today I was at the salon looking at the nail polishes. I was the only person standing there and some old lady ( maybe in her 60's) walked up and wedged herself between me and the rack of polishes to get what she wanted. Her back literally brushed up against my chest and I had to step back.
she didn't say "excuse me" or anything like that.
I just backed up and waited till she was finished.. but I was thinking if it were someone in her 20's who did this I would have said something. It's because I was taught to respect older people that I did nothing...Then I got to thinking, why should I let someone push me around (literally) JUST because they are older? I remembered having a similar encounter with someone (also an older lady) at Taco time ( she walked off with my order on purpose knowing we had ordered the same thing because she didn't want to wait ( I was on a break at work which only lasted 30 min ) If something similar ever happened again I think I will say something next time. Is that bad?
What would you have done in a situation like this?
she didn't say "excuse me" or anything like that.
I just backed up and waited till she was finished.. but I was thinking if it were someone in her 20's who did this I would have said something. It's because I was taught to respect older people that I did nothing...Then I got to thinking, why should I let someone push me around (literally) JUST because they are older? I remembered having a similar encounter with someone (also an older lady) at Taco time ( she walked off with my order on purpose knowing we had ordered the same thing because she didn't want to wait ( I was on a break at work which only lasted 30 min ) If something similar ever happened again I think I will say something next time. Is that bad?
What would you have done in a situation like this?
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