Diva incidences...

On Tuesday, June 10, 2008, I had to deal with not one, but two diva instances... Although they did not involve me directly, I really wanted to reach for my "You, off my planet!" wand.

The first incident involves Rupert, Raoul's boyfriend. After helping Raoul move some furniture into the basement of the apartment building, we go and return the van. After this, we did not have much time to go and get lunch, so we decided to go to Subway.

We also kind of ran into a big thunderstorm, so we got to a restaurant, and the power went out... We drove downtown, because that's where I worked. Anyway, we got to the restaurant, and I ordered first. Then, Raoul ordered a six inch pizza sub on Italian herb and cheese bread. Rupert wanted the same style of bread, but after seeing the sandwich artist "toss" the bread onto the counter, Rupert asked for a six inch teriyaki chicken sub, but with a different loaf of Italian herb and cheese bread. He then went on, after his sandwich was completed, how much he disliked tossed bread and how no one has the right to toss his bread.

What's wrong with tossed bread? It's bread. It's not different. The bread doesn't become mushy and inedible after it being lightly tossed onto the counter. It didn't even drop on the ground, it wasn't like the sandwich artist was trying to pass on contaminated bread to Rupert... It was just regular bread that was put on the counter, albeit in a casual manner, but last time I checked, there were no health code violations for tossing bread onto a clean counter.

The second incident occurred at a Pharmaprix. I got a card for Father's Day, and I was waiting in line patiently to pay for my card... In front of me was this woman who had a big purchase. Now, I have nothing against people who purchase a lot of items at Pharmaprix, they have their right. However, what I had a problem with was: her attitude, her lack of politeness, her demanding divaness, and her general lack of respect for the cashier and the manager. First, she was watching how much money she was spending, because she may not have enough. Then, she decided that she would redeem 75 000 points so that she can spend $150 at the store. Then, when the cashier scanned a bottle of pop, the scanner beeped twice for some bizarre reason (even though it only scanned once - I saw I was there), she accused the cashier of scanning it twice, and how she only has a limited amount of money. She also wanted to know what her running total was, and was surprised that they didn't have the answer for her immediately. The cashier was really frustrated, but she couldn't do anything about it. In fact, a manager showed up to be with the cashier, because she knew/overheard that there's a difficult client, and I could tell that the supervisor herself too was getting really annoyed. Then finally, before the woman went off to find an extra $14 worth of stuff to buy, so she maxes out her $150 before tax, she demanded to know where her points card was... When she left it on the counter, and the cashier took it and put it with the rest of her order! What the hell was her problem? Just because you're a customer in any store, it does not give you the right to treat the staff who serve you with no respect. Just because someone's in the service industry, and your purchases pay their salary, it does not mean that you are allowed to just yell at them because that's what you pay them for. Also, how would she like it if she were the cashier, and the manager and the cashier were the impolite and bitchy clients?

I swear, some people are just idiots and too demanding for no reason. Where the hell is my "You, off my planet!" wand. Really!