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Que skipping

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Cellardoor23 · 27/08/2016 15:23

Would you say something if someone jumped in front of you? Or would you wait quietly until someone served you?

It's happened to me a few times. I'm never sure whether to speak up because I don't want to be rude, but I've also stood quietly and been ignored.

What would you do?

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Cellardoor23 · 28/08/2016 14:27

jaxx I know what you mean. I am usually a very quiet person and usually let things slide. But when I feel I'm clearly getting taken the piss out of I won't stand for it. I think my DP was slightly 'erm calm down' I just said no because if I hadn't said something God knows how many people would have queue jumped before I had the balls to say something.

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AnneOfCleavage · 28/08/2016 14:29

Was at Disneyland Paris and every day I had politely queued up for a picture with whatever Princess character DD wanted a photo with only to miss out pretty much every time as others had pushed in and nicked all the time the Princess was available for photos. No one said "oh you were here first you have a pic first" so by the penultimate day I had had enough and thought if you can't beat them join them and pushed DD forward to have her pic and got one pretty much every time so in that instance pushing in worked. The characters aren't paid enough to monitor who is first bless them.

I agree though OP it is infuriating.

MindSweeper · 28/08/2016 14:35

I remember being in the queue for Valhalla, the lines were MASSIVE. A group of four decided to push their way past a good few of us and ended up in front of me. Lots of tuts and head shakes all around. My dad was like 'erm no mate, to the back with you' but they started communicating that they couldn't understand English and tried to ignore him. Safe to say he went mad, other people found their back bones and the group was swiftly ejected to the back.

FreshHorizons · 28/08/2016 14:37

I always say 'excuse me but there is a queue'. It generally works - the only time it didn't was blatant queue jumping at a theme park,but we got one of the staff to move them and then they were even further back than they would have been.

ThatsNotMyFuckingLife · 28/08/2016 18:48

I'm usually very black and white when it comes to queues and would never ever push in.

But a couple of years ago, I made my husband drive the wrong way round a carpark to jump the queue and get the last space. The woman at the front of the queue wound down her window and said something PA at us, so I told her to go fuck herself.

I then had two more contractions on the way into the hospital and have birth half an hour later. Still don't feel guilty.

annielouise · 28/08/2016 19:34

I agree with whoever said it's young women that have that entitled air about them when it comes to jumping queues.

The last time it happened to me I had joined a queue that was queuing for two "basket only" tills. Sometimes queuing here is separate for each till but the block in front of me decided to form a queue for both. That was his perogative. Anyway this youngish women decides to form another queue for one of the tills despite there being this block, me and another behind me. Block in front didn't notice as he was watching for which till cleared first so I said we're queuing. "ooh, what makes you decide it's one queue" she said to me. I said because we were here first and do you honestly think you've got a right to go ahead of three people queuing ahead of you. Is she normally this entitled I said to the gormless boyfriend with her. She wandered off. Always say something OP.

And yes Russians are the worst. An Egyptian tour guide we had in the Cairo museum detested them as they had no manners whatsoever.

BitOutOfPractice · 28/08/2016 19:42

I agree with whoever said it's young women that have that entitled air about them when it comes to jumping queues.

so you are basing your opinion of all young women on one incident then? Utterly ridiculous.

Very few things annoy me more than Queue jumpers apart from people who correct people's spelling or grammar on a public forum

doing · 28/08/2016 20:25

I always say something. I'm intolerant of bad manners.

Although I recently almost started a punch up on someone else's behalf at a bar. Some twat tried to barge in and I wasn't even next in line. The woman who was just looked pissed off but didn't say anything. I did, and things got a bit tense.

In the end we shamed him off.

annielouise · 28/08/2016 21:03

No. Bit of Practice. I don't base my opinion of all young women on one incident . Just in my experience they seem a bit more entitled than any other group I've come across in terms of queue jumping - as someone else also noticed. Just because I mentioned one incident doesn't mean there weren't others - just didn't want to write a fucking essay! Always someone going to twist your words.

Notthiswankagain · 29/08/2016 12:22

I have actually noticed in my place of work that it's older ladies that are the most entitled, but I work in a very naice town, with some very posh "ladies who lunch". Younger guys are also quite bad, and don't get me started on the "husbands" at Christmas time.

Okay so loads of people are bad!

londonmummy1966 · 29/08/2016 12:51

Best incident I have seen is when a very vocal Portuguese lady tried to shove to the front of a long queue in Poundland. A couple of people near the front remonstrated with her and she kept on saying that she had only got one item. An elderly Caribbean gentlemen a few places further back then announced in the most perfect RP accent "Excuse me madam, I don't know what behaviour is considered acceptable where you come from but in THIS country we queue" She slunk off pretty quickly at that point....

littledrummergirl · 29/08/2016 15:32

My 11 yr old Dd got feisty when she was queuing for chips one night as adults kept pushing past her. A loud excuse me, I think I'm in front of you to the fourth person had them all (still waiting for their orders) looking at their feet.
She was served next.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe2726 · 29/08/2016 16:35

Good for your daughter, littledrummergirl. Kids often get pushed aside by adults just because they're smaller, I suppose, less likely to stand their ground.

I might take it on the chin if there's a queue jumper and silently seethe but, if woe betide someone who does this and takes a child's turn...!

littledrummergirl · 29/08/2016 16:38

I'm surprised she said anything. She doesn't like to make a fuss but as she was on her own (I was in the Chinese down the road) and it was part of our meal she stood her ground.
She doesn't suffer fools gladly though.

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Cellardoor23 · 29/08/2016 17:05

I'm wondering if this is why it's happening to me all the time. I'm fairly short (just under 5ft3) and I suppose I do look young for my age. Does this make people think they can just walk all over me?

Like I said in a previous post, I don't usually say anything either but after the third queue jumper I thought no, this isn't on.

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