"What would happen if I had children with me? Are you suggesting I would need to lie in front of them? Is that the example you want to set, whether at Christmas or at any other time?"


This is a very good question. What WOULD happen if you'd had children with you, who'd seen you blowing a gasket over something so trivial then flooding a cashier with tiresome questions over this. I doubt she likes the policy much more than you do. What would the children think if they saw you treating another person like this at Christmas?