No frontsies, no backsies

This story happened a few weeks ago but it is so ridiculous that we keep telling it and it never gets old.

We were at a conference. After our morning sessions we made our way back to the main room for lunch. We got there a little early so things weren't set up yet. A line quickly formed. For once, we were actually towards the start of the line. 

Winners!

Now, we go to this conference every year. And every year, while waiting in line for the lunch buffet, we gripe about the huge number of people who cut in the line. We thought maybe because we were toward the front, we wouldn't notice as much cutting this year. 

Not so.

As we waited for the doors to open a couple of ladies pushed past us. "We're not cutting," they said as they shoved their way to the front, "we're just going to stand up here towards the front." And how is that not cutting?

The whole thing was so ridiculous that we kept repeating it. Ad nauseum. Until the guy who was legitimately standing in front of us turned around and laughed.

Life is weird. Might as well laugh.