T R

Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to be nice.

Where ever I’m at, I have always made an attempt to let the other person go first, help the old lady cross the street, somebody broke down on the road, I stop to help. In general, be a nice guy. My thought when I was young, it was the polite, respectful thing to do. My thought now, I’m passing on the good deeds folks did for me, and I sometimes throw in, pass it on.

OK here is my story. In the big warehouse store, they are busy, its at least 8 carts deep at every register. My cart, full to the brim, behind me is a guy with just a few things, behind him is a women with a few more than that guy. I get my cart positioned so when its my turn, I say to the guy, go ahead of me. He says thanks, we exchange small talk. I pull my cart back and tell the next woman go ahead I continue to talk with the man. Now its my turn, but the next woman is snug against the last one I let ahead. I smile and say, I need to jump back in, the lady I just let go ahead of me says go to the back of the line like the rest of us had to. The woman next in line keeps her cart tight, I say to her I was only letting those 2 folks go ahead cause they only had a few items and I need to slide back in.

She reluctantly lets me, lets me. The lady I let go ahead makes another remark about my going to the end of the line, I say I let you go ahead cause you only had a few items, I been to end already. She says oh thanks.

I have to think she is an idiot and just could not asses the situation,

But the lady behind her I’m not sure what was up with her.

At any rate, I’m a bit embarrassed, and a whole lot, pissed. As I am getting my stuff rung up at the register, I say to the Lady who held her cart so tight and was not wanting to let me back in. I hope you don’t think I was trying to cut in, I thought it was obvious what was happening.

She says to me, "sometimes it just doesn’t pay to be nice" I say to her "it always pays to be nice" (I don’t really believe that, I try to do the nice thing because if I didn’t I would be like her)

I’m going back to that store today, and if I saw her, and if I had one hair on my chin, I would clip her heels with my cart, the old bitch.

Truth of the matter, I would probably let her go ahead, again even though she is an old bitch.