Saturday night I was invited to a friend's pot luck. Before heading over there I stopped at a grocery store to pick up something. While I was waiting in line for the one person in front of me to finish paying, I saw my friend. As I watched her walk over, this little old woman walked past my friend and came up behind me. I thought she was waiting for the other line next to mine, but as I was about to set down my one item, I felt her basket hit my elbow as she scooted past me and set her things down in front of me, blatantly cutting in line. My chin dropped and I turned to my friend and exclaimed my disbelief at what had just happened. I later related the story to one of my Japanese friends and she said many old people are like that. She said if they scrape against your car as they are driving by, they don't stop. She said if they accidentally hit your car with their car door as they are entering or exiting their vehicles, they don't even stop to apologize. I guess they figured they were polite all their lives and now that they're old, they shouldn't have to bother with such common courtesies. Shigataganai.
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