I was waiting for that monitor fifteen minutes before you came zooming in and took it just as she was getting up. Now granted, fifteen minutes is not that long, but I didn’t want to add more time to it if I didn’t have to.
I realize it must have looked supersweet to you: you waltz in and there’s a monitor just opening up. But that’s not how it was.
Not only did I give you the benefit of the doubt, asking, “Excuse me, did you go away and come back? Because I’ve been waiting about fifteen minutes. Were you here before I was, and just came back?” but I even put in a word for someone else, by saying, “Because I think he’s ahead of me, and then I’m next.” But “he” was just hanging over his buddy’s shoulder, which meant I was next. Not you.
You told me, “I’ll be quick.” There is no quick, first of all, and secondly, that’s not the right answer.. The correct answer, for twennn-ty fivvvee thouuuuuusand dollars, is “Oh, I’m sorry; you go ahead.”
And when I ask you again, you give me a blank stare, and when I actually have to Get Someone (how the fuck old are you anyway, that you don’t respond to someone unless they act like they’re going to give you detention?) you just keep saying, “I didn’t see her/I didn’t see you.”
You didn’t see me because I was standing discreetly across the room, but the room was small, and I was away from the monitors because I didn’t want to crowd anyone. The bottom line is, not having seen me does not put you in the right. I was still there first.
Repeat after me: “Oh, I’m sorry; go ahead.” Again. And put some fucking inflection into it, you MTV addled drone.