This item (and the two just below) are from Dave Barry’s Blog.
OK, I have a question, based on something that happened to me yesterday.
I was at a tennis tournament, and I went to get some pizza for my daughter. There were three people ahead of me in line for pizza: a guy at the front of the line, and two women together behind him. So the guy at the front of the line — we’ll call him Guy A — turns around and sees that he knows the guy behind me — Guy B — and tells him to come to the front of the line.
Guy B is reluctant, because he realizes it might be rude. So Guy A says to the women behind him, “Do you mind?” They say no.
I say nothing.
So Guy A says to Guy B, “Come on! They (meaning the two women) don’t mind.” Then, looking at me, he says: “HE minds, but he’s not saying anything.” Which was correct: I minded.
So Guy B goes to the front of the line.
Dave has a similar manners question today.
I’m with Dave on this one. If it were two people who were together at the event it would be different, but these two clearly weren’t. If they wanted to visit, they could do it once the first guy had his stuff, and while the second one waited; or else after they both had their stuff.