Have you ever been somewhere such as a store or a bank and someone in front of you is getting all loud and making a scene about something that is completely their fault? Doesn't this make you want to just bludgeon them to a pulp on the floor?

About nine years ago I was at a best buy on Christmas Eve. I was in a long line waiting to buy a video game for my sister. It was easy to tell everyone just wanted to get home and the cashier looked as if she wanted to commit suicide.

A middle aged lady in front of me had a ton of various electronics, CD's and DVD's. When the order was rung up and the total given she proceeded to pull out her platinum card as if it were a gold medal in the Olympics and gives it to the cashier. A few seconds later I hear the cashier whisper to the lady that the card didn't do through.

You see they do this to save the customer embarrassment because the rest of us have no idea why a card would be declined, but we usually pick the worse reason so they try to keep it quiet. Well the lady did not take it well and very loudly so everyone could hear says. "Well you must have done something wrong! Run it again!"

The cashier shoots a few laser eye beams at the lady, but trying desperately to remain professional runs the card again. "Sorry the card shows declined." says the cashier in a soft voice. This didn't sit well and the lady yells at the top of her lungs. "This is the day before Christmas. I do not have time for your incompetence. You better ring up my orders or find someone who can!"

As the cashier begins to look for a gun underneath the counter the store manager comes over. "Is there a problem I can help you with?" He says as cheerfully as possible. The lady points at the cashier as if identifying her in a courtroom. "I don't know what kind of idiots you hire her, but I am making a large purchase for Christmas and this person can't even run my credit card correctly."

At this point the rest of us in line and a few lines over are getting upset, but we are also curious now as to what the issue is since the lady is so loud. The store manager looking as if biting his bottom lip scans the card. "The cashier was correct. Your card was declined. You will need to pay with another card, or in cash." The cashier smiles feeling vindicated. The lady however, just becomes more upset.

"Look!" She yells. "I have many lawyers on speed dial and I know our local congressman personally. You find out what happened to my card NOW! Or I will

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