying and will do what's needed to make the crazy humming person go away.

[–]MadeSenseAtTheTime 1 point2 points ago

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Whenever someone invades my bubble I just move closer to them and stare. They get the point pretty quickly.

[–]DifferentOpinion1 1 point2 points ago

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People singing to themselves in public piss me off. I kid! But seriously, I find myself seeing rude things all the time, and have adopted the habit of saying, "Really?" a lot.

[–]heretoforthwith 1 point2 points ago

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Upvoted for passive-aggressive intimidation factor :)

[–]estecles 12 points13 points ago

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As a former employee of Subway, let me be the first to tell how infuriating it is to have these people order Costco amounts of sandwiches in front of 1 or 2 people. Bitch just let them go, we'll get to your children horde.

[–]clamsmasher 3 points4 points ago

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The best Subway customers were the ones who called in the large orders. That way you can prepare the order in between walk-in customers. Or the ones who give you a written list of their order instead of having you do the lettuce/tomato/onion? spiel 10 times in a row.

[–]LyssaPearl 1 point2 points ago

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I did the call in thing, until I got sick of them never even starting my order until I got in the store, and then making me wait another 20 minutes to get the order I had placed almost an hour ago.

[–]keeleyaurora 1 point2 points ago

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upvote for children horde

[–]mynameisgreg 26 points27 points ago

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I've actually been asked to move back in line by a SubWay employee when placing a big order. In my defense, the only person behind me was one really quiet guy whose presence I wasn't aware of.

[–][deleted] 19 points20 points ago

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Ya, I've put small orders ahead of big ones working at Subway.

[–]Zenira 18 points19 points ago

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What if more people keep coming in though; where do you draw the line and say, "Fuck it, it isn't this customer's fault that they have a big order. They have every right to their place in line, like everyone else?"

[–]dont_forget_a_towel 6 points7 points ago

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Just that 1 small order (assuming its originally just the 2 people), and then if anyone else enters the line a decent sandwich artist will excuse themselves and tell that person it'll be 5-10 mins or how many sandwiches ahead. After that its not just bad luck, it's going to a place that's routinely busy and being told upfront its busy.

[–]rustypig 1 point2 points ago

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I like how slapping some meat and cheese on some bread qualifys you as a "sandwich artist". However I love subway so I won't complain.

[–]facingup 1 point2 points ago

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As long as they don't start calling themselves something like "Edible arrangement Engineers" I'm ok with it.

[–]Daxx22 1 point2 points ago

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English Major.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

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Serving the smallest orders first is actually the provably optimal way of doing it so that the average waiting time is the lowest (CS major here).

[–]futurelibrarian 8 points9 points ago

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It makes it unfair though.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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Depends on your definition of fair. On average, what we call "Shortest job first" scheduling ensures that everyone waits for the least amount of time.

It's not as practical for computers, though, because you have no way of knowing how long a job will take until you finish it. Its main purpose is to serve as a benchmark for other algorithms.

[–]INGSOCtheGREAT 4 points5 points ago

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True, but in a system like Subway, we are not necessarily looking for a shortest service time algorithm. It should not be more advantageous for 9 people to come in driving 9 (or 2/3 with carpooling) cars in wait-time than 1 person to go and order all the sandwiches. It should actually benefit them for not wasting gas, etc on driving there by themself.

EDIT: It is also not true to say "everyone waits for the least amount of time". The average wait time is reduced to its minimum, but some people are waiting more.

[–]Kilane 3 points4 points ago

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Wouldn't you rather have 9 people wait 2 extra minutes than have 1 person wait 20 extra?

Yes, the extra time is the same in total but it becomes less of an inconvenience when divided among more people.

[–]rodgling 1 point2 points ago

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Optimal average case but unbounded worst-case (the big order could wait forever while little orders go in front). I.e., not a very good solution.

[–]mynameisgreg 2 points3 points ago

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I have immense respect for anyone who can ask a food service customer to be considerate. I work at a BWW, and the mindset of our customers is freaking annoying.

