I'm happy to move if they'd pay for my meal

I have people follow me to my car at the grocery store when they notice I'm in a good spot (there are other, less desirable spots available, mind you). I take my sweet time loading my bags make sure nothing will tip over in transit. And during the time I'm loading, sometimes I decide I need something from the adjacent liquor store.
I've never understood why people sit and wait for spots when there's spots available. Drive around. If someone is pulling out, sure, but don't watch people load their shit up.
- I've noticed people who are constantly trying to 'cheat' their way in life end up falling behind those who just do things the normal way.
  
  Yeah and they all work at my company. I swear to God there's people who put more time and effort into avoiding doing work than it would be to just do the work. The worst is when they get angry at me for how long it takes for me to do their job.
  Anyway I probably should get back to searching for another job...
  
  I've noticed the opposite unfortunately
  
  Oh you nailed it. Every millionaire worked hard and earned it. None of them just cheat or work the system. There's so much wisdom in this comment
- Whenever someone is waiting for me to unload my groceries and move, I suddenly have the urge to check my messages and catch up on some blah blah blah. Doesn't really matter what.
  The moment the person moves on, I remember what I was doing. Doesn't matter if they immediately do a u turn and snag it, that's not the point.
  The point is I'm petty and you can do a lap.
- Well, some people are lazy, but some people like me have a kid that would benefit from a closer spot.
  
  I got two. I park where there's three open spots together to avoid altogether even the small possibility of a door making contact with an adjacent vehicle. I feel you though, I do also like to get them off the blacktop sooner rather than later.
- At the Costco by me following a person to their car is the only way to get a spot... The parking lot legitimately fills completely, unless you're willing to park very far away where there aren't even cart returns...
  
  The parking lot legitimately fills completely, unless you're willing to park very far away
  So, it doesn't fill completely...
  
  unless you’re willing to park very far away where there aren’t even cart returns…
  Gosh, you have to WALK and even RETURN YOUR CART?
  Oh, the humanity!
  
  And that's an issue with that Costco and that sucks, I've certainly been to places where there's just too much traffic that the lot cannot support it. My local grocery store just isn't like this. If you move down the aisle you'll find spots, just 100 feet more of a walk.
- Yeah, I don't sit and block traffic because I'm too lazy to find another spot. "Do unto others," you know? I don't like being made to move faster because you just need this spot.
  EDIT: And hold up, you'll move your car and load it? So you will leave your groceries just in a cart, go and move your car to some further spot, and load it there? How is that at all the right thing to do? Where are you moving your car to, an empty spot? Like, one the person who's sitting there waiting could've parked their car?
  
  No, sorry, the dick move is sitting around blocking all traffic while you wait for someone to load their car. You don't even know for sure they're about to leave, they may have forgotten something and need to run back in. Or may have various other reasons that it takes a few minutes to finish and back out that you have no way of knowing.
  Forcing everyone behind you to wait for you to get your desired spot is incredibly self centered and arrogant.
  
  Glad to see this downvoted.

I think that's a reasonable cause to call in sick

My sister and I were eating at a popular bagel place (buy at front, find your own table). Finishing up, one of us stood up to put on a jacket, woman from a table at the side immediately comes over and sits down, staking the 'better' table. No hello, no may I take your seat, just a Karen sit n grab.
- That's when you sit in her lap and say oh I didn't see you, I was just chilly and put on my coat - I'll be here for a few more hours
- Ah, you’ve met my ex. She’s horrible at this, hovering or whatnot. I on the other had walk up, hey folks I’d really like to grab your seats after you’re done and just didn’t want to hover. Almost always get it.
  
  100% would give you my seat for asking politely rather than sniping
- Seems like a cultural difference. Don't be mad at her. Be mad at something else.
  Edit: lol the amount of down votes I got is cracking me up.
  
  The fuck are you talking about? Nobody's culture is even mentioned here. What do you propose we should be mad about that isn't the rude person intruding on personal space without the slightest hint of a polite formality.
  
  Yeah I'd imagine this is very broadly accepted in other countries, like Karenland.
  
