Cringe & Facepalm

I (28F) moved to a new city and went for my annual physical at a new doctor's office. I have an IUD for birth control and it's due to come out this year. I told my new doctor I wanted to get set up with an OB/GYN later this year to take it out and start trying for children. She looked at me with a puzzled look and asked how long I've been married. I told her one year but been together for three. Then she gives me this face like "really?".. wtf? But seriously, who asks that? I've always wanted to have children. And it's not like l'm trying to have it with some rando. I have a fucking husband. She gave me attitude the whole fucking time because I was apparently suppose to fast for lab draw but wasn't told to prior. My appointment was at 1:30pm today. Who the fuck doesn't eat before then!? I'm gonna find a new primary provider.

I can't believe what just happened today. I had a Target pickup order and was waiting. When the Target employee came out to deliver my things and validate the pickup number, a second car pulled up right next to us. For reference, I was in spot 1 and they pulled into two. So, we were side by side. The boomers in the car that just pulled up stood up and took a few steps as if he was going into the store. The woman (target employee), while wheeling the cart back to my trunk, asked the man if he was there for pickup. She had a few orders on her cart, so it was a natural question.

The guy, clearly a crusty boomer, looks at her with a scowl and replies "No. I'm in a hurry". The woman (surprisingly polite) pointed out that he was parked in the pickup spots, and they were pretty busy and asked if he could park somewhere else. It genuinely seemed like a rehearsed line that she has to say a lot. But overall she was polite about it.

The boomer looks at her with a condescending expression, arms spread out to the side, and says, "You ain't gonna call the cops" and tried to walk away. I hated this guy right away. The attitude, the smirk, the condescension. Everything about him has gotten everything he's always wanted and I couldn't take it.

"I will." I said, while holding my phone up, pretending to video the exchange. "I'll call them right now"

He turned his ugly face towards me and shook his finger sputtering out "this don't include you!"

"I'm here to get my stuff and you're stopping that. It does include me. So I will call". I can't believe I said that. It felt so good.

The boomer bully scowled a few more times before getting into his shitty Chrysler 300 and scooted away. I gave the woman a millennial apology (where you apologize for something that you didn't do) for having to put up with people like that and thanked her. She thanked me a ton for saying something to the guy. I genuinely felt great about the exchange. I never confront people but this was at the end of a long day and I didn't want that asshole to bully that woman. She isn't getting paid enough to be a traffic cop too.

EDIT: because lots of people are asking why I would call the cops. I wouldn't. I was calling his bluff. He escalated that situation and became a coward when that situation was presented to him. I didn't have a plan. It was spontaneous. I don't normally confront people. Acab.

EDIT 2: Because lots of people are having similar comments I figure I should add some context.

I'm a 42 year old disabled veteran, father z and active member of my community and neighborhood. I have met and worked with many people, and directly managed thousands through my career. I have a fairly good grasp of approximate age due to being around the world a few times. I have worked in the retail and service industry before and empathize with the underpaid employees who can't stand up for themselves. Yes, adults can be bullied. Anybody can be bullied. Most bullies are afraid of their own threats, which is why they throw them. I've encountered many bullies in my childhood and adulthood, because ADULTS CAN BE BULLIED TOO!

I don't know what I would have done if it continued to escalate and I'm glad it didn't. Playing "could have" ,"should have", "would have" hypothetical games isn't applicable, because it didn't.

Oh, and I know not all boomers are bad. Many are great. My current manager is a boomer riding the tail end of a 45 year stint at the same company. He's great. Love the guy. And what's great about him is that he knows when he's right, when he's wrong, and when he should acquiesce to somebody else.

Yes, I know this is a very small ordeal over something as stupid as a parking space. It isn't life saving. It isn't newsworthy. Thank you to everyone who has pointed it out. I never claimed it was a big deal in the grand scope of society. It is about a boomer challenging an employee and then backing away when a bystander offers to accept the challenge. I know it isn't a big deal to you.