Old people and queues
Whilst queueing for fuel yesterday morning, I was trying to get onto a pump as some woman zipped past into the actual pump, nearly taking my wing off. After a long blast on my horn, I pulled into another pump, carried on as if nothing happened, filled up (now THAT made me angry), and went into the kiosk to pay. Whilst there, I apologised to the gentleman that was near to me when I set off my horn, and was told "I think you are downright rude. Fancy not letting in an old woman, is your time so precious?" WTF?!? And then came the immortal gem that will last with me till I die, the woman had turned up behind me and said:
"I'm a grandmother, you know."
Cue shocked silence, and wandering back to the car shaking head to see if that made more sense.

Oh, can someone PLEASE explain how can I be chivalrous in a queue at a petrol station? Should I let all old ladies past?
( Duke Of Belmsford has got 99 records, but Jay-Z ain't one, Sat 21 Jun 2008, 9:55, 11 replies)

Old bags in queues
No fuck 'em
(bluemohawkz eating nine types of industrial pollution since, Sat 21 Jun 2008, 10:30, closed)

aaargh
The grandmother card. You're powerless against it. So you managed, due to having reproductive organs, to spawn a child, who in turn, spawned a child, thus making you a grandmum. While I applaud you and your offspring's fecundity, why, for the love of all that is holy, should I give a fuck?

You can't fight it, it's all pervasive. Just nod and smile, then piss in their Werther's Original.
(Rakky (forgot her password) The muffin maverick, Sat 21 Jun 2008, 14:17, closed)

NO!!! Fuck em
I fucking hate old bags like that!!!
Who CARES if they're old, they're still cunts!

"I'm a grandmother, you know." WTF?!?

A nice comeback would have been,
"well then, I understand that you're in a rush , 'cos you'll be dead soon, you fucking piss-flap-scab"
(Mr.Dog was in love again on, Sat 21 Jun 2008, 18:17, closed)

No, don't let them past
old age is no excuse for bad manners. They always barge to the front of bus queues as well - pisses me right off.
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Sat 21 Jun 2008, 19:46, closed)

I hope you rammed her from behind
The car in front today had a "grandchildren on board" sign hanging from the back window. The temptation to run them off the road was enormous.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Sat 21 Jun 2008, 21:29, closed)

I am refreshed
That its not me who thinks like this. Thank you for re-instilling my trust in the Human race- well, the B3ta part, anyways.
( Duke Of Belmsford has got 99 records, but Jay-Z ain't one, Sun 22 Jun 2008, 2:45, closed)

Old people
Oldies like this give me serious rage. Who do they think they are? They can wait in line like the rest of us. If a young person tried to barge through we'd hear all about 'the youth of today'. So many oldies are so rude but they get away with it. I usually make some comment to the person I'm with, just loud enough for them to hear. Fuckwits. /rant.
( El Lazarus is calm now, Ish,, Sun 22 Jun 2008, 21:17, closed)

god, i hate people who do that!
if they're that old, surely they're old enough to know better and be a little more polite. i get my own back by sitting on the front bus seats. they may be elderly, but i'm disabled, so FUCK em, it's MY seat!
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 2:17, closed)

No
Should you fuck let them in, their day involves buying cat food, putting flowers on their husbands grave and driving slowly. Your day is infinetely more profitable for the country as a whole as you are working, therefore those extra minutes waiting to let her go first are costing this country money in lost revenue. If everyone did this imagine how this country would go into decline.
(robneymcplum spiced up his life on, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 10:13, closed)

to be properly chivalrous ...
you should also buy their petrol for them.

However, to be deserving of chivalry, they shouldn't just barge in in the first place.
(haberman is singing in the changes, Mon 23 Jun 2008, 13:09, closed)

In reply to the I'm a Grandmother
One should always say "And I hope you taught them better manners than you have." Especially old Daily Mail readers. You know the ones.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Mon 23 Jun 2008, 15:21, closed)