  Oh yeah I just re read this and it was totally stupid haha. Fuck that lady.

"I literally live here."
- "you're in my domain"

Oh man, the comment section here is a cesspit.
- I know, it's great!
  
  Just dip your toe first before jumping in.
  
  Lmfao
  Perfect response, no notes
- No u

(to staff) I'll tip you $100 to string that hag along, keep feeding me coffee, come and "ask" me about operations when they're in earshot and then tell her I'm the owner and will sit where I damn well want.
- If you're the owner though, giving up your seat to a customer isn't even a question, it's a must.
  
  Depends on the owner
  
  That's the funny part, if I'm the owner, I can do whatever I want. "It's a must"? Too bad, it's my restaurant and I want to sit here. "You're being rude to a customer" I'm being rude to this customer, too bad.
  
  Negative. Owner can do whatever they want with their business. That kind of attitude enables and empowers the entitled Karens, and I’m very happy to frequent establishments where the staff isn’t harried and stressed af, even if it means I might have to gasp wait a few minutes at the host stand to be seen, or don’t get bent over backwards for
  We’re all humans, the money in your pocket doesn’t entitle you to a rent-a-slave experience for a meal, and I’ve never worked a customer facing job a day in my life
  
  Or... what? Are you going to demand to speak to the business owner's manager? Lol
  
  ROFL?!!
  You must be a Karen.
  
  LOL you’re on crack. The whole point of owning a business is that you can do whatever the fuck you want (within the law). There is no requirement to give tables up to customers.
  
  Even the employees don't have to give up their seats to customers. Let alone the owner.

Just say, "Sorry, I'm working from home today."
Leave her upset and confused.

If both parties are reasonable people, there’s nothing wrong with vacating your seat so someone can have it if you’re done with that seat. It depends on how she asked because you’re not entitled to kindness or generosity if you’re a bully or rude. Since he seemed to have mind it, I am guessing either she asked rudely or he perceived rudeness in her ask.
- It depends on how she asked
  Everyone is saying this, but OP put the exact quote in quotation marks and it is clearly not friendly at all in any situation.
  
  Yeah I agree if that’s literally all she said, or I don’t know if he cut her sentence and only used the bit in his post that offended him.
  I just know that sometimes if you look a certain way and dress a certain way people assume you’re rude no matter what you actually do or say. This happens a lot with young women because of sexism. Like if you’re not a soft spoken “good girl” you’re taken for a bitch.
- I don’t think there is a proper way to ask. Leave people that are eating alone so they can enjoy their meal. Even if you ask nicely, you are still putting pressure on the person eating. If you need to be seated a specific time go to a restaurant with reservations.
  
  "excuse me, I see you're almost done eating. Are you planning on leaving soon? No? Okay, thank you."
  It's not about the ask, it's about taking the "no" gracefully.
  
  Yeah, I think asking creates too many opportunities for conflict, so I agree.

People be like "we don't know if that exact quote is how it happened". Duh! We don't know if anything of that story even happened we don't even know if the tweeter is a human or a cat.
However it makes no sense to assume part of the story to be true and a different part not. You either for a discussion assume it to be true or not.
For other discussion not about the situation it may make sense to only assume part of the story. But this is rarely the case.
- You had me in the first paragraph but I call bullshit on the second. However you won me back with the third.
- Yeah it feels like something from Seinfeld. Many things on TV are fiction but it doesn't mean it's not funny. Or isn't analogous to real life scenarios that we can talk about now.
  Whether or not anything described actually happened is irrelevant.

If someone honked at my grandpa to hurry up, he'd put the car in park and smoke a cigar.

Could be fake but I won't be surprised if it isn't.
- Honestly who cares? You don't gain any power by assuming any story on the internet which affects no one is fake. This whole "fake and gay" culture from Reddit should stop.
  
  I'm guessing you're still a child.

Having an entire day to dedicate to snark sounds nice

ProudlyAsshole
- Who? OOP or the lady?
  
