You handled the thing very well, Pekka.
You are right to be hesitant to correct your elders. That is mostly very unattractive in the young.
But bad manners are bad manners whatever the age of the person concerned. And this woman's manners were certainly bad.
I doubt anyone thought you acted like a punk. Your rebuke was not at all excessive. The other people in the queue will have been glad for someone to have spoken up.
When an older person delivers a reproof to a child it is with the hope that the child will learn better. I don't know whether this particular wrinkly is still capable of learning. But at least you gave her the chance.
You are right to be hesitant to correct your elders. That is mostly very unattractive in the young.
But bad manners are bad manners whatever the age of the person concerned. And this woman's manners were certainly bad.
I doubt anyone thought you acted like a punk. Your rebuke was not at all excessive. The other people in the queue will have been glad for someone to have spoken up.
When an older person delivers a reproof to a child it is with the hope that the child will learn better. I don't know whether this particular wrinkly is still capable of learning. But at least you gave her the chance.
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