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Do you call people out who push in queues etc?

312 replies

Heretheycomethebeautifulones · 25/06/2024 13:05

I can't stand it when people just push into long queues and usually say something. I know people will say 'just leave it', but this is how they keep getting away with it, by relying on nobody saying anything.

I know there are much worse things in life, but when you've been queueing a long time and you're tired and fed up, it's not nice.

This can apply to other things in life too.

I was queueing to board a plane last night after a long delay, a woman in her 20s decided she didn't fancy the long queue and just pushed in near the front. A woman must've seen me looking irritated so she tapped me on the shoulder and said 'Just leave her, she might not be all there'.

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FaintlyMacabre · 25/06/2024 13:15

I did once but the woman was so mortified and apologetic (she hadn’t realised where the queue started) that I felt worse than if I hadn’t said anything!

PickupperPenguin · 25/06/2024 13:15

Yes, I told a man who pushed to the front of the queue in the post office that we were all queuing and he needed to wait like the rest of us. He shouted why did I think I was so special (the irony 😄) and stormed out.

I was only about 20-21 and wouldn’t have said boo to a goose normally, I’m not sure what came over me!

SilverBranchGoldenPears · 25/06/2024 13:14

Every. Damn. Time.

It’s bad behaviour and we should all call out bad behaviour.

midlifeattheoasis · 25/06/2024 13:14

I always do. It bloody infuriates me.

Heretheycomethebeautifulones · 25/06/2024 13:12

I wish i cared less.
Some queues are not really queues, just a bunch of people scrambling together, but when there's a clear line it's different.

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crockofshite · 25/06/2024 13:11

Yes I called out a very haughty couple who shamelessly pushed in a long tourist entry queue, I'd been diligently waiting my turn for more than 30 mins. They pretended not to understand me, but I eventually shamed them to moving further back.

I'd do it again

StrawberrySquash · 25/06/2024 13:11

Sometimes. Depends on the situation and if it's worth making a fuss.

I'd say most of the time people do it by accident though. I know I have. Plane woman sounds like she was just being a CF though.

Beamur · 25/06/2024 13:09

I don't really care.

Heretheycomethebeautifulones · 25/06/2024 13:08

AGodawfulsmallaffair · 25/06/2024 13:08

I did once and had a rather embarrassing row in Poundland 😆 ( should have gone to Waitrose ).

I'd love to hear more 🤣

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AGodawfulsmallaffair · 25/06/2024 13:08

I did once and had a rather embarrassing row in Poundland 😆 ( should have gone to Waitrose ).

Heretheycomethebeautifulones · 25/06/2024 13:07

If it's airport security and they're about to miss their flight, I wouldn't mind them jumping at all if they asked, but boarding the plane is different.

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Allfur · 25/06/2024 13:07

Yes, always