[–]allday0212 3 points4 points ago

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I frequent BWW, what are you saying, WHERE'S MY FUCKING WATER DOUCHE BAG.

[–]brokenzion410 9 points10 points ago

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I always think of this when people hold the door open for me!! I typically let them ahead of me because they were nice

[–]grinch337 44 points45 points ago

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Yeah. When I go to the only semi-empty lane at the supermarket, there's always that woman with a heaping grocery basket and an envelope of coupons that will dart in front of me, because checking out my gallon of milk is obviously going to take too long for her to have the common courtesy to let me go first.

[–]narky1 54 points55 points ago

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I've had a good week shopping. I turned up late last week and there was an empty checkout. That rarely seems to happen me.

And then I was back at the shops on Saturday. All I had was a BBQ chicken and some bread rolls.

There were a few queues of people all with heaps of groceries, so I joined a random line.

Guy in front of me said "mate, you can go in front of me if you want" The lady in front of him turned around and said "yeah, go for it". The two people in front of them motioned me to front of the queue.

So happy. Can't remember that ever happening before (certainly not with a queue of people). Thanks for reminding me.

[–]remotephone 21 points22 points ago

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I've had this happen to me at 11:58 or 59 with beer several times. People have let me go in front of them because if they didn't I might not get to drink that night. God Bless Them.

[–]mesablue 6 points7 points ago

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Has happened to me as well, I get out of work late and sometimes have to make the mad dash before midnight -- in Texas.

But, reddit doesn't like Texas, so I probably shouldn't have mentioned that.

[–]risingyeast 9 points10 points ago

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Don't you tell me what I like and don't like.

[–]mesablue 6 points7 points ago

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So you do like Texas.

Awesome.

[–]Gibodean 11 points12 points ago

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God? Is the God-botherers that get the laws passed that don't let you buy booze after a certain time....

[–]Delfishie 7 points8 points ago

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Personally, I hope that God is nothing like his asshole followers on earth. Fuck those Sunday laws.

[–]thatwasntababyruth 1 point2 points ago

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My city finally got rid of the sunday ban a few years ago. Unfortunately, the stores are limited to selling until 8pm (11pm any other night), so you have to think ahead if you're gonna drink on sunday.

[–]CloudEA 5 points6 points ago

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Fuck last call. Living in Vegas made me forget all about it, and now that I moved back to California I don't get drunk at bars quick enough.

[–]big80smullet 1 point2 points ago

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Happens all the time in australia tbh. Its called being courteous and friendly and it shouldn't be a rare thing.

[–]narky1 4 points5 points ago*

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I'm Australian (the "mate" should have probably tipped you off).

All too often I seem to be the one being courteous and friendly.

I don't know what it is about supermarkets but I mostly loathe the experience. Lots of otherwise friendly people seem to turn into arseholes.

EDIT: I certainly agree. It's kinda sad that something that should be common place becomes rare. It's like that wave from the guy you just let merge into your lane. It's something lots of people do when they know you (like friends, family, coworkers), but it drops off drastically when its just some random person.

EDIT: I guess what I see happen all the time is when there's just two people and one will wave the other in front. I've seen it not happen a lot also. But was only time I've seen a whole group bump someone to the front when they've all clearly been waiting a while. And amazingly it was me who got pushed through. Happy days.

[–]CoffeeNerd 3 points4 points ago

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In Canada we have a chain of stores called Canadian Tire that will give out Canadian Tire Money with your purchase. These are mostly 5 and 10 cents bills but can be in higher denominations. Last Sunday I got to the register with my 1 can of ant nest killer at the same time as this lady with this full cart. She see's me and rush's in front of me. As usual this is the only register open. when it comes time to pay she open's her giant bag and proceeds to pay for her entire 185 dollar purchase with these 5 and 10 cent bills. 2 other people came over to help count them.

I got so upset I just placed the can of ant nest spray down on the floor and left.

