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Originally Posted by Pointer
I have a witness who will verify what she shouted and that she was annoyed.
The point is Gracie that I obviously already knew that I blew it, was embarrassed, showed her my card and asked nicely, not once but three times before the gate was opened. I didn't need to be chastised and the other cars didn't need to be held up while she made her point to further humiliate me.
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Not to justify, but more towards an explanation of human behavior; Can you imagine if you were gate tender how repetitive the things that happen at the gate would become (visitors getting into the residents lane, residents forgot their card or forget to swipe it, half the people giving you the death stare while trying to roll thru your little hand held stop sign, etc)...Possibly she was raising her voice because she though you were hard of hearing, after all you did not heed her direction .
In the future when you make a mistake (and we all do, so don't take this as an attack) you might consider just swiping your card and going on with life, instead of yelling across the other lane to the guard (adding to the embarrassment and drawing more attention to your mistake) and holding up the lane just so you can teach her who is boss.