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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/birdie_sparrows on 2023-08-30 04:20:54.

Went to a higher end grocery store where foods are sold in discrete units (apparently).

When I was done shopping I cruised past the self checkout line because it seemed rather long only to find that all the lines were long. So I wheeled on back to the self check-out line. By that time there were a few more people in line and, oddly, a cart just sitting there in the middle of the aisle. I asked the guy at the end of the line if it was his and he said ‘No, I think somebody left it there.’

I moved it out of my way and proceeded to wait. A few of the registered cleared and the line moved up leaving the cart further behind me than before. About 45 seconds after I moved it some lady comes up behind me and says “Excuse me. I was behind him.”

I replied, “I also could have left my cart in line and finished my shopping.”

She was a bit flustered but then said “It’s OK. You can go in front of me.” And I said “Yes…I will.”

This whole exchange was a bit out of character for me as I would usually just let this person go in front of me rather than worry about something so picayune. Perhaps I’ve been reading r/EntitledPeople too much lately but as I drove home I thought maybe I had been a bit of a jerk without much need.