Saturday, February 06, 2010

poor atm etiquette

here's what i think this person is saying, "dear society, eff you. i don't have enough sense, care, or respect to leave the atm while i am on the phone. instead, i will stand at the atm, blocking it from being used by others while i prattle away on the phone. i know i could easily take this phone call elsewhere, but i think that i am more important than all the people standing in line, patiently waiting for the other atm's to open up because i am occupying this one."



i went to the atm yesterday and encountered the above situation. as i walked up, there were four people in line, one who left as i got in line. at this bank there are 3 atm's, and this one was rendered useless by this person. i stood and stared, as did the man in front of me, at this woman as she talked away. mind you, it was sprinkling, and we all wanted to get out of the rain. but this woman showed no regard for others. her phone call was worth blocking the atm, WHICH SHE WAS NOT USING. i actually used the atm next to her when it was available, so i was privy to some of her phone call, which could have been taken somewhere else.

btw, i blurred out the face of the child because i didn't feel she deserved the public shaming (on the internet) just because she was there with a jerk. sadly, she was receiving plenty of public shaming as everyone waiting glared at them.

3 comments:

Adam said...

Heh, that's when you walk up to the ATM next to her with your phone and have an even louder, meaningless conversation. Something like:

"YEAH, I'M ON MY PHONE! I KNOW. NO, I'M JUST BLOCKING AN ATM LIKE A REALLY RUDE PERSON. YEAH, AWESOME, RIGHT?"

And then you look over and glare at her. Done and done.

edluv said...

yeah, i thought about getting her attention when i was in line, but just figured eff it, i'll just glare.

Lulu said...

Thats super annoying. I would like to say I would have said something but I am with you Ed and probably just would have glared and posted about it later.