Dear Queenie,
The other day I was at the grocery store with my wife. I was pushing the cart a little way behind her and when she got into a checkout line another woman got in line right behind her before I got there, so I got in line behind the other woman who had a full cart.
My wife waved to me to push past the other woman but I thought that woman got there before me so she should go before me.
Queenie, who was right?—Shopping Etty Ket
Dear Shopping,
Your wife could have explained to the woman that you were with her (your wife) and asked the woman to let you pass. Or you could have explained to the woman that you were with your wife who was ahead of her, and asked the woman to let you join your wife. The woman probably would have let you pass, especially if you only had a few items, but it seems to me the whole situation was not worth making an issue of.
