Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : I was in the supermarket the other day, waiting in line at the self service checkout. I had been there a minute or two when I noticed one of the checkouts was being ignored/overlooked by everyone else in the queue in front of me - I assumed it was because it was contactless only. I looked at the people in front of me in the queue - there were 3 or 4 of them, and they all had full enough baskets, or were buying expensive enough items, that I was fairly confident they wouldn't be able to pay by contactless because of the £30 limit. I then asked "Is anyone planning on using the contactless checkout?" There were various negative grunts, and the guy at the front of the queue said to go for it - so I did.


I was there for all of 5 seconds before a woman called out at me in a venomous voice saying "Excuse me, people are waiting!?". I stammered a little, and said that no one had gone to this checkout for a minute or two, I assumed because of the contactless payment requirement. (Also, for the record, I'm about 95% sure this lady wasn't in front of me in the queue, I had no idea where she came from). She then told me "Well I was heading there actually". I immedietly apologised and offered to step aside - I hadn't yet scanned my one item, so there wouldn't have been any problem if she had wanted to use the checkout. She then got a little quieter (she had been talking loudly and sharply before) and told me to go ahead - I asked if she was sure, and when she confirmed it I did just that.

So, was I the asshole for skipping 3 or 4 people in the queue to get to the checkout with special requirements everyone was overlooking? Writing it out and remembering the facts I feel like I wasn't, but I'm not sure, and was a little taken aback by the confrontational way I was called out - so I thought I'd check with you lovely people!