To Distract Myself From All The Upset That Is Invading My Nice, Boring Yet Endearingly Quirky Little Life Right Now, I Bring You -

- Alice's List of What Not To Do!
     Whee!

=crowd cheers=

OK. =clears throat=  Here we go.....

WHAT NOT TO DO, NUMBER 1.

     When one has been stood at an ATM machine in what is known as a 'rough' area of town for an admittedly disproportionate amount of time (it was the machine's fault, though; I swear!) and the much taller-and-stronger-and-meaner-looking-than-you-are woman behind one finally gives up on sighing pointedly and flat out tells one in a very angry tone of voice to "get the fuck on with it, already", the correct response for a coward (such as one is) to undertake is
     a) either with a meek apology or in cowed silence; cancel transaction and collect card before hurrying away
     or
     b) either with a meek apology or in cowed silence; rush through transaction as quickly as possible before hurrying away

Those are correct responses.
     An INcorrect response for a coward (such as one is) to undertake would be to blithely sing in a sweetly confident voice the well known adage that "patience is a virtue".
     .....Definitely.
     That is incorrect. More than incorrect, in fact, it is wrong.
     This is something that you definitely Should Not Do.
     Ever.

So! Guess which one of the above I picked?
     .....Yeah.
     Go me.
     Smart little coward, I am.

Alice x