At 7:45 AM, a massive line of eager senior citizens wrapped around a local grocery store, waiting patiently for the doors to open for their exclusive 8:00 AM senior-only shopping hour.
Suddenly, a young man marched up from the parking lot and tried to push his way to the front of the line. Before he could even reach the handle, an energetic old lady charged forward and beat him back into the parking lot with her heavy wooden cane.
Bruised but determined, the young man jogged back and tried to sneak past the front of the line again. This time, a tough old veteran stepped out, punched him square in the gut, kicked him to the pavement, and rolled him into the gutter.
Wiping a trickle of blood from his nose, the exhausted young man limped toward the hostile crowd for a third time. He held his hands up in defense and shouted to the angry mob,
“If you people don’t let me unlock the front door, none of you are getting inside today!”
