Why do people get so annoyed at the smallest inconvenience at a place of business

Yeah like a few weeks ago, something similar. This guy behind me in a food store checkout, put his few groceries up, and I was nearly done paying. He waited, after putting them up, like a MINUTE for me...and started shifting, looking irritated etc. I mean one minute. Then as i was literally about to walk out of line finished, he gathered up his stuff and went to another line. I was like, okkkkkkkk. I mean I could see if I was like 5 or 10 min paying... but , man. Oh well I got a bit defensive inside for a few moments, but then thought, thats what he did, so I have no control over it. And I let it go out of my mind. But thats not always lol.

Yeah, today I was in line at a crappy gas station and the clerk was counting out the money for the customer ahead of me. It literally was taking forever. I turned to the guy behind me and said, "Can you believe this?" And, he said... he was like... "Uh... no big deal. Just go with it..." or something like that and something about being chilled. Man, that really pissed me off. And, to make matters worse, when it was finally my turn, my card was declined and the guy behind me laughed. I was so angry, I just stormed out.

I just saw a TikTok where a guy at McDonalds was being an ass and the guy behind the counter told him to F right off. Get the F out. 😂

My father is like that. 🤦‍♀️ But he wouldn't dare to say anything out loud, maybe something under his breath at most. He would be just rolling his eyes and sighted and only let off the steam around someone he knows and who is completely innocent in it. I took a lot after him but luckily not to that degree that I would be constantly pissed off by things that don't go exactly as I have planned them in my head.

I think it must be a complete heaven to be a around a person who is chilled out most of the time.

It's cumulative. Chances are that guy had a bad day at work, got in a fight with his girlfriend, and got cut off in traffic.

So you reach a point where a minor inconvenience will not stand as you have been letting things go all day.

It doesn't make it right, but you can at least have empathy for the guy in much the same way you had empathy for the little old lady trying to pay her bill.

Well, I wouldn’t feel smug at his card being declined. You don’t know what someone is dealing with in their life at that moment. We all become antsy and impatient at times, especially under stress or illness.

Everytime a person has to wait in line to buy something they are like: "We pay them good minimum wage out of our taxes! The least they can do is hurry up or open more lines!"

Economically ignorant idiots.

If it's something minor I am patient and understanding but if it is evident that they're giving a bad service cause they're lazy I tell them and I'm not always nice.

It is goofy. And it's almost always people who don't look like they've got anything "important" to do.

I have a hyper sense of self importance…

Some people are incredibly impatient and apathetic.

Oh yeah... Common occurrences in life ...

Yeah. Folks need to just grow up a bit.