Yesterday, my friend Henry was late for the 9.30 pm movie and I kinda arrived earlier. So, he asked me to buy his dinner at McDonald’s. It was already 9.10pm that time and there’s a long queue at the counter - approximately 5 - 6 person.
Emily, being a very sweet girl she was, volunteered to queue up for me and I went out to the nearby court to check out some Digi contest in the mall. Without realizing it, 10 minutes passed and there’s still no sign of Emily coming out from Mac’s.
So, I went to check out what happened. Emily was still in the queue, just 1 person behind a middle eastern man. Let’s call him Osama. The queue has gone abnormally long … about 9 - 10 person now.
Apparently, Osama had stood there for more than 3 - 4 minutes already, still unable to decide what he wanted to buy. There’s a little girl (which I presume was his daughter) by his side, standing with him. Then finally, he ordered something, a few sets of burger and told the guy at the counter “That’s all”.
After the Mac staff completed his order and punched the register, he told Osama the amount to pay. But then, he did not pay …yet. He squatted down to ask his daughter something, and ordered another single burger. Fine. Mac staff went and get him another burger … then again, politely asked him to pay.
Osama took out his wallet, and when he was about to pay, he told the Mac counter guy that he wanted them all to be wrapped as take-aways. The whole queue of customers sighed in frustration. It has taken an unbelievable 5 minutes just to serve that fussy middle eastern man. Everyone was pissed and I am going to be late for my movie.
I walked up to Emily’s side (which was behind Osama) and stood there. The Mac counter guy complied to his request, wrapped up his food in a plastic bag and again … politely asked him to pay. Just as the Mac guy asked him that question, Osama took out his cellphone and made a call. He was fucking holding up the entire line to speak on his cellphone ! He gestured to the Mac counter guy to wait as he was talking to someone on his phone.
He went to the length of talking for about 20 - 30 seconds, and then, with an irated look, he gestured to the Mac guy again, he wanted more serviettes. Mac guy gave him more serviettes. Then he hung up and whips out a big note. Mac guy got him some change and uttered the standard “come again”. But he’s not leaving yet. He asked the Mac guy about some burger and ordered another set.
At that particular moment, I went nuts and shouted at him loud “Can you speed the fuck up ?? you’re holding back the entire line!!”. He pretended that he didn’t hear me and stood there as if nothing happened. Then, he paid for the extra set of burger and asked for more packets of chilli sauce.
Well, one must have thought that he’s all done for being an asshole, but hell no. He actually MADE ANOTHER ORDER AGAIN. He’s asking for 2 more regular french fries this time ! For god’s sake, this Osama motherfucker held back the entire line for almost 10 minutes, spoke on his cellphone when ordering, and ordered his food in 3 different receipts … and yet, he’s giving that Mac counter guy a pissed look as if he’s not served good enough.
I gave him another shout “MAKE UP YOUR FUCKING MIND !!! ARE YOU STUPID OR SOMETHING ??”. Again, he pretended not to hear me. He paid and took his fries quickly and left the place. Just as he was leaving, I went up to his side and said “Eat shit and die, motherfucker..” … he looked at me with a slightly annoyed look (but scared) and left in haste. I swore, if his daughter wasn’t with him, I would have creamed him on the spot.
I really loathed and abhor this kind of people. Stood in the line doing nothing but only take his own sweet time deciding when it comes to his turn. Not only that, he did it with a stinking attitude. I do not know if that was a common practice back in their country but, hey, let’s be civilized here. There are many more people who wanted to order their food, not him alone.
Damn Osama. I hoped he got raped by a camel one day.