Does a line go off the order you arrive or the order that you line up IN THE LINE?
A food truck serves food where i live once a fortnight. It gets long lines.
I pulled up one time at the food truck and nobody was lined up yet so i sat in my car just before it opened. Then a minute or two later half a dozen more cars pull up.. those people walk over and lined up before i could get out and walk over… And now there is a line of people who arrived after me but are now before me in line.
As an un-entitled individual… i simply join the back of the line and think "well i didnt go and line up WHEN i arrived.. so its my own fault i am behind them i waited to long in my car". In other words, i took responsibility for my actions (or inactions).
Then…
The other day i arrived early again to avoid the line and i was also was in rush. Others had already arrived before me, i got out and walked over and lined up first in line at the truck (i stood alone for 5 minutes in hot sun). Then 10 or so people got behind me in a line.
The truck opened i was served first and after my number got called and i got my pizza (i was first) someone comes up to me and absolutely abuses me and screams at me infront of the whole line (including someone i kind of knew in the line). His logic was he got there first in his car (even though he didnt actually line up at all) so he should of been first in line and says "what do you think we were parked just there next to the food truck for?". He absolutely berated me as if i was selfish in front of the whole line of people. Im the villian. It was humiliating.
I tried to walk away from him and he literally, very loudly screamed at me "dont turn your back to me". I again said that he could go first, next time.
Then i walked more but my anger got me and i turned and said "F you" at him and stood there (yeh i know i shouldn't of but he had absolutely humiliated me in front of 20 locals). And he immediately played victim like "oh see this guy is a villian" in front of the people in line.
I still think just parking your car beside the truck does not determine your spot in the line… like every other establishment on earth where you buy stuff .. you have to walk the extra 20 feet from your car and line up not just drive to the location of the truck/post office/restaurant etc. The orders are taken from the window in a line.. not the car line.
The guy who abused me always shows up early and is very territorial of "the pizza truck" and he never lines up. When the truck opens he always scurries over and orders first in front of everyone else who HAS lined up.
Opinions?
Chat GPT says:
As an AI language model, I don't have opinions, but I can provide some insights based on social norms and practices.
In general, the order in which people arrive in a line determines their place in the line. It is not based on whether they have parked their car next to the truck or not. If someone arrives before others, they have the right to line up first. However, it is also a common practice for people to join the back of the line if they arrive after others have already lined up, regardless of whether they parked their car nearby or not.
In your specific situation, the person who berated you was in the wrong. While they may have arrived before you, they did not line up and, therefore, do not have the right to claim that they were first in line. It is understandable that you may have been frustrated by their behavior, but shouting at them was not the best course of action. It is always better to try to defuse a situation with calm words and a level head.
In any case, it is best to follow common social practices and etiquette when lining up for something, especially when there is a large crowd or a long wait involved. This helps to avoid conflicts and ensure that everyone has a fair chance to be served or assisted in a timely manner.
—
In any case, it sounds like they thoroughly got your goat, and you walked away with no pizza, and they got their pizza first. They well and truly won and things are going to be awkward next time you go back to the pizza truck. It seems you are projecting your own feelings onto them, with regards to the brooding and other stuff you are complaining about.