There's a joke that Brian Regan does about how people think the world revolves around them. Whenever anyone cuts in line or does something inconsiderate, Daddy will quote it.
Here it is for your reference:
It is surprising to me how often people think the world revolves around them. I am not quite as annoyed by the people who are blind to the others around them (because sometimes people have a lot on their mind) as much as I am bothered by people who complain at the drop of a hat.
Today at McDonalds, I was bothered.
As Connor and I walked in, we noticed a little girl--probably around Samuel's age--running over to the drink machine. She failed to notice the water on the floor and fell on her rear end. She immediately began crying, but otherwise was unhurt. No more than 30 seconds later, the employee, who already walked by with a mop, returned with a "Caution, Wet Floor" sign. It was obvious that she had already been in the process of cleaning up the mess, but had been slowed down by the crowd of people waiting in line.
Another 30 seconds later, another woman appeared and saw the girl crying.
"What happened?" she asked the child's mom.
"She fell on the water on the floor. They didn't have a sign out here or anything!" The mom explained irately.
Pointing to the sign, "you didn't see this sign?"
"It wasn't there! They just now put it up." (less than a minute later in a crowded restaurant...)
So, the woman immediately marched up in front of the line of people and demanded to speak to the manager. The manager came over right away and the woman announced in a nasty voice, "my granddaughter just fell over by the drink machine because you didn't put up your sign soon enough!"
I have no idea how the manager replied because there were too many people between me and the woman, but I was irritated enough at that point to want to speak some common sense to the woman (I'm 9 months pregnant and perhaps my emotions are a bit on edge...).
What I wanted to say was:
"Excuse me, Ma'am, but I witnessed the fall and subsequent sign distribution. It is obvious to me that the McDonald's employee was in the process of cleaning up the mess and placing a sign there as a warning when your granddaughter slipped and fell. Unfortunately, the employee is not God and therefore is not omniscient. She could only clean up the mess once she learned of it and had no idea your granddaughter would go running across the restaurant before she had the opportunity to place up her sign. Since you are psychic and can predict the future, please feel free to inform the employee beforehand next time because by definition, an accident means that it was unexpected and unintentional. Your granddaughter did not even bruise her tailbone. Please go back to your business and encourage your granddaughter to be more cautious when walking and stop wasting everyone else's time. Thank you."
I am sure my facial expression would have done the trick had they bothered to notice anyone else around them...
