In a span of 5 minutes, I had 3 extreme emotion levels.

First, I was at Pret a Manger grabbing lunch, and I was utterly annoyed at this idiot that could not understand to keep his “space” small and I couldn’t get around him to save my life because he was everywhere. This bothered me to no end since I just wanted to get my lunch, pay and get out of there.

Next, I was in line after getting around the idiot, but then I ended up in line behind said idiot.  Idiot goes to an empty register thinking he can pay there.  Cashier at the line he WAS in (and where I am currently) says to him, “There is no cashier  there.”  He stands there dumbfounded, and I stand there amazed at his incompetence for understanding how lines work. Isn’t this one of the things we first learn in our socialization skills in pre-school? I could have gone ahead and let him stand there, but I said he could pay before me.  After he left, the cashier bought me a cup of coffee for my generosity towards the man.  I found this odd and shocking, but hey, free is free and I ain’t one to turn down free.  I took my free cup and was very elated by the kind gesture.  The cashier says, “It’s my pleasure. You were so nice to let him go and it’s nice to see people behave the other way around instead of jumping in line.”

But then… I’m on the street after grabbing my Being Nice coffee, walking back to the office, when some assclown plows right into my back.  I didn’t even get a chance to say “fuck off, asshole” because I was pre-occupied with trying to get the burning coffee off of my hand.  My elation went back to annoyance mixed in with frustration and a little anger.  Person didn’t even turn around.  What a nice guy!

As I’m trying to shake off my now pissy mood, the bag that is holding my lunch bursts open and everything falls on the ground.  I’m scrambling to pick up my lunch off the ground, every single person that walked passed me and just looked, without offering to help. In the end, I just felt defeated.

That cup of coffee was originally a sweet gesture, but quickly became my demise. I now understand that I should have been rewarded because of how bad people can be towards each other.

I don’t blame this on New Yorkers either…it’s people in general that fucking suck balls.