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jimhelm · 08-18-2011, 09:37 AM

This was yesterday... We're at Hershey Park and it's 9:40 PM... the kids and I are in line for Fahrenheit. had been in line for 20- 30 minutes at this point... and 3 girls... 16-17 yrs old, maybe... Excuse themselves to pass in line saying that their friends were up ahead and they wanted to join them... The friends had been there the whole time I had... and it's not like these girls had been in line and got out...

so I bellowed, "Sure, go right ahead and cut the whole line! I'm sure no one will mind!" REALLY LOUD.

I made sure the people around heard. Then the one girl ...as she passes ... says... "you know you could have just said no...." So I told her, again loudly, that I preferred to embarrass her. And enjoy your ride.

It was one of those rare moments where I actually said out loud what I meant when confronted with assholery. Usually, I think of it 3 minutes later and wish I had. I guess I was pretty tired by then. Long day in the hot sun... I wasn't grumpy or anything... just... That's a dick move.

08-18-2011, 09:37 AM	#3775
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	This was yesterday... We're at Hershey Park and it's 9:40 PM... the kids and I are in line for Fahrenheit. had been in line for 20- 30 minutes at this point... and 3 girls... 16-17 yrs old, maybe... Excuse themselves to pass in line saying that their friends were up ahead and they wanted to join them... The friends had been there the whole time I had... and it's not like these girls had been in line and got out... so I bellowed, "Sure, go right ahead and cut the whole line! I'm sure no one will mind!" REALLY LOUD. I made sure the people around heard. Then the one girl ...as she passes ... says... "you know you could have just said no...." So I told her, again loudly, that I preferred to embarrass her. And enjoy your ride. It was one of those rare moments where I actually said out loud what I meant when confronted with assholery. Usually, I think of it 3 minutes later and wish I had. I guess I was pretty tired by then. Long day in the hot sun... I wasn't grumpy or anything... just... That's a dick move. __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool