Machine Etiquette
Curious what the rules or unofficial rules (should there even be any?) are for checking a machine when there are clearly loiterers around watching it. Last Friday I took my 5 year old to a machine at the nearby grocery store, as we approached the machine to tap it and check a late 20s/early 30s guy who was “on his phone” nearby physically stepped in front of us and said no guys don’t touch it we’re waiting for something. He then bent down and said right in my 5 year old’s face “please don’t tap the machine, ok buddy?” - he wasn’t a total jerk about it but I still didn’t like him talking to my kid like that.
Anyway we didn’t want to start conflict so we didn’t touch it. He was “nice” and offered my kid a “pack” out of his pocket (opened, obviously nothing but bulk) but my kid is 5 so he gratefully accepted a free pack of a few cards. We walked away, I don’t know though the whole experience didn’t sit right with me. I’m sure people here will be like who cares what he said but he like physically stepped between us and the machine. I dunno this is a bizarre world we are living in in this hobby.