No Cutting!

I found myself in an heated exchange today - with a stranger at a McDonald's drive thru. An afternoon snack run turned into my losing my temper and f-bombs apparently flying out of my mouth. As I've said many times in other situations, it wasn't one of my finer moments.

Here's the scenario. I needed sugar. In a bad way. Therefore a vanilla cone, regular coke AND chocolate chip cookies were ordered. Unless you've been holed up in a cave for the past decade, you know most McDonald's drive thru's have two lanes, I'm assuming to better manage traffic flow. I blissfully ordered my diabetic coma in waiting and patiently waited for my turn to curve around the bend to pull up to the pay window. I carefully nudged my SUV around the corner in front of the other car in the other lane. However, every time I moved forward, the other car tried moving in front of me. Now, drive-thru etiquette with two lanes requires that every other vehicle takes turns. I just assumed this was universally understood. The other driver apparently wasn't aware of this unspoken rule and decided to call me a f*cking bitch.

I have to give this girl credit. She was quite the multi-tasker. She was able to curse at me, cut in front of my car AND twirl her hair, all without ever putting her cell phone down and ending her conversation on it. That's talent!

However, being the mature, level headed individual I am, I couldn't let this atrocity occur without speaking out against the injustice of her cutting in front me. Oh no not me. Naturally I yelled (and my husband swears I said this) "why don't you put your f*cking phone down and pay attention" I tried spewing out a few more choice words but I simply ran out of space to move my car. It was my turn to pay. Thank goodness for that, because all 4 feet, 11-3/4 inches of me was apparently itching for a fight :-) Not really. I simply realized fighting about whose turn it is at McDonald's was just a little bit lame. Again, not one of my finer moments. But dang it if my vanilla cone, Coke and cookies didn't taste all the more sweeter.