The lady who jumped the que in sainsburys

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Ok guess it's a AIBU but to be fair I'm not annoyed I actually found it bloody funny!

So today me and dp popped to our local sainsburys, as we finished we made our way to the till DP in front and me waddling behind overdue in pregnancy!

DP got to check out and put trolley up against the belt I wasn't really far behind and a elderly lady walked straight in front of me, around DP and trolley and plonked her basket on belt in front of him! The cashier was open mouthed!!!

We just looked at each other and DP said in a cheery friendly way " you alright love to the lady" the lady turned around and said yes but I have a hearing aid and pointed to the sign that states the till has the loop thingy (just to clarify that over half the tills on our local shop have this so it is not a exclusive till or anything!

Well me and DP just looked at each other and totally cracked up laughing and just carried on behind her still giggling to each other until she paid for her shopping then we done ours!

The cashier was very apologetic and clarified that the till is for everyone but being a young girl don't think she had the confidence to say anything!

So just wondered if I AIBU to think this is cheeky and having a hearing aid doesn't give you priority to skip ques?

The correct response to someone who pushes in front of you is "the end of the queue is behind me". Just tell them - and don't accept their excuses. Or - if it doesn't bother you then don't say anything.

Sometimes, all you can do is laugh.
I was at the top of a queue one day, one queue, two tills. A guy in his fifties or so, (if it matters ), wandered up, said what's the story here, indicating the two tills.
I said I'm next, he said okay, then went ahead of me, when a till was free. I just laughed.
I usually do point out to people when there is a queue, that they genuinely don't see, or pretend not to see, but in this case, I just let it go.
I was with a friend in a coffee shop one day. It was very busy, and there was a long queue. A woman asked if she could go ahead of the rest of us because 'she only wanted coffee'. On the basis that we were ordering four course meals, I guess...
She seemed quite aggrieved at having to wait her turn...flounced back into the queue, muttering angrily.

Rude! I was in McDonald's last week, the tables were busy but there was only one young lad in the queue. I stood behind him and then another boy (maybe around 15yo?) stood to the side of us. The till directly in front of him became available and he made to step forward but I (CRINGE) tapped his shoulder and said, "erm, no, sorry...", turned to the other lad and said, "I think you were first". I then turned to the first boy and said, "He's first, then it's me, then you". He looked furious!

I swear I was talking but it was definitely my mother's voice that came out!

I once called out a queue jumper...

There were 2 tills but 1 queue for both. It was moving pretty slowly and in front of me was an elderly (80s elderly not 60s ) with a heavy basket. Then a business man just nips right in front of him. I got his attention and (very politely) told him that there was just 1 queue and the man in front of me was next. Business man was most affronted, he sort of spluttered a bit, muttered something angrily, flung down his newspaper and stormed out of the shop! Tantrum stylee!

I was I really hadn't been rude or anything!

Great attitude OP, too many people let other people being rude ruin their entire day.
People can be arseholes regardless of ages, gender etc and if you want you can challenge them on it but whether you do or don't you should just " let it goooooo" to go all Frozen!!!

Sounds like she thought the hearing-loop sign meant that the till gave priority to people who needed to use one of those.

WheredidIparkmybroom- what did the old lady on the bus say to you?

my favorite for people embarrassing themselves by queue jumping is when its done in a car. there is a road near us with no off road parking so the residents park in a line outside rendering the road as one lane only, so motorists have to wait the oncoming traffic is clear. i was waiting by the parked cars in a line of about 5, giving way to the cars oncoming, someone came up behind the line, to give them the benefit of the doubt, they may have assumed we were all parked too, but still, they obviously didn't even see the oncoming cars either, so they just carried on driving, overtaking the queue. but half way down the road, they met the oncoming traffic, so had no choice but to stop and angrily reverse.

There's an elderly woman in our supermarket who queues up and then loudly says to her husband "ooh I hope the queue is quick otherwise we won't make the appointment". Then the nice polite people in front say "oh please go before us". Truth is she is just a selfish cow who doesn't want to queue ever. Same scenario with every visit, she is known for it. These sorts of people give the elderly a bad name. Plenty of them will have real problems meaning queuing is difficult but the chancers give them all a bad rep.

Just out of interest - those who are saying 60 isn't old - well what is it then? It's not middle aged is it?

Erm, yes, middle-aged. All the 60 year olds I know are active, fit (fitter than me!!) healthy, go on holiday frequently and many are still working. Some still have their own hair colour and many still look in the late 40s.

Really? Maybe if you plan on living to 120!

