My wife and I are Cold Stone Creamery freaks! Really…it’s a problem and I seriously think we keep the one down the street from our house in business. When you go to Cold Stone for ice cream, you expect a little bit of a wait. Not a big deal really…you get up there, order your ice cream, watch them mix all the sugary greatness together and go about your lives happier with a bowl of delicious ice cream in your hand.

Not too long ago, we ran into a couple of ladies that were taking their kids out for ice cream. Great…they are getting their kids out, enjoying the nice day and having fun out together…so where did it go wrong? They are COMPLETELY those people in line. Their conversation with each other is more important than making sure that they…and their kids…are not a nu sense to everyone around them.

This is how the story goes…

We are waiting in line for no less than 15 minutes. The two ladies and their kids are standing in front of the ice cream selection for 10 of these 15 minutes directly in front of us. Do they ask their kids want kind of ice cream they want during this long wait? Of course not! They wait until it is their turn in line and turn to their 5 kids and decide that this is the perfect time to hash out exactly what kind of ice cream all of their kids would like to consume that afternoon. What happened to common courtesy and a simple realization of the events that are taking place around you?

All these friends had to do was ask their kids what kind of ice cream they wanted BEFORE their helpful ice cream mixer was ready for their order. They had 10 minutes to do it! So now…the rest of the impatient line has to listen to them argue with their kids about their ice cream selection further prolonging the wait.

So that makes these two ladies…THOSE PEOPLE…in line. Those people in line are ones that have absolutely zero want or need to realize what is going on around them. They are normally extremely inefficient, annoying, inconsiderate and clueless. Almost every line in the world has one and the madness has to stop. Next time you are in line…do your part by being prepared!