[–]Flash_mob_of_one 7 points8 points ago

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i REALLY want the magic power to have their cart empty (everything back where it was found) when I see these people.

[–]uberduger 2 points3 points ago

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See, if I could stop time, this would be the kind of stuff I'd do.

[–]niyrex 2 points3 points ago

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I was at walmart the other day and this bitch jumped in front of me with her heaping cart. I and 2 items. Then she had to make it separate orders because she was paying with food stamps (not that there is anything wrong with that). Apparently she didn't have enough money or it was declined and ended up spending the next 20 min on her iPhone (yes, a women on food stamps had a fucking iphone 4) calling to see why she was declined. Instead of holding the order and processing the people after her I had to stand there for 20 minutes to buy 2 things. Fuck that lady.

[–]sevenofk9 1 point2 points ago

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In one of his sets, Jack Dee describes how much he hates the look of that shit-eating face of the person behind him who only has one item and would love to cut ahead of Jack's weekly shopping load.

"Is that all you've got?" "Oh, yeah, just this pint of milk." "You might as well fuck off now, I'm gonna be fuckin' ages."

[–]behaaki 1 point2 points ago

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This is when you casually take an item from her cart, and place it out of her reach. She huffs at you, goes to get it -- you move her cart and take her place in line. Before she's able to speak, you've paid for your gallon of milk.

[–]noveltyaccount9001 12 points13 points ago

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As a subway employee, why can't more people call these orders ahead? Or do people really just walk into a subway and go, "You know what, I think I'm going to get enough food for a week."

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[–]rkredditisacircleje 5 points6 points ago

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That can't be real. I mean I only read two posts and no one is that bad. This is satire right? Please tell me it is.

[–]catamount 4 points5 points ago

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The person's name is Jocelyn Testes-Harder. You tell me if that's real.

[–]smellypants 1 point2 points ago

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Laughed as I answered the phone at work..upvote.

[–]mullanaphy 1 point2 points ago

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While growing up McDonald's would have the tuesday night $.35 cheeseburger nights. Well coming from a large family (6 siblings, yet the house had about 16 people in all) this deal can become quite usable. My father would call up McDonald's ahead of time and tell them we were getting a large order of them (~30).

Only one time did they give us any hassles for it, saying only 5 per customer. So my dad loaded up all the kids in the van, gave us each exact change for 5 burgers and we each took our time on line.

[–]rubixcube93 4 points5 points ago

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GGG wouldn't be GGG if everyone was GGG. :(

[–]Supernoob 14 points15 points ago

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One time I was at some radom water park in line for some food. This guy behind me is holding his infant son when they baby starts screaming. With that he asked me if I would mind if he went in front of me. With the baby screaming I let him. He then proceeds to order something like "150 hamburgers, 195 cheeseburgers, 100 slices of pizza, 400 orders of french fries." I was floored and being 12 at the time had no idea of what to do. The first words that came out of the cashiers mouth was "please tell me you are joking." He responds "nope you take visa right?" The manger was not a total ass and made my food first.

[–]Delfishie 27 points28 points ago

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There are so many unanswered questions here:

  1. What was he going to do with all that food?
  2. Was he being intentionally rude or was he just not really thinking about anyone other than himself?
  3. Did he feed all 195 burgers to the baby? He did, didn't he. He totally did.
  4. How does a manger make food? Did the baby Jesus get in the way?
  5. Did you order 200 burgers just to spite that asshole?

[–]Supernoob 3 points4 points ago

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  1. Apparently he was ordering for a whole camp.
  2. I have no idea.
  3. That would probably be some form of child abuse

[–]ichae 6 points7 points ago

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yeah, there's definitely nothing that says that a food place has to process orders in FIFO order...

[–]TamiusUpper 5 points6 points ago

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This happens every late night (after midnight) and I want munchies (usually a couple of tacos or one combo), and there is always a fat mom in a giant SUV ordering at least 4 full bags worth of food.

