I had to print a bunch of handouts for a work conference which involved using the paper cutter at FedEx Office. I'm about 80% done when a woman and her daughter come over and start hovering right next to me. I tell them I'll be done in 10-15 minutes at most and they say okay.

Fast forward 2 minutes and the mom asks, "Do you mind if we jump in there to cut a few graduation photos?"

I look at her and see her holding a thick stack of photos. I said I'm sorry but I'm up against a deadline and need to finish but it will only be a few minutes. (If she only has one or two things to cut I would have let her go fwiw)

Her response?

"Wow

long pause

I guess chivalry is dead!"

And as she's saying that she begins walking away and sort of slaps my shoulder with the papers she's holding. It wasn't a hard slap, don't get me wrong, but still I couldn't believe it.

Once I heard her say that chivalry is dead I said," Oh come on, give me a break" but she didn't respond.

Her and her daughter left and that was the end of it.

I just can't imagine being so entitled that someone not allowing me to cut in front of them makes me feel like I've been wronged in some way. And not only that, but thinking it means that chivalry is dead!

I admit I was fuming pretty hard for the next little while. We're all equal, but women and children first...at the paper cutting machine at FedEx Office? Give me a fucking break.

Mostly just posting this to vent. I don't mean to say that all women are like this because they aren't.