Rudeness

On Friday we went to our usual haunt, Union Hall. This time we met up with a friend and some of his friends. We sat on the raised platform at the back of the bar where they have a bunch of couches and chairs.

After settling in with some food and drinks, a curious event took place not once but twice - we experienced some rudeness from fellow bar patrons. The first instance involved someone who could best be described as a "meathead". He said (and I'm paraphrasing here): "Excuse, but I could have that chair? There aren't enough over there..." Now mind you, I was sitting in the aforementioned chair that he was requesting and was probably in mid-bite or mid-sip. Needless to say, I was taken aback and didn't quite know how to respond so I said sure and actually got out of my chair and let him take the seat. Yes, he literally took the seat from underneath me. Not a huge deal, we had a ton of space in terms of the couches in our area but in retrospect (and probably due to the fact that our friend was really pissed about this guy having the audacity to ask for the chair I was sitting in) it was a really rude thing for that guy to do and I certainly did not have to oblige and be the nicer guy.

Anyhow the night went on and then a woman approached our group and asked "Are you in it for the long haul?" We were like: "What?" Who was this woman? I thought she might've been a waitress or bartender or something. Long story short, she was trying to see how long we were going to be because she was having a birthday party. Who cares?! The lounge area in the back can't be reserved by anyone. It's first come, first serve. And when one of our group went to the front of the bar to let this woman know that the lounge area next to us was open, she simply gave a quick acknowledgement and promptly blew her off. Unbelievable. The only solace taken from this woman's display of rudeness was the fact that we later saw her chatting up her "birthday party guests" as a sheet of toilet paper clung to the bottom of her shoe. What a classy, classy gal.