Do you call people out who push in queues etc?

I had a mild set to with a woman in Asda and she erupted with a stream of very colourful language, I restrained myself from swearing back, dignity at all times when rowing in public! I am also smiling at the connection between our user names

Yes. Though I didn’t when our kids were small because it embarrassed them.

They call people out now too 😁

Yes I've done it a few times with mixed results. Usually I've found that if I challenge a woman who is pushing in other people back me up and they usually slink away embarrassed. I'm wary about challenging men though because they tend to become aggressive and try to justify their behaviour in some way, and also other people around don't comment or intervene if I challenge a man. So my rule is, challenge women but rarely challenge men unless they appear to be physically frail.

I guess this is a good rule generally, when challenging someone who is in the wrong you need to be prepared that they might become aggressive or even violent - so only take on people you think you could at least have a fair fight with.

This is true. “Call them out” does have overtones of challenging someone to a pistols at dawn duel doesn’t it.

” Ha! Sir Queue de Jumpe, once again you have maligned my fair lady’s honour by pushing in front of her in the Waitrose checkout armed with two mangoes and a bottle of Sancerre, while she has a trolley full of yellow stickered goods to deal with. I will meet you sir, in the car park at dawn. My second will attend your second to sort out the details.”

I might 'challenge' queue jumpers but not 'call them out'.

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The reason is they are just rude and arrogant and think they are more important than everyone else.

If I am queueing in a supermarket with a full trolly and someone behind just has a few things in a basket I will invite them to go before me, it just seems polite but also gives me more time to get things on the conveyor belt.

But when in a queue in say the main post office, which has one long queue and you peel off in order to the next available window, then I definitely say something. It happened where a yuppy type barged in at the front and I called him out, he said he was in a hurry and I asked if he thought the rest of us were just there for the good of our health. Some other people started murmuring about him being rude and inconsiderate and he left. Quite a few said "well done" but if I hadn't said anything he would have just got away with and probably not for the first time.

That sort of rude and entitled behaviour is just the thin end of the wedge and the more they get away with it the more things they try, possibly getting into real trouble. Try it getting into some night clubs and you'll probably get beaten up.

I only did once in home bargains not intentional. Had DD with me she's severely autistic LD and was jumping and flapping because she likes going in there. Anyway stood in long queue behind these 2 women giving us dirty looks. Staff said she would open the next till for us I would usually let people in front of me go but they were just so rude. Was served & out before they even unloaded their shopping.

I do, but mainly because it buys me time to unload all my shopping onto belt and get my bags ready to pack in a relaxed pace. In fact for big shop I’ve let 2 people through before to buy me time 🤷🏼‍♀️

Or you can remain seated until the queue has boarded. You have your allocated seat, it's not like you get a better deal by being first in line.

Airport security is the one that really angers me! Get there earlier like everyone else does. And of course things can happen beyond your control, and if that’s the case pay the £5 for fast track.

I know it’s probably unreasonable of me just winds me up 😂

Did you send them back?

Lightdarkshade · Today 09:40

I did queue jump once but asked permission as my father who is in his mid eighties just couldn't stand easily in the easy jet priority boarding queue. I let people in if they ask and have a reason.

I think that's perfectly acceptable, if people ask and explain, hardly anyone would complain. From time to time, I'll tell old people with baskets in the supermarket to go in front of me, if they seem to be struggling.

It depends on what the queue jumper looks like (i.e. will they beat the shit out of me if I say something). I've said in the past "excuse me, there's a queue over here".

In a queue to board a plane I'd be pissed off at them, but ultimately you're all going to the same place at the same time and, assuming it's one with pre-booked seats, it doesn't make any difference. My luck would be, they'd be an absolute arsehole about it and they'd end up in the seat next to me!

The other day my daughter was waiting patiently for her turn on a ride and a bigger boy pushed her and shoved in to go first, I said no, you need to wait your turn. The mum had a massive go at me that I wasn’t to tell her child what to do. I said no ideally you’d tell him not to shove a smaller child and wait his turn, as it’s your responsibility to teach your child manners. She went ballistic. No doubt he’ll grow into an entitled little shit 🙄

If it's in a shop or coffee place the staff should be aware of who is next in line and the order of the queue and should point it out if someone is in the wrong place or jumping the queue- it's part of their job. Normally people are quite polite and there's definitely a nice way of pointing out to someone if they have made a 'mistake'.

I was waiting to board a flight in Singapore recently- for people who don’t know, the security screening is at the gate. So when they open the boarding gate there’s horrendous queues.

Suddenly a lady came to the front of the huge line to cut in, at which point the person at the front started throwing a fit… awkward because they were allowed to be served first as they had gold status with the airline.

Person who called them out went absolutely red in the face and were mortified!

Although once I got accused of queue jumping at M&S at their self checkouts! Went around the front instead of queuing (pretty commonplace when There are ZERO people in line?) bizarre…

Try not to let things like that bother me. Also think I might be quite bad for jumping queues purely by not really paying attention haha

Always call them out, even if they don't speak English and I have to gesticulate!
I did queue jump once but asked permission as my father who is in his mid eighties just couldn't stand easily in the easy jet priority boarding queue. I let people in if they ask and have a reason.

I often do. Sometimes it seems that the person is so self-absorbed that they havent noticed the queue.

Standing in the queue for the loo in a London department store that has gone woke ( single sex toilets, in cubicles, but pee on the floor, you know what I mean) when this chap waltzed to the front , clearly thinking it was the usual arrangement - although the signage was clear. So I told him there was only one queue and he needed to get to the end of it. He did, but then sloped off with his tail between his legs.

The one that really gets me is the supermarket queue which you join because there is someone carrying only a few items in front of you then you get ambushed by their partner who has been lurking by the chewing gum rack with a full trolley. I do stand my ground with that one.

My local Tesco express,there are 2 marked queues, with a barrier in-between, one marked self service on the right, the other side is by the cashiers desk, a few weeks ago,both auto tills were in use, I had alcohol so elected to go to the cashier. There was a queue behind me. As I got to the cashier,a bloke came from the shop straight to the cashier, ignoring all the queue. I told him there was a queue and I was next. He said why hadn't I gone there then,he didn't give me chance. My late DM wouldn't say boo to a goose. She was born in the 30s,very much under my late fathers thumb. She had severe depression,was sent in the early 70s on an intensive therapy course 18 months assertion training. She was barely 5 ft tall. We went into a greengrocers,a bloke pushed in front of her, she whacked him on the head with a white cabbage, and said "I believe I was next", I still laugh thinking about it!

Yes, I am British.

Brits always respect the queue and if they dont, I know that everyone behind me agrees they should.

Had this a few weeks ago on a CalMac Ferry to Harris which has a self service cafeteria with much of the food cooked to order. The shutters are usually opened once the vessel has been secured for sea and moved off its berth. Signs show how passengers should queue and a queue of maybe ten people had formed.

As soon as the shutters opened a whole group of around 20 people dashed straight in. They were on an organised tour for which, I looked this up later, they had paid several thousand pounds a head. The tour organiser believed he'd had an arrangement with the purser for his people to have priority.

But how much pain might she have been to queue at all? Have some empathy.

Nearly always for standing in a queue - after waiting over an hour and a half in queue for passport checks at arrival airport last week - I challenged a couple who pushed in and told them to get to the back - everyone else was muttering about it but didn’t say anything - then thanked me when I did
Traffic queues are different if roadworks or lane merges it works best if we all let one vehicle in and keep it moving - that said I won’t allow in obvious chancers who scoot down the side right to the front and try and push in