AITA for calling someone out for cutting the line at Jersey Mikes?

A Reddit user shares their story about confronting a man who cut in line at Jersey Mike’s, leading to a heated exchange. The user didn’t back down and called the man out for his behavior. After the incident, the store manager gave them a coupon. Was the user wrong for standing up for themselves, or did they go too far? Read the full story below.

‘ AITA for calling someone out for cutting the line at Jersey Mikes?’

So earlier today I was at a Jerseys Mikes, a male customer in his late 50s was taking his sweet time at the cashier holding up the entire line, which I was 4th in. A few minutes later as I was about to pay and he just cuts infront and says he wants to pay for a fountain drink. I’m already semi fuming from him already delaying everyone 5 minutes earlier tell him what the f**k are you doing.

For the next 5 minutes until our subs are ready we are just yapping at each other. He continues to be a d**k, not apologizing and I continue to call him out. He says things like be respectful, I tell him a 5 year old understands what a line is, im not sorry for calling you out, and if you don’t want to get called out, don’t cut the line it’s simple. Eventually the store manager comes and tries to defuse it, maybe he succeeds a bit, but neither of us back down. Eventually the other guy leaves, then the manager gives me a 2$ off coupon ( I’m rich!). AITA?

Let’s dive into the reactions from Reddit:

Pale_Bell_6060 −  No man, anybody who cuts a line like that deserves to be called out. You did what everybody else in the line probably wanted to do. As long as it doesn’t get physical, you’re not the a**hole.

kimba-the-tabby-lion −  By any natural law, you are N T A. But I don’t know what Jersey Mikes is. Maybe it can alter the structure of the universe.

LynxRaide −  NTA. It’s a food place, everyone has to wait for their order, the guy needs a bit of patience. Also the fact he held up the line in the first place. He inconvenienced others, he should put up with being inconvenienced himself.

MCas86 −  Slightly offtopic but somewhat related…. For f*cks sake, stop buying 9000 lottery tickets and making everyone wait on which selections you want to make. youre not gonna win big. get like 1 $5 gtfo of my way so i can pay and leave. Mainly boomers i see still trying to win on the lottery, usually scratch-offs

Acrobatic-Ad-3335 −  NTA. However… you spent 5 whole minutes of your time going at it with this dude, over cutting in line? And you’re both full-grown adults?

StAlvis −  INFO All this rudeness happened in CANADA?

EmilyAnne1170 −  ESH, but you the most. Even though they don’t have a separate line just for buying drinks, it doesn’t make sense for someone who isn’t placing an order for a sandwich to have to wait for everyone in front of them to get their sandwiches made first. It’s a really quick transaction, and besides that he’d already spent time in the line.

What was he taking his sweet time doing? Counting hundreds of pennies to pay with? Chatting with the cashier? Because that’s an employee problem. They should be able to politely steer people thru the payment process without holding everyone else hostage.

If they really let the two of you argue for five minutes (seriously???) then they’re not great at the customer service portion of their job. (If this had happened in the USA though, I’d say they were probably just trying to avoid getting shot.) Honestly though, how is that worth making a fuss over! “HE continues to be a d**k”? Self-awareness is not your strong suit, is it.

OriginalShallot8187 −  No you aren’t. People are too freaking self absorbed anymore. Wait your freaking turn. It needed to be said.

llama_llama_48213 −  Did the other guy get his drink or did he go sit down?