This just happened:
In the car with my girl and decide to go to come back here for a car wash (the same car wash I visit all! The! Time! always posting about the best $21 dollars ever spent.... Inside and out cleaning). Pull up.... There's no-one in line.... And not a soul in sight. My girl and I patiently wait... Carrying on our conversation and laughing (actually I was laughing at her belly aching because she has used up her data for the month and has been cut off again but that's another story).... A minute passes.... 2 minutes pass..... Still no sign of life so now I'm assuming they simply don't see me and don't know I'm sitting there waiting. So I honk my horn. Not an angry honk. Just a quick "yoo-hooo....I'm-out-here-toot", if you will. To which I hear a responding yell of some sort immediately (milliseconds after my toot) (which tells me they were right! There! Standing around the corner knowing full well I was waiting) followed by 2 "gentleman" angrily rounding the corner clearly with a chip on their shoulder. Young punk kid then proceeds to approach my car shaking his head with an angry scowl on his face looking like someone shot his best friend. So trying to lighten his mood I said with some humor "I'm sorry.... Did I make you angry?" Fully expecting him to realize he was scowling over something else (because how on earth could that scowl and anger be directed at me).... He says "YES! THAT WAS RUDE AND UNCALLED FOR!"
Me: rude!?? dude.... I was just trying to get someone's attention with a quick honk because I didn't think you saw me. We've been here for a couple minutes now and didn't see any sign of life."
Angry punk: "that was NOT a couple minutes!!"
Me: you know what? I changed mind. I'll go somewhere else. And may a suggest a change in career paths? Maybe one that doesn't involve interaction with people?
Will pay the extra buck and take our business elsewhere. They've lost me as a loyal customer. Because of one guy's UNBELIEVABLY bad attitude.
HMPH!!