[–]nickm07 3 points4 points ago

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I think I'm pretty courteous at the grocery store... if I see someone come up behind me with one or two items, I'll let them go ahead of me (as I typically come out with a cart full of stuff).

I almost feel bad when there's only one lane open (very late night shopper) with no self-checkout lane, and I've already started unloading onto the belt when someone comes up with just a gallon of milk.

[–]Conde_Nasty 3 points4 points ago

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Larry?

[–]chumpette 1 point2 points ago

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He should have tackled them.

[–]Aarmed 4 points5 points ago

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Hell, I start eyeing up cars as competition when I'm pulling in the lot.

[–]roxm 3 points4 points ago

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I went to Subway during a family vacation over the summer. I had a list of about a dozen sandwiches to order. I let three or four people go in front of me, because it was the lunch rush and I didn't think it was fair to make them wait.

[–]PrompterOp 2 points3 points ago

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You could be Larry David? This shit happens to him A LOT.

[–]one_wicked_element 2 points3 points ago

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This is why I do the "backwards open door". I go through the door first, and then hold it open until you can grab it. It allows me to be "nice", while allowing me to retain our place in line.

[–]ed057 2 points3 points ago

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Sometimes being a nice guy doesn't pay off.

[–]UDNTNOME 8 points9 points ago

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I almost down-voted this before realizing that sandwiches weren't for you...

Hope you have a happy rest of your birthday.

[–]ichae 2 points3 points ago

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Yeah, I originally misread it too thinking he was a Subway employee and the couple was rewarding his opening of the door by buying nine subs...

[–]realpersonhere 8 points9 points ago

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How is that a reward?

[–]livevil999 5 points6 points ago

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Let me guess: you didn't say anything in the store but when you got home you posted it on Reddit? Way to go guy.

[–]DAL82 1 point2 points ago

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I had to book a doctors appointment a couple months ago. The receptionist was surprised when I told her to fit me anywhere in the schedule, and to feel free to bump me if anybody needed it more than me.

It's called sharing people. Take your share.

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Well, I do the "anywhere" bit, but that's just cause my schedule is completely flexible and if they can fit you in anywhere you have a better chance of getting in sooner.

[–]Allurex 1 point2 points ago

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I feel the same way when people in front of me rent like 4+ movies at the Redbox. Are they really gonna watch all those movies in one day!? WTF.

[–]whostolemypancake 1 point2 points ago

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Had a similar issue at the movies. Nice couple held the door for me into the theater. I then noticed the infant in the stroller with them. Conflict.

[–]sugarlily 1 point2 points ago

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wow similar thing happened to my bf at subway; he held the door for a girl and then all her girlfriends that came in later on and skipped him in line to join her... i don't even think the girl thanked him... people are so inconsiderate

[–]frame_limit 1 point2 points ago

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I went to Taco Bell the other day planning on buying 12 tacos for $10 (they have a deal going). I noticed the guy behind me and asked him IF HE WANTED TO GO AHEAD OF ME, since I was ordering so much. He denied the offer but I still felt like a boss. A nice boss.

[–]PeterMus 1 point2 points ago

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I always ask people if they'd like to cut ahead before doing this kind of stuff. I also make room for people merging and use my turn signal at all appropriate times.

[–]Casemods 1 point2 points ago

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Next time open the door and walk in it, then hold it open behind you idiot.

Stop being so beta

[–]Retsoka 1 point2 points ago

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The price of politeness. Deal with it.

[–]infofake 1 point2 points ago

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I work 32 hours on weekends. 16hr sat/16 hr sun. Commute is 45 mins each direction so basically I get about 5 hours of sleep sat night if I'm lucky. There's a 24 hr subway at a gas station near my house that I sometimes stop at on my way home sat nights. There's been a couple of times I left without ordering because I was so annoyed with how long the people in front of me were taking to order their multiple sandwiches.