I agree re active and fit and healthy, but you could say that for some at 70, surely?

Waiting to board a plane recently with my friend, the woman behind us just walked to the front of the queue. Nobody said anything, but I walked up to her and said that's the front, there's the end. "Oh sorry I didn't realise " she said. I said "of course you did". Pmt day.

Yup, and I also know some 70 somethings who aren't old.

Middle-aged doesn't mean exactly the middle of your life, you know. It's a period of time characterised to my mind by maturity and settledness.

Well, personally speaking, I'm not old.

Luckily I'm fit and well. I'm active. Although I've given up full time work I am busier than ever with committee work, family and all sorts.

I dress well (not mutton, nor 'old lady') and I don't look old, elderly or anything similar. I would definitely say middle-aged.

When I'm 70, I will consider myself 'elderly' although I hope I will still be active.

Oh you mean mentally? Sorry I meant actual age! I don't think old = fuddy duddy, old mind-set. My Grandma (mid 80s) says she still feels like an 18 year old, and definitely acts it sometimes!

If thats what middle aged means, i've been there since about 16

I recently went to Amsterdam and the lack of queueing nearly made my head explode.

Every shop was a free-for-all scrum of pushers in and queue jumpers.

I couldn't live like that! Made me feel very British

Shonajay oh that reminds me of another one! DP and I had flown through the night from New York to London and were waiting for our connection to Edinburgh, we were absolutely knackered and desperate to get home (and into PJs!) so he totally lost his shit when, after queuing at the gate for twenty minutes, a woman sitting to the left of us walked up and slid into the queue in front of DP. He asked what she thought she was doing and she said, unconcerned as can be, "I was standing here earlier". He didn't let it go, saying "but you've been sitting down for ages" and she shrugged, saying "I was tired. This was my place in the line, though". He looked close to bodily removing her but she stood her ground and I was mortified when he almost sprinted along the corridor and shoulder-barged past her to get onto the plane first. We had allocated seats so it didn't matter when we boarded anyway!

I'm severely visually impaired, though it isn't always obvious to others. I quite often fail to see queues. It is embarrassing, and sometimes upsetting. I'm not elderly (early 40s).

I have been on a waiting list for a guide dog for nearly a year. When I eventually get one, I imagine people will be a lot more understanding!

All the 60 year olds I know are active, fit (fitter than me!!) healthy, go on holiday frequently and many are still working.

Can't you do those things when you're old then?

Oh dear, this thread makes me feel like Attilla. I always, always challenge queue bargers and I've never had someone carry on with the barging in once I've laid down the challenge.

The worst case of queue jumping I've ever seen was a queue for a multistory car park in the center of the city I live in. The road is one way, queue of cars on the left as the car park was full, enough space on the right for cars to drive past.
A merc pulls up, female passenger gets out and stands in front of the car that's waiting just before a bend that takes you down to the underground ticket barrier. Merc driver proceeds to wait next to the car being blocked, holding up all the traffic behind him wanting to drive past the car park. No one is going anywhere as the park is full and no-one is leaving. People get out and stand in front of the merc to stop it queue jumping and the gobby woman shouts at them.
They do eventually get the merc to leave.

I fear I did the wrong thing when this happened to us. DH was putting the shopping through while I sat down (disabled). Just as he finnished a woman marched up to the till, handed the cashier something and rather rudely said 'I want this'. The cashier beeped it, she put her card through the machine, grabbed her item and marched off. The cashier gave the receipt to DH and started serving the next person. DH stood there looking all confused. The cashier thought the woman was with DH so she'd zapped through the item with our stuff and the woman had unwittingly paid for our weekly shop. I pointed out the mistake. With hindsight I probably should have left it to teach her a lesson.

LiverpoolLou

Hahaha that's brilliant!

Liverpool Lou that is fab! You so should have let it stand. The silly mare!

I had this once I was 9 months pregnant with two DC 5 and under. It was at the motorway services after a VERY long drive. I told the two woman once when they walked right in front of me I send them to the back of the que then it was my turn to order and they walked right in front of me and two other people and started ordering. I didn't notice in my own little world then the two blokes told me they had already started ordering I told them they still was a que and you can't go jumping the ques. They sulked back to the end again trying to get where they was before but more people had joined the que and they send them to the back of the que again

I mean I was 9 months pregnant with two small kids leaning on stuff you could tell I was in pain! I looked a mess the kids looked tired. DH he had taken the Ddog for a quick walk had a laugh when he joined us when DD1 told him all about the naughty woman who didn't listen to mummy and how you always have to listen to mummy! Love my girls