So Ye Giveth, So Shall Ye Receive...eth

It deserves to be a modifier on one of Newton’s Laws of Motion. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction? Every attitude shall be met with equal and opposing attitude…

Kaplahr. There is a woman I occasionally run into that manages to completely rub me the wrong way, each and every time I see her. We just flat-out don’t like each other. Now, attitude has entered the formula. She chided me. The woman CHIDED me.

I was tying my shoe, and rather than bend over, I put my foot up on the edge of a counter so I could reach it. My foot wasn’t in anyone’s face. Wasn’t near anything that could have gotten ‘dirty’. I didn’t have anything wet or muddy on my shoe. It was there for all of thirty seconds. And she scolded me like she was an elementary school teacher.

The thing is, I didn’t take that kind of lip even when I *had* an elementary school teacher. I stood up for myself back then (oblivious to the fact that I was completely out of line), or rolled my eyes at them. Yeah. I can be a real snot sometimes. There you have it.

Now I know better. Much as I might like to, it wouldn’t do to get into a public, noisy argument with a woman twice my age and half my size. It’s just stupid. Rather than make a bigger scene (or give her further ammunition), I just waited for my bagel to be done, and left.

Was I rude to put my foot on the edge of the counter like that? I didn’t think it was that bad. I still don’t. Was she rude to make a scene out of it? In my opinion, yeah. Big honking yeah. Makes me consider just bringing along my own damn toaster, so I wouldn’t have to chance running into her anymore.

Sheesh.