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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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queuing!

18 replies

Creamplease · 23/02/2012 20:58

So I am fully ready to be told I am being unreasonable, as I don't use post offices much, so here goes;

I'm about number 5 in the queue, 2 people on the 'till' bits and it is going quite slow, I'm hot and currently nearly 2 weeks overdue, just waiting patiently so I can get out. It comes to nearly my turn and a lady walks in and goes to the currency section where nobody is and asks 'is anybody on here'.

So I expect the staff to point her to the queue or something, but she just walks up the other side, as the other customer is leaving and goes to speak to someone about the currency or whatever. But it was my turn next!

I say politely, 'excuse me there is a queue.' She then turns angrily saying 'actually there is no queue for currency' and the staff serving her agrees! I say something along the lines of how rude of you, and you should queue up like the rest of us.

She starts ranting about how rude I am, and I need to learn to read... (which I wish I asked her about, because there was no sign saying currency do not need to queue). Also saying it is not as if I have to wait all day.

But she wouldn't have to wait all day, there was nobody behind me- she could have queued surely, and should have?

I know this isn't the end of the world- but I was just iratated and it has been on my mind!

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Petrean · 23/02/2012 21:01

They do this at my local post office too! It's bloody annoying because you essentially get seen immediately at the bureau de change part but it's always by a member of staff who was on an ordinary counter. Makes me cross so YANBU!

AlbertoFrog · 23/02/2012 21:10

Same here. Does my head in. I've seen me queue for half my lunch hour and some one can just walk in and be served straight away.

Very annoying but seems to be the way of the Post Office.

p.s. at your stage of pregnancy YANBU about anything. Hope baby comes soon.

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Creamplease · 23/02/2012 21:10

Ok, so it is a normal thing then. I don't understand why!! Like how you said (much better then what I was trying to say) the staff are on an ordinary counter, so why can they not just bloody queue!?!

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Byeckerslike · 23/02/2012 21:11

2weeks overdue? She is lucky you didnt banjax her ass!

Bitch

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Creamplease · 23/02/2012 21:11

And thank you, every night I'm hoping for labour pains!

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Fenouille · 23/02/2012 21:12

YANBU

I had something similar happen to me and it still rankles. In my local PO there is a counter with a sign saying priority is given for disabled and pregnant people. When I was pg they NEVER served me as a priority and yet whenever I go in these days (now being definitely not pg) I always see them asking pg ladies to jump the queue grrr I know I need to get over it

scarletforya · 23/02/2012 21:13

Even if she was right, she sounds like a complete COWBAG !

She was lucky you didn't go postal on her ass!

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Creamplease · 23/02/2012 21:13

haha, I wish I could press 'like' Byeckers! She was old (but with a right mouth on her) so I just stopped arguing with her!

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Creamplease · 23/02/2012 21:16

See as a pregnant overdue, hormonal, fat feeted woman, I wouldn't expect to be seen before anyone else though it is nice that they do that. I just object to extra people being put in front of me for no reason!!

She was a cowbag!

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AlbertoFrog · 23/02/2012 23:05

Maybe we should have all said YABU.

Then you'd have got really wound up and gone in to labour

Shouldn't you be getting induced at this stage or is that just in my area?

aldiwhore · 23/02/2012 23:07

Next time, go to the currency window, change £1 into something (anything) and then carry on with your other business.... and ARGUE your point, even to the extent of pretending to go into labour.

You will; be served.

YANBU.

DoMeDon · 23/02/2012 23:23

She was rude and should have waited.

She didn;t have to though - it's the rule in our PO too. That and passport check and send. They are money making for PO's and seem to be prioritised.

WorraLiberty · 23/02/2012 23:46

She was lucky you didn't go postal on her ass!

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Creamplease · 24/02/2012 13:02

I should be getting induced on Saturday, thogh my hospital doesn't do inducing on weekends- so it is Monday! I begged for the Friday but they said no!

It's true- If there is ever a looong queue, I will change up £1 and then send my parcel at the same time! haha!

Stupid Post Office rules.

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HalfPastWine · 24/02/2012 13:10

In my local PO there is a counter with a sign saying priority is given for disabled and pregnant people What a pity it takes a sign to encourage people to show some courtesy for others.

I hate queuing especially in supermarkets but will always allow someone to jump in especially if they only have a couple of items and I have a trolley full.

5Foot5 · 24/02/2012 13:32

Perhaps you should reserve most of your annoyance for the PO for having this daft system in the first place.

If they have a system where you go to a specific counter for currency then you can't really blame the woman for doing just that. She sounds like she was a bit unnecessarily rude and aggressive but, from her point of view, she might have been a bit irritated if she was sure she was doing nothing wrong and someone was challenging her.

I was sort of in that situation a few years ago when I went to the kiosk in a local supermarket to buy a lottery ticket. They had two distinct queueing points, marked by signs above the counter, one for lottery and one for everything else - presumably because there is a special till. There was a queue at the "everything else" but nobody under the lottery sign which I went to. Turned out there was only one member of staff on at the time and she abandoned the main queue to serve me - which caused some ill-natured muttering. I politely but firmly pointed out I was in the right queue and the muttering stopped but not the scowls. I still do not see that I was in the wrong there.

HowAboutAHotCupOfShutTheHellUp · 24/02/2012 14:40

The woman wasn't in the wrong, but you were! Her reaction was belligerent but the fact remains that you were wrong.

I think it would annoy me if someone said to me ?'excuse me there is a queue? when I wasn?t queue jumping.

SarahDoctorIndyHouse · 24/02/2012 14:46

I feel your pain OP but HotCup has hit the nail on the head afaic.

There is a car park we use which, if you go in after 5.30 you can pay on entry because it is a flat rate after that, so we do. On one occasion we were going back to our car and walked past the queue of people waiting to use the pay machine and some young flibbertigibbet who was no better than she should be saidvery petulantly 'Excuse me, we're all queuing'

I seem to recall I just ignored her but yes Hotcup being accused of queue jumping, I dunno why, irritates the flip out of me.

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