To think parents should teach their kids to queue?

[Goodluckjonathan76]

Just came back from an outing with DCs (9 and 7). We came out of state and walked to bus stop where there was a queue so we joined the end and waited our turn to get on. As the queue starts moving, a princess (sorry, woman) walks up to the front of the line with her 2 DCs who are the same age as mine (I know as DS1 said later that the older child was in his year at school (but not class) and pushes on board. Some people looked a bit pissed off, others just let her. AIBU to feel really irked that I try to teach my kids manners and that, because we are all able bodied, we don't have the right to push past people who are also waiting to board first. I have seen other parents with kids do this and really don't get it. If you are elderly or there is another reason you can;t stand for more than a few minutes then fine but not sure why parents think they have priority over everyone else.

Even if there is a reason why you are not able to stand in a queue, surely it is good manners to say to/ask the people you are pushing in front of if they mind if you go first. EG if you take a small child into the ladies toilets and there is a queue and the child is desperate, surely you don't just drag your child to the front and push in, you say "i'm sorry, would you mind if DD went in front as she can't wait". If you just push in then you are not acknowledging the possible invisible needs of the people you are pushing in front of. It is never OK to push in without asking first in my opinion. I would always let someone in need go ahead of me and often let people in front in supermarket queues if they only have a few things or have a fractious child with them even if they don't ask, but I would be massively pi**ed off if someone just barged in front of me in a queue without speaking to me first - and I would tell them so too.

Being less physically able doesn't give people the right to be rude surely? I'm sure all of us wouldn't have a problem with someone with a disability that explained why they needed to board the bus first.

This woman sounds like she just had bad manners.

Goodluckjonathan76

I completely understand. Confronting the wrong person can result in getting a punch in the face round here at the very least. I wouldn't do it. Just pointing out the reason why she feels she can.