[–]reddit_feminist 1 point2 points ago

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subway's queue system seems so unoptimal to me for this exact reason. One customer can hold up the entire line for 15-20 minutes. There has to be a better way to set up a sandwich shop that gives the customer any preference but doesn't get totally bottlenecked with one huge order. Maybe if the line wasn't linear, and the sandwich stations were perpendicular to the queue, like a comb, with one sandwich maker/tine? So everyone got an equal amount of help, but the people with big orders would just be stuck there a little longer without holding everyone else up?

idk, this happens sometimes at starbucks too, especially if there's only one barista on staff. Someone orders five drinks for their family and suddenly you're waiting in like for 40 minutes.

[–]NoApollonia 1 point2 points ago

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Oddly enough I live within fifteen minutes drive of three Subways. If the sandwich artist doesn't decide to take my one (sometimes two if I'm ordering for the husband) order first before the person ordering for ten, then that particular franchise loses my business and I will drive to a different one.

[–]notjawn 1 point2 points ago

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Subway is like where the most egregious violations of social mores occur.

Nothing like the person in front of you, instead of writing it all down, pulling out their cellphone to call whomever they are ordering for and playing cellphone relay-a-thon for 5 orders. "Okay. Turkey? TURKEY! Lettuce? LETTUCE! Tomatoes? TOMATOES? Wait no tomatoes? WAIT NO TOMATOES!"

[–]vbgunz 1 point2 points ago

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If you're gonna be nice you might as well be humble.

[–]whiskeytab 1 point2 points ago

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i got screwed over like this when trying to get my iPhone 4. i had gone to the store early in the day hoping they had some, saw a couple with a baby, so I held the door open for the woman who was carrying the baby, asshole husband walks right past me to the counter and buys the last iphone they had.

last time I do that...

[–]Frack-Star 1 point2 points ago

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I feel your pain brother. I feel your pain. (Looks to ground and smiles, looks up and wipes tear from eye).

[–]technotard 1 point2 points ago

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What about the lady in front of me at Chipotle's who orders two burritos SO HUGE they have to triple-wrap them? And then she requests they use fresh tinfoil to cover them. And then she wants 6 cups of extra salsa. And then she doesn't want to pay for guacamole. And then she digs for pennies in her purse. I was so hungry...

[–]Happy_Reddit_Birthda 1 point2 points ago

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y

[–]phasmy 3 points4 points ago

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This is why I don't hold open doors.

[–]TedFromTheFuture 1 point2 points ago

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I got 4 footlong sandwiches once and the guy asked if it was for here or to go. I was the only one in the restaurant. I asked who in their right mind would sit down and eat 4 subway sandwiches? He said Michael Phelps. Wow.

[–]Ginger-spice 5 points6 points ago

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I work at subway and I see this happen way too often.

[–]ButtonFury 1 point2 points ago

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You are the only one that's in the position to send the large order to the end of the queue...

[–]futurelibrarian 3 points4 points ago

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How is that fair though? There are no rules that are relevant to this case. And wouldn't the subway worker feel like a dick if he sent them to the back and the door holder had 9 subs as well? I mean, it sucks, but the subway guy shouldn't do anything about it.

[–]mmhrar 5 points6 points ago

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You're right he shouldn't. It's first come first serve, that's the only way to be fair. Now, if you are a decent person, you would let the guy behind you go first if you know you are ordering a lot of subs.

I worked at SubWay for a while in school, how I dealt with this was pretty simple. The sandwhich making process is two parts:

bread, meat, cheese

vegetables

Ideally, you have one guys on bread/meat/cheese and another doing the veggies and a third ringing people up, usually only during busy hours do you have three going at once. Otherwise someone is doing prep or dishes.

If you are in this situation, you setup the 9 sandwhiches for the veggie guy, then you deal w/ each customer after that through the whole chain and, for 9 sandwhiches, you can probably finish up three people and them paid before the 9 sandwhich guy starts to pay.

