Contingency Plan

Is there really a need for it? We're sharing a cab to the starting point of tmr's AHM.

"Let's plan in case in rain," my colleague suggested.

What's there to plan? If it rains we'll still go because the event can be delayed up to maximum of 1hr. The overkill is not the first time. He seems very inclined to push for someone to be a "leader" or "organiser" for every simple outing (i.e. to Ubin, to JB for Go-kart). What's that for? Can't we just each contribute ideas when it pops up? Must be push everything for that poor "leader" to organise? I can understand the rational to have a leader for a major project that needs direction steering, but a simple cycling trip to Ubin? Absurd.

Queue

At the cashier, a 40 yr-old lady was sizing me up.

"I think I can just squeeze in from the side get ahead of him in the queue, he looks non-threatening". Those words must have been in her mind. She starts to edge between the girl in front of me and myself and place her grocery besides mine on the counter.

I had enough. This is not the first time I've been cut and I'm determined to make a stand, even if it is going to end up nasty. Sure enough, as my turn is up, she asked the cashier, "Is this $1.30?" and shoved a bill to her at the same time. The cashier took the bill and was about to enter her orders when I stepped in.

"Excuse me, were you in the queue?" I said in an even tone, with a neutral stare, but am prepared to declare war.

"oh no, I thought i was just buying an item...." as she excused herself.

Yeah, if everybody is buying one item, do I have to wait for eternity????? The cashier spared me from saying more by giving her an earful, but at the same time apologising to me for not realising that she had cut queue. I was a bit sceptical. In my past experiences as a cashier, I would normally be able to detect someone cutting queue especially if that idiot is so near the service counter. But that wasn't really my concern. I had spoken and eliminated a pest and that's good enough.