Yesterday while doing some last minute grocery shopping at SaveMore, before fetching Lizzie from school, I saw and overheard this.....
This old man was standing in the line reserved for those with "Prestige Advantage Cards"....the line was quite long....the cashier had politely turned down 2 previous persons who were not holders of the Prestige Advantage Card, beca
use after all there
is a big sign above the designated cash register.....a sign that says
"Courtesy Counter for Prestige Card Holders"... said persons were then
asked to pay at a different cashier....
this particular old man was standing right after these 2 people who were earlier turned away....politely, I might add again...and they were asked about their cards way before they got directly in front of the cashier.....
so the old man heard everything that transpired.....
when the cashier was asking for the old man's Prestige Advantage Card....this was his answer....
"Arte arte....basta dito ako....ilang bagay lang naman ito."
The cashier was pleading, that she might be scolded by her supervisor or that the Prestige Card holders might get mad.....
the old man didn't care.....further adding.....
"Bakit kasi, may ganyan ganyan pa....akala mo kung sino....Basta gusto ko dito." and he was fuming.
I wanted to comment, because I pitied the cashier, who eventually accepted his payment.....owing to his old age, although he looked strong....I decided to keep my mouth shut.
This was what I wanted to tell the old man....."What if we fell in line at the cash register assigned for senior citizens?.....
It is not really about the "Prestige Card Holders and the Courtesy Counter", it is about following the rules....
it is about showing courtesy and kindness to the cashier as she might be scolded for something she could not control.....
it is about discipline....
it is about an old man, not having grown wise with age, setting a terrible example."
How can this old man go home and scold his children and grandchildren when they don't follow him.... when he himself could not follow a simple rule...it is also about moral ascendancy.
Our Senior Citizens deserved our utmost respect, and every amount of courtesy and kindness should be given to them......
but, having had the advantage of experience.....they too should be respectful and courteous to others and their rights.
So this was not about the extra-privilege given to Prestige Car Holders....
this was about an old man who expects to get what he wants regardless of the rules of the establishment and the rules on courtesy.....
it was about a disrespectful man being a bad example to people much younger than him.
God bless our Senior Citizens...God bless our cashiers. God bless all of us!
this particular old man was standing right after these 2 people who were earlier turned away....politely, I might add again...and they were asked about their cards way before they got directly in front of the cashier.....
so the old man heard everything that transpired.....
when the cashier was asking for the old man's Prestige Advantage Card....this was his answer....
"Arte arte....basta dito ako....ilang bagay lang naman ito."
The cashier was pleading, that she might be scolded by her supervisor or that the Prestige Card holders might get mad.....
the old man didn't care.....further adding.....
"Bakit kasi, may ganyan ganyan pa....akala mo kung sino....Basta gusto ko dito." and he was fuming.
I wanted to comment, because I pitied the cashier, who eventually accepted his payment.....owing to his old age, although he looked strong....I decided to keep my mouth shut.
This was what I wanted to tell the old man....."What if we fell in line at the cash register assigned for senior citizens?.....
It is not really about the "Prestige Card Holders and the Courtesy Counter", it is about following the rules....
it is about showing courtesy and kindness to the cashier as she might be scolded for something she could not control.....
it is about discipline....
it is about an old man, not having grown wise with age, setting a terrible example."
How can this old man go home and scold his children and grandchildren when they don't follow him.... when he himself could not follow a simple rule...it is also about moral ascendancy.
Our Senior Citizens deserved our utmost respect, and every amount of courtesy and kindness should be given to them......
but, having had the advantage of experience.....they too should be respectful and courteous to others and their rights.
So this was not about the extra-privilege given to Prestige Car Holders....
this was about an old man who expects to get what he wants regardless of the rules of the establishment and the rules on courtesy.....
it was about a disrespectful man being a bad example to people much younger than him.
God bless our Senior Citizens...God bless our cashiers. God bless all of us!
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