If I was solo (near closing) and something like this happened, I would just prioritize myself. Bread/meat/cheese everything then veggie the 1 sandwhich guy and ring him up, then finish the 9 sandwhich guy. Don't give a shit about customer satisfaction, since I wasn't allowed tips :)

[–]sleeveofheart 3 points4 points ago

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...and on your birthday, too. Poor guy. Hope an upvote helps get you back on track.

Happy birthday.

[–]connecttwo 3 points4 points ago

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My roommate just had a rather robust lady order 80 whoppers in front of him at BK, at 1045 at night.

[–]narky1 5 points6 points ago

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If your roommate had of taken a pic you could have turned it into a karma goldmine.

[–]slyphox 1 point2 points ago

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What is the going rate of karma per pound (KPP)?

[–]Ze_Carioca 1 point2 points ago

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Eat fresh

[–]MissingInAsia 1 point2 points ago

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The elevator is the unfair-est of all them all.

Hold the "Open Doors" button for a slow-walker to make the lift. Arrive at same floor. Doors open - they're first in queue. :(

idea: someone make a rage comic of the above and subsequently engineer their own karma train

[–]marsatomic 0 points1 point ago

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I walked out for less of a wait before, and will do it again

[–]iwishiwereyou 1 point2 points ago

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This shit drives me NUTS.

People will even do it when I'm in uniform! Do they think perhaps the Paramedic is unlikely to need to be anywhere? I mean, I don't want to cut, but please, don't let me give up my spot if you're going to make me wait in line for a half hour.

Why do people think that because someone is polite to them, they are absolved of the need to be polite back?

[–]nwow 1 point2 points ago

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I'm going to reply to your comment and explain to people who are mad what it's like being a paramedic. First, you get $14 an hour to mop up bodily fluids and take care of drunks and hypochondriacs. Then, you work for 24 hours, often, if you're in a city or large county, without bathroom or meal breaks. If you, by some miracle, get 30 minutes to go to subway or the taqueria, and get food, most likely you will get a call right away. Because you're not in a firehouse, and there's no place to store food, you now have to throw whatever food you haven't eaten away, because food is not allowed around patients.

Ah, you say, the state mandates that you have so much time off for lunch, or a coffee break, you should just take that! Yes, it's true, you're allowed to not respond to calls for a certain amount of time during your shift. But, there are things called response times. The EMS authority mandates that every fire truck and ambulance have a certain average response time to calls. If you don't make your average, your pay gets docked! If a call is near you, and you decide to risk your average by not accepting that call, you take your and your partners financial solubility into your hands.

I love my job, and I wouldn't do anything else in the world. I understand I'll never be rich, and I'll never have a normal social life. But please, if you see me in the line at Subway, perhaps after 24 hours of work with 24 more left in front of me, please, at least, not complain to everyone who works there that your cheese was put on your sandwich wrong.

This is where iwishiwereyou is coming from. Yes, we know what we signed up for, because first we had to be EMTs, and they make even less and work shittier hours. We're at the top of our profession, and every once in a while we get to do cool stuff, but most of the time we're dealing with shit. And I mean that literally. Can't people understand that sometimes we'd like to eat once within a 24 hour period?

[–]ApprenticeStoner 5 points6 points ago

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Do they think perhaps the Paramedic is unlikely to need to be anywhere?

This has no bearing on the issue to me. Vital to public well-being as you and your colleagues may be, it is your responsibility and your responsibility alone to budget your free time. If you have somewhere you need to be, you probably shouldn't be waiting in a Subway line to begin with.

I'm not saying that it isn't great to be courteous to others, just that you shouldn't expect special treatment. You chose to be a paramedic, don't expect others to take on some sort of special obligation toward you because of that.

[–]Technojerk36 3 points4 points ago

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I think what he's getting at is that he only has a small amount of free time, perhaps in between shifts or something and if he has to wait for 30 minutes just to get his food, he won't have enough time to eat it. Or something like that.

[–]ApprenticeStoner 3 points4 points ago

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And I'm saying that, despite that, he is no more entitled to a short wait at Subway than anybody else.

