People Piss Me Off

so... i had the misfortune of having to wait for a streetcar the other day in downtown toronto.

like most people, i find the whole public transit thing awful. i don't mind the subway so much, but streetcars or buses...what's that they say about riff-raff? look, i'm no elitist and certainly no millionaire, but it's the ignorant folk that make my hair itchy. and ignorant folk come in all classes, races, shapes, sizes and discrete brown paper packaging.

the other day while waiting for a streetcar, there was the usual orderly lineup of about 13 people. the obvious unwritten rule is if u r first at the stop, you are first to get on the vehicle, increasing the chances you'll have a seat on board. (i should note that i also refuse to line up at all. i'd rather embrace my individuality by hovering elsewhere other than the line up, and foregoing any kind of immediate chance for a seat).

so anyway, just as the streetcar is pulling up, out of nowhere this middle aged woman waddles up, looking full of attitude, and bypasses the entire line and walks first onto the streetcar. when the first guy in line mildly protests, she glared back at him in the "you-dont-talk-to-me-like-that!" sort of way.

clearly this woman had some false sense of entitlement, and i was secretly hoping it would turn into a confrontation of some sort, but sadly, it did not.

what makes people think like this? how in their right minds do they feel they can act this way? anyway, feel free to post your own stories of this nature..and maybe, just maybe, one of these assholes will read it and smarten the hell up...