Last year I was in a Subway trying to buy lunch when their credit card machine stopped working. They tried to get it to work, but it began to hold up the line so they had to give up. I didn’t have any cash, and wasn’t expecting the machine to break in the first place. The worker behind the counter just told me it was OK to sit down and eat. They clearly didn’t care. While I’m eating, an old woman came up to me and demanded to know if I actually paid for my meal and if what I was doing was OK. Firstly, she isn’t a police officer so she has no right to interrogate people. Secondly, if the workers aren’t saying anything to me, then she has no right to. And thirdly, if she was in line behind me then she should have seen what was going on. Why do older people think they have the right to police younger people they’ve never met before?



If you’re wondering, yes, I did pay.