Did she cut in

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In the queue in primark along with everyone else on a Saturday and it's massive as usual. In front of me was a woman with a large pram. After a while her friend came and stood next to her with an equally big pushchair and seemingly joined the queue. Me being British stood there silently seething rather than say excuse me the end of the queue is that way. I was thinking she might just be walking with her friend but she did in fact have a large bag of returns and paid ahead of me.

So did she cut in or can you reserve your place in the queue? And why am I such a mug that I didn't say anything?! I'm so annoyed with myself. I know I just need to get over it! What would you have done?

Yes she did, but it wouldn't bother me. Did one person pushing in really delay you that much? I hate the long queues in primark but they never seem to last that long.

I didn't delay me by much no but the queue was huge and we were close to the front when she joined. Where do you draw the line? Is it ok if 2 of her friends joined her?

It's annoyed me way too much but I'm annoyed at myself for not saying something.

I couldn't get annoyed at this, I would 100% do this

I mean she cut, obviously, but the idea that you ought to be offended by certain things and then that you ought to assert you rights is one that i personally think is debatable. If I'm not queuing for the few remaining drops of water or rare concert tickets then i really don't care if someone joins their friend in the queue ahead of me. I would rarely do it myself because I'm socially aware of how it would likely be received, but i don't care if it happens to me. I would rather it is done with an exchange, a friendly hello and do i mind, and when this doesn't happen i presume the person has lower self esteem or a fear of rejection or some such and in those instances I'm glad they're in from of me than someone rolling their eyes, sighing or tutting.

If you're with someone who is already in the queue and you join that person at a later point, that is not cutting in in my view. It's annoying for the person behind, but not cutting in.

It would of pissed me off, but I’m annoyingly unconfrontational so wouldn’t of said anything either

It's annoyed me way too much but I'm annoyed at myself for not saying something.

So you'd be less annoyed at yourself for 'saying something' and causing an atmosphere, maybe even an embarrassing scene? Really?

Not technically related to your post but as I think it’ll be fairly busy can I take a moment to say:

In Primark if you’re with someone who, due to disability, would struggle to wait in the queue you can request special assistance to use the accessible till to “skip” the queue

Yes she did cut in, yes it was rude, but as a believer in karma then one day justice will happen! 😂

Did she buy stuff (so use another till to her friend) or not?

If she used another till, she was a cutter inner. If not, she wasn't.

Yes she used another till and paid for her own goods

Yes, buy its really not worth getting worked uo about

Good to know about the disabled queue as I am registered disabled and struggle to stand for long periods which probably made it worse.

I'm sorry but it's bloody cheeky and yes I'd have felt better sending her to the back atmosphere or not! And the people behind me would have applauded as she went. 😂

She did push in but how did she get a large buggy all the way down the queue? Wouldn't be possible in my Primark!

It is pushing in, but these types are usually hard faced and will unlikely politely move to the end of queue when challenged. So unless you’re looking for an argument, that will probably stay in your head longer than the few extra minutes delay her behaviour caused, not worth the bother.

Yes she pushed in but if I wasn't up to tackling her about it I would take a deep breath and let it go. Life's too short to be offended about small things that really don't affect your life one little bit.

And Primarks accessible till is fantastic. If you are have a walker or a wheelchair they fall over themselves to open the till quickly for you. You might need to ask if your disability isn't so obvious but they are the best shop for helping their disabled customers.

If you're with someone who is already in the queue and you join that person at a later point, that is not cutting in in my view. It's annoying for the person behind, but not cutting in.

It may not bother me if it happened to me but it is objectively 100% cutting in so your subjective view is wrong

Yes she cut in but saying anything to her would not have been worth the drama.

Yes, that is cutting in. In fact, there’s a scene in Curb Your Enthusiasm about this very thing, nicknamed the ‘Chat and Cut’; you walk up to a queueing friend under the guise of just having a chat but you quietly join the queue from there, effectively skipping everyone behind your friend.

Fine, she was only one person but what if ten people allowed friends to Chat and Cut with baskets full of stuff? It could double your waiting time.

@Jibo she came from a side aisle. The queue was snaking out of the standard queue space into the shopping area

Yes it’s cutting in and I think it’s rude but I wouldn’t say anything

Yeah she? Cut in but it's really not worth stressing about

It is rude, and when I have people queue jumping in front of me, I always call them out on it. Can’t help myself because it annoys me so much! I’ve never had someone argue with me about it, but generally they just glare, say nothing and move to the back of the queue. I think people who do this probably look at who is stood behind, and if they look unassuming and not confrontational, they will do it.

If she is the kind of person that would do that, she will be the kind of person that would react very badly to your comment.

I would be surprised if she then joined the back of the queue. It would end in an unpleasant and embarrassing altercation and there would be no winners.