Arrogance and Bullying Not Okay

[hevvonly]

To the extremely rude man in the Buffet King restaurant last night (Friday): Your attitude towards my husband, who was trying to enter the restaurant, was insufferably arrogant, intolerable and undeniably rude.

My husband was attempting to enter the restaurant to pick up an order we had placed. A man in front of my husband held the door open for two other customers to enter, and then proceeded to block the door so that my husband could not enter the restaurant. My husband said "Excuse me" three times to this man, who ignored my husband and remained firmly blocking the doorway. Finally, my husband squeezed past this "gentleman", who said to the other two customers, "I told you I was not going to excuse him!" as if his actions were commendable and humorous. The man made some remark about "the delivery man" behind my husband's back. FYI, my husband is not an employee of the restaurant and was picking up a private order.

If this is how you treat people in the service industry, I pity your family, friends, those in the service industry, health care and community for having to endure such insufferable arrogance. It reflects badly on your upbringing.

There are a lot of snobby people in this town. Glad to be moving at the end of the month, away from such blatant rudeness.

[CoffeeCanuck]

Was this man an employee or customer? Not that it matters, as rude is rude no matter how you slice it. Actually this mans actions speak of his character.

~D

[hevvonly]

The man was another customer, just like my husband. He saw my hubby carrying an insulated carrier and made the assumption that hubby was a delivery person for the restaurant, and was extremely rude to him. Inexcusable behaviour. It shouldn't matter if my hubby was a delivery person or not, it's no excuse to be rude to people.

[OREZ]

Arrogant, provocative behavior like that not only betrays a poor upbringing as you say, it also indicates insecurity. Clearly someone with a chip on his shoulder that big is overly compensating for some feeling of inadequacy. Probably, he drives the same way, and most likely if he's on a forum like this one he treats some other members just as poorly.

If people who act out in that manner could see how pathetically it comes across, they might alter their behavior but sadly, they're usually just too focused on themselves to see their own actions objectively.