[–]Skittl35 0 points1 point ago

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Shit like this is why I've gotten into the habit of holding the door, but behind me. Door held, but I'm still in front.

[–]ManBearTree 0 points1 point ago

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FUCK COURTESY.

[–]hellocat 0 points1 point ago

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meow

[–]Howtheturntables 0 points1 point ago

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As the guy making the sandwich, I'd like to say the same

[–]jimmyrunsdeep 0 points1 point ago

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I went to Taco Bell one evening I was walking up to the lone cashier and just barely got there before some woman. I thought I'd be nice and told her to go ahead. She proceeds to order 50 tacos and a bunch of other shit. I think she was buying food for a little league team or something.

[–]VadersGonnaVade 0 points1 point ago

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Man, today at subway I held the door for this guy and he walked through it, extremely slowly, staring right at his phone the whole time and never said anything, or even looked at me. Man, I was so pissed.

[–]jamespetersen 0 points1 point ago

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Did they at least thank you for holding the door?

[–]sugarlily 0 points1 point ago

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i also hate it when a guy butts in front of me to get to the door, but then doesn't hold it open. i don't care if it's bougie; if you're gonna cut in front of me to get to the door first, you'd better fucking hold it open for me.

[–]iscrewyou 0 points1 point ago

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I always get subway during my lunch at work. I work part time so don't worry, it's not every day. Anywho, one day I was standing in line behind a family of 4 waiting to order. The gentleman in front of me looks behind, sees me and tells me to go in front of them since I am on my lunch. I wanted to hug him. I didn't. That made my day. Everyone should check their surroundings when ordering. Someone is sometimes legitimately in a hurry.

[–]RawDogAssassin 0 points1 point ago

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you're not supposed to do anything nice for people on your reddit birthday

[–]prichards 0 points1 point ago

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You should have taken this as a sign to eat somewhere other than Subway. Your tongue would have thanked you.

[–]Scoldering 0 points1 point ago

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How were they to know you wouldn't've just been ordering FIFTEEN sandwiches when you got up there?

[–]sakipooh 0 points1 point ago

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Maybe they thought you might order ten sandwiches?...but yeah, people like that are dicks.

[–]netgod2002 0 points1 point ago

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Jarrod is still bitter about gaining weight again.

[–]jgmachine 0 points1 point ago

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Lately I've been getting the assholes who think its okay to go into the express lane with a cart full of items... GO FUCK YOURSELF! I got shit to do! My time is valuable douche nozzle.

[–]DementedCrazoid 0 points1 point ago

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I'm going to guess that they paid with a credit card too.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Yes, call in your order sonsabitches!

[–]Skitzel 0 points1 point ago

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Fuck these people. They can burn in the hell I don't believe in.

[–]hullobirdy 0 points1 point ago

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Y U NO LET ME GO FIRST?!

[–]havig 0 points1 point ago

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Wow I hate Subway. Their "fresh baked" bread tastes instantly stale to me. The franchise I used to go to screwed up my order in so many ways. I apologize for not adding anything of value to this conversation, but I wanted to vent. Done with the place.

[–]eighttx 0 points1 point ago

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That's bad form on your behalf. Going into a food establishment like Subway or something similar and allowing people to order ahead of you is well.. you kinda asked for it.

[–]My_Sonic_Boom 0 points1 point ago

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It would have been easier and more productive to speak up at the time than to post this online. What's wrong with saying. Excuse me but I held the door open for you. I have just one order to place and be on my way. Then skip ahead like a boss.

[–]GhostedAccount 0 points1 point ago

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You must be a lunch time noob. It is a race to the door and don't let anyone in front of you.

[–]NoSalt 0 points1 point ago

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That'll teach you to be a chump.

[–]BostonPatriot99 0 points1 point ago

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Reminds me of a "Curb Your Enthusiasm" episode when Larry David holds the elevator for a woman at the doctors, lol.

Season 1, Episode 5.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Let it go man!

[–]shabatooo 0 points1 point ago

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Let me guess, you were too much of a pussy to say anything to them.