Do you call people out who push in queues etc?

I did once during Covid lockdown queuing and the woman and her husband completely turned on me. Shouted at me that I was rude and a bad influence on dd who was with me! Everyone else in the queue had seen what she did and not a single person backed me up. In fact one person said to me ‘Don’t you think we’ve got more important things to worry about’.

This is the only situation where I don't mind to be honest (unless I was genuinely worried I was going to miss my flight in which case you could also be the one to ask to skip). People are usually apologetic and thankful in that situation.

Otherwise I'm usually infuriated and inwardly cheer at for people that do say something

I would have said something

Recently queuing at airport security... loads of people trying to queue jump saying their plane was boarding.
I kept saying loudly why should I risk missing my plane for you? It's not fair.
But people kept letting them.
Infuriating

My friend and I went to an exhibition a couple of years ago, and when we entered, it was a tiny space and was absolutely packed. In order to see everything, everyone was in a queue and shuffling along very slowly past each exhibit. It was a pain, but it was fair and it meant that everyone got to see everything.

A woman entered and proceeded to try and walk round, pushing into people in order to see the exhibits. It really didn't take much sense to see that we were all in a line and shuffling for a reason. I watched her shove some women out of the way first and then I saw her coming towards me to try and push me out of the way, so I braced myself and refused to budge. My friend went berserk at her 'stop pushing in! don't you see that everyone in this room is shuffling in a line for a reason?' . The woman told us that one of the staff had said that no one had to queue - surely though it was clear why every single person in the room was doing it?

Loads of people started having a go at the pushing in woman too. It was really unpleasant and a lot of the blame I think goes to the exhibition organisers. The space was much too small for such an important exhibition and they had allocated too many tickets for each time slot.

I do think that the woman perhaps had some cognitive issues. Or maybe she was just bloody rude.

I had an elderly lady ask me if I minded if she could go in front of me in the queue at the supermarket, she was only carrying a couple of items so I said yes. As soon as I let her in front she turned and called her husband over with trolley piled high which they then started to unload into the conveyer at a snails pace. CFs probably pull that stunt every time they go shopping

@Blouson OMG- it was very similar, but without the vagiclean! 😂

Our local school opens up its outdoor pool for community use in the summer (you have to pay a subscription). It can only hold 40 or 50 people so on hot days people start queuing along the shadeless path about 25 minutes before it opens. You can bring up to four people plus the card holder on one card.That is the queue where I have seen the most crossness, tutting and sighing, especially when the two people in front of you turns out to be ten people, eight of whom stroll up at the last moment with their towels looking cool and fresh. Nobody is really sure if that is allowed or not so they content themselves with poisonous looks and mutterings.

I have been called out for bad queue etiquette when I haven't been aware that it is a queue, for example at a holiday camp where people were queuing for the bar instead of the usual melee. And buses have their own weird queue etiquette where nobody is actually queuing at the bus stop but you are supposed to remember who got there before you and take your correct place in the line once the bus arrives.

I do sometimes. Wouldn't bother me getting on a plane as I prefer to be last on anyway. Also having to get used to the fact that some countries are better at queuing than others. Certain countries have zero queue etiquette, others are very strict. My fave so far is Thailand. They leave their shoes in a line to show the queue, then go and sit down 😂

😂😂

Wasnt that Me Myself and Irene? This scene is never not funny

DS - who is three - will point at people and shout "not waiting" when people push in front of him...

Depends on the execution really as I love a good queue barge myself

The same as me. I now ask 'is that all you have???'
I was once caught when a women was standing with just a few items in her hand, so I let her in. A few minutes later, a tween child came along with a trolley full of items, then every few minutes, another child arrived adding more and more stuff to the trolley!

Most of the time, yes, I will say something in a polite, smiley way (through gritted teeth). I find it incredibly annoying when others in the queue don't back me up or agree though.
Last week in the supermarket, someone sidled up to the side of the queue hovering, then just stepped in when the people ahead moved forward. I said 'excuse me, but the back of the queue is there' with a big smile. The person ahead just shrugged their shoulders and didn't say a thing- even though this women had stepped in right in front of her!

Absolutely this. In fact, I did just that yesterday in Aldi, a police officer who only had a box of tea bags. She was very grateful. Plus, I quite fancied her. 😍

It is my business if they want to flout common curtesy and not wait their turn after myself or others in the queue.

Yes, the reason being they're an entitled, cheeky twat.

You never know when you'll meet a Kenneth Noye type. It's just not worth it.

In your situation OP I wouldn't make a fuss. You'll all board the plane after all and it won't take off without you.

I usually let people in front of me at the checkout if they only have 1 or 2 items but not if they're tutting and sighing and expecting me to.

Yes, always, I don't really give a shit anymore, manners cost nothing.
I frequently let people go ahead of me if it's a small thing or they look like they're struggling.

Nearly always

Usually no, I just eye roll and inwardly tut (I'm not great with confrontation!).
However, the other day I was at the front of the queue and struggling with my shopping basket and my tantruming toddler, when a woman pushed in front of us with her trolley. I said something generic like "are you in the queue?!" but I must have looked pissed off because she immediately scuttled to the back.

My DD was queuing in a shop and I was waiting for her, she was 9 years old at the time, 2 women who were together pushed in front of her, they clearly knew what they were doing as they then were looking uncomfortable. I called them out and when they played innocent I said I'd just watched the whole thing and their behaviour wasn't acceptable. No doubt I appeared a 'funny so & so' but I wasn't aggressive or shouty. They really didn't like it though...