So I'm Grabbing Some Cheese At The Grocery Store...

[JFN1]

227. A few responses:

One - yes, this really happened. If you actually knew me, you would not be surprised. Read any of my posts - I am not afraid to "go there" because I didn't create "there" - I just point it out.

Two - The cashier did not, in any way whatsoever, "bless" me for my benefit - this was completely about HER. Her religious benediction to complete our business transaction was in the least, innappoprirate, and at worst, unsociably rude. Why?

Social interaction is an activity built upon expectations, and consequently those expecations tend to rule how we interact; where some behavior is acceptable in certain settings, other settings make the same behavior innappropriate.

When we interact, we agree to the terms of that interaction based upon our responses to the expectations set forth by the social context within which the interaction takes place.

Thus, the casher placed expectations upon me I did NOT agree to - and this is why her "blessing" was a selfish thing, not a giving, or loving, or even friendly, thing.

Three - I admitted in the original post my reaction was both undisciplied and immature; I'm not perfect, and no, I am not "proud" of my actions, for many of the reasons stated by folks who highly dissapprove of my behavior. So for the record - I agree - mostly.

Four - But I do not regret it. It was just...too...funny...!

Five - I will also not apologize, for in my opinion her social misstep was the greater - she demanded something of me she had NO right to demand, given the socal setting. If she had said this to me in church - fine. But at the grocery store, employee to customer? Wrong, wrong, wrong...and I think you know it...