  Why not both

Empathy, citizen. Empathy.
Why add to the stressful shit of the Universe. Just be kind.
- precisely. there was no need for her to stress out OP by telling him he had to hurry. she could have moved the meet to a less busy restaurant, or waited for a table to open like the rest of us, or possibly even politely asked instead of dictating rudely.
  
  there was no need for her to stress out OP by telling him he had to hurry.
  Honestly I wouldn't myself have done that to someone else, but depending on how the request was asked would depend if it was actually rude or not.
  
  she could have moved the meet to a less busy restaurant
  You really would try to do something like that with less than 15 minutes until the other persons arrival?
- Or she could've learned some manners and not asked people who are eating to move
  
  She was asking for a favor. Human beings do that sometimes. It's a shared limited public resource.

This behavior reeks of control issues 🤷‍♂️

bum bum

I was in a busy coffee shop and had been there quite a while. I had someone ask me if they could take my seat in about 10 minutes and I was fine with it. I finished my croissant right as they got their drinks and it was a nice trade off. Whys this guy such a douche? I doubt the lady actually said it this forcefully.

When you read bussy instead of busy and you are captivated by this post cause you are both dyslexic and horny af.

Everyone who is #ProudlyAsshole keeps ignoring and/or skipping over the fact that in these scenarios that are being discussed that we're talking about publically shared resources that are in short supply, be it a table in a crowded restaurant, or a parking space at a huge complex.
It really is rude to hog a shared resource. Use it, then move on. Quickly.
- A restaurant isn't a public space. It's privately owned and you are paying to be there.
  
  A restaurant isn’t a public space. It’s privately owned and you are paying to be there.
  I'm talking about what is used by all of the public, not what is owned by all the public.
  It's disingenuous for you to suggest otherwise.
  
  Yeah, sure, but you're potentially messing with the business's customers. That's not cool. Just stay the appropriate time to enjoy your meal and make room for others to enjoy it as well.
- Possibly, but in other social contexts (aka a cafe in Europe or elsewhere) time pressure might not be a priority. Having a single seating for the entire morning may not seem viable, but can be in some places.
  
  Possibly, but in other social contexts (aka a cafe in Europe or elsewhere) time pressure might not be a priority. Having a single seating for the entire morning may not seem viable, but can be in some places.
  Well if seating capacity is not a problem, then there is no issue. I'm speaking towards when resources are rare and shared.
- Quick note: stay the fuck out of France, most of Europe in fact. lmfao

Imagine being so proud of being petty and vindictive that you think it's a good idea to tell the entire world about it.
- He's just venting into the void, dude. Let the guy get shit off his chest
- If people think they can tell you to hurry up find someone so they can do it, you better believe petty is the way to go.

i dont get why people are so against her, i totally see where shes coming from and you could prob finish your breakfast in 15 mins, its not like she did anything she just told him her situation.
- Would have been totally fine if she said "hey I have a friend coming in 15, do you think I could have your table then?", but she didn't. She decided to be arrogant about it so fuck her ¯⁠⁠(⁠°⁠_°)⁠/⁠¯
  
  We really don't know what she said because we're relying on only one POV
- She explicitly told him to "hurry up and finish so we can take your place" which is a ludicrous demand to a stranger.
  You can ask politely if the stranger will be leaving soon, or even offer to pay for their meal with the condition that they leave, but making a demand of a stranger that has an exactly equal right to something that you want is very rude, no matter what appeal to emotion you couple it with.
  
  I do think it's pretty rude but we don't actually know that's a direct quote, it might just be how the tweeter interpreted what they asked. If those actually are the words she used, then yes that's inexcusable, but given twitter, I think that's unlikely.
- Found the narcissist!
- There's being nice, and then there's being a pushover. Don't be a pushover. This lady had zero manners or consideration of that person. 100% selfish. I see absolutely no reason to be accommodating to that.
  
  i see no problem in people seeing my as a pussy, something like eating faster takes so little effort and shes not taking anything from me. its not like im trying to assert my dominance as someone big that wont be bossed around. i am happy as the way i am and something so small wont come close to touching my ego.
  i know i might be part of the problem encouraging this behaviour but i aint got time for that. hanlon's razor: never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity
- Low effort
- This is a troll.