Posted by:
Gordon B. Stinky
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Date: April 10, 2019 11:20AM
5 mishies came into CFA while I was eating yesterday. It stuck me oddly, but wasn't going to post until I was sort of re-inspired by Cheryl's "What I dislike most about Mormons" thread.
The comments that made an impression on me were these:
> I don't like how mormons seem to think they are so
> very special
> They also seem to think that others should
> appreciate and honor them for having weird ideas.
> they don't have a right to expect others to
> pretend to think that the dumb ideas mean they are
> smart and are entitled to undeserved respect.
Anyway, so 4 of the elders had ordered, and the 5th was next and the only person in line (it wasn't busy). Two police officers walked in, and elder #5 steps back, obviously gonna let the two police officers go ahead. Ok, nice gesture, but the policemen don't approach the line, they stop near the door, look around for a second, and one heads to the restroom.
The counter person is saying "next" and elder #5 holds up his index finger, as if to say "wait." He also keeps looking at the police officer who is ignoring him, or seems to be (he's wearing sunglasses), and is on his cell phone.
At some point, when #5 thinks he has the officer's attention, he starts making an arms sweeping "you go first" gesture, and the officer--who's not even in line--shakes his head side to side and turns a bit away.
This has all gone on an awkwardly long time (and it's just creepy). There are multiple cashiers ready to take orders, there's no one else in line, the officer isn't interested in ordering yet, he's on the phone, clearly waiting on his partner, etc. Even if #5 went ahead and ordered, the police officer could step up to a different cashier without skipping a beat. In other words, #5 is trying to force the police officer to accept a "favor" that doesn't even need to be done.
In spite of all that, instead of ordering, #5 steps towards the officer and again does the "you go first" gesture. Well, the police officer was having none of it. He holds his phone against his chest to mute it, looks directly at #5, points to the counter and barked in a very authoritative tone, "place your order."
Every head in the dining room turned to look as #5 slinked to the counter.
It was one of those "I'm gonna do this thing for you because we're special" moments. They want to show everyone how "great" they are because they already mistakenly believe that everyone thinks they're great.
Anyway, hard to quantify it all. Perhaps you had to be there.