Do you call people out who push in queues etc?

Isn't it about time the Karen thing was dropped? Really not a very nice term to use. It's shorthand for telling women to shut up and get back in their box.

Yes. It just really irritates me - but I have a ridiculously over developed sense of fairness 😂

I will intervene even if I’m not in said queue!

Saw it yesterday in Waitrose. Long queue for the self-checkouts, and I saw this man clock the line, clock the assistant occupied with a customer, and nip in ahead of everyone. So I informed the assistant (or “partner”, it being Waitrose ) who said people do it when their back’s turned as they know full well there’s a queue. Some people, eh? Soooo important.

Yes, every time.I try to do it fairly politely in a way that implies I think they’ve missed the fact there’s a queue. That gives them room to backtrack (“Oh, sorry, I didn’t realise”) and also means they’re more likely to comply usually.

I still say something. It may make me an evil person but I can’t stand old person entitlement

Was it at the British Museum? The way they display stuff in their special exhibitions can be weird - I remember a display right in a corner, where about two people could get near it. The slow shuffling around drives me nuts - if there's something I'm not interested in, or there's a space at another display, I will swap the order rather than stay in the shuffle. I wouldn't push anyone out of the way, though.

Karens? Wow. Defending the queue jumpers AND misogyny…

I remember when it was only the French that didnt know how to queue. Thought Brits knew how to stand in a line.

I work in a coffee shop so I call people out pretty much daily. I’m very aware of who is in the queue because I’m either mentally calculating space in the shop for sitting in or if they’re regulars I’ll be starting their drinks. If I get anyone trying to push through they’re firmly told they’re not next and where the end of the queue is and if anyone loiters at the wrong side they’re always told very politely which side to queue.
I love being perimenopausal and working with the public!

Yes, every time. I'm disabled and the longer I stand the more it hurts, so I'm not letting some stranger cause me pain.

If it wasn't obviously deliberate I'll say "there's a queue" in a friendly way so if it was a mistake they don't need to feel ashamed.

I've done it by accident at a tourist location and was grateful and very embarrassed when someone pointed out the queue.

@Blouson Karens? Really?

There is a middle ground isn’t there? You don’t have to only be a pushover OR equally as rude do you? You can politely assert your boundaries without resorting to public shaming and humiliation for what is essentially a minor issue.
That kind of humiliation/shaming just puts people immediately on the defensive as they feel they’re being attacked and then you risk the situation escalating into a public argument, which is awkward and embarrassing for everyone.

Why is there such a overdramatic response to threads on here?…..it’s always either/or with a real lack of ability to consider the inbetween. Like on the cul de sac thread - all the posters responding as if it’s one or the other. Children play out all over the road OR are never allowed to play out ever. There is an inbetween option!

So as they can store their luggage in the overhead hold where their seat is.

Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Depends if I can be bothered with the potential hassle.

To be honest, I'm more likely to speak up if someone pushes in front of someone else than in front of me (directly in front I mean, I know they're pushing in front of me too if they're going ahead of someone in front of me) because there's something about me that wants to stick up for other people, even though a lot of the time I can't speak up for myself.

Yep, usually the drunks pushing to the front of the queue in the local co-op to buy cigarettes. And they usually take about 10 mins dicking about trying to remember what they’ve come in for as well.

I do say “oy there’s a queue back here!” but usually just get sworn at for my troubles.

yes always... but im also not a dick and if im stood there with a full shop and someone is behind me with a can of beans i will let them go first.

May be genuine i.e. not pushing in at all. People jump to conclusions.

What sort of reason would cause that level of rudeness?

Yeah that's usually my passive aggressive way too 😆(unless I'm in school!)

or maybe it's just not being a push-over? My time is as valuable as their time, if not more, why should I waste it because they are rude?

I don’t use the term ‘Karen’ either because it’s been hijacked by arseholes who now use it as a misogynistic slur against ANY woman that has the audacity to speak her mind whether she is being reasonable or not.

Depends if they’re bigger than me

We're a nation of Karens now. Social media has made everyone think their voice is important.

No, I don’t ‘call people out’ because that is really about wanting to publicly shame and humiliate someone just so you can feel superior over other people, which I find a worse type of behaviour than queue jumping. I might politely and quietly tell them the end of the queue is over there or something similar if it bothered me.

I do but politely at first as I do genuinely think some people are in their own world and don't notice the queue or think it starts somewhere else etc.

It's sometimes obvious - like one big long queue without gaps leading up to one counter but sometimes it's unclear.

I accidentally pushed in at the post office as I thought the two desks were for different services (one to post and one I could buy my envelope).

I walked right up to the envelope one and the lady looked at me like I'd pissed on her and she looked really angry at me for not queuing. Oops. I honestly didn't think it was clear at all it was all one queue and once I realised was mortified and joined the back and apologised.

So yeah I think it's not always that people are doing it on purpose and although some people are arses, some people do just look embarrassed and go "oh no I'm so sorry!". I like to give the benefit of the doubt.