Do you call people out who push in queues etc?

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I can't stand it when people just push into long queues and usually say something. I know people will say 'just leave it', but this is how they keep getting away with it, by relying on nobody saying anything.

I know there are much worse things in life, but when you've been queueing a long time and you're tired and fed up, it's not nice.

This can apply to other things in life too.

I was queueing to board a plane last night after a long delay, a woman in her 20s decided she didn't fancy the long queue and just pushed in near the front. A woman must've seen me looking irritated so she tapped me on the shoulder and said 'Just leave her, she might not be all there'.

Always. It really boils my piss. I had a huge row with a woman (at bingo of all places 😂) because she was trying to walk straight past everyone queueing and I called her out on it and she got pissy.

Only when it is a queue that matters e.g. supermarket queue.

Otherwise I leave them to it. Boarding a plane - really don't care. Would rather be queuing for a bit longer than sat down in the seat I'm going to have to sit in for several hours - I usually board towards the end.

I was stood behind a man at the supermarket check out, shopping still in his trolley. He suddenly wandered off without saying anything and I assumed he’d forgotten something, though usually people tell you if they’re quickly grabbing something.

Anyway, the person being served was all finished and he wasn’t back. The checkout lady asked after him and I said I thought he might have gone back for something. We just waited.

Eventually the staff member said I’d best go first as we can’t just wait forever and maybe he had actually gone. So I put my shopping on the conveyer belt ….. then he reappeared!!

He went absolutely berserk at me, saying I had pushed in and was the rudest person he’d ever met. He was full on shouting at me! I explained that I’d stood waiting but he hadn’t said where he was going or if he was coming back. I only went in front of his trolley when staff asked me to.

I was shocked someone could be so aggressive and rude about me “pushing in” when they’d seemingly abandoned their shopping.

I did that (seemingly Aldi exclusive 🤔) thing where you let one person with just a few items behind you go first.
He was very grateful..

Less so was his pal who sidled up with a crammed basket and didn't look at me once as he pushed infront of me.
Not sure if the same etiquette rules apply abroad, as they were from overseas.

I was still annoyed, so removed a pack of his luxury biscuits from the belt and hid them behind the checkout sweets.

Childish, but felt good 😶‍🌫️

Queue jumpers are the worst! I remember working on customer service at a DIY shop. My next customer was a little old lady who was getting the change ready from her purse. Because she took a fraction of a second too long, the man behind her (big burly builder type) stepped round her and dumped his items on the counter. I quite pointedly told him that the lady was before him. He collected his items and went to stand back behind her, to which I then said: “No. To the back of the line”. Sheepishly, he joined the back of the (rather lengthy) queue. Gobby 16 year old: 1 Impatient builder man: 0. I don’t know what come over me, but it really pissed me off he didn’t give the lady an extra 30 seconds to get her money out of her purse. I still can’t believe he did it though. 🤷‍♀️
I wouldn’t have the moxy to do that now though.

Yep. Chessington World of Adventures last year. One family were constantly leaving one in the queue and joining them later by pushing through. Some guy spoke up just behind me and I joined the chorus, but had I have seen them first I defo would have said something first. She made some excuse about having a small baby that she had to leave with family to get on the rides, not sure how that excuses it, or excused it for 3 of them pushing through to meet the one in the queue when there were clear signs up stating it was not to be done! Also no idea why she didn’t buy a fast pass on that basis! Classic CF.

Regular couple in our local supermarket > We join the queue > He says, 'I'm waiting for my wife, but you're welcome to stand there'. We say, 'That's fine, we'll move.' . Turns out that he's in the queue and she's still going around the supermarket, and then joins him with a trolley-load of shopping.

Everyone clapped! Amazing.

I’m a larger lady so I always say to people who push in can’t you see me I’m not hard to miss

I did it to a woman ahead of me in a theme park ride queue once, we were chatting nicely and then she mentioned how her family would be joining her soon. So I asked how many people she would be inviting to queue jump, then we argued for a few minutes about how that is or isn't queue jumping. I directed her to the signs all around the park that describe what she was doing as queue jumping and isn't tolerated. Then she went quiet, but texted her husband and he and 3 kids joined the queue at the end, but then they had some awkward interactions as we zig zagged past each other in the queue. I regret nothing

You have obviously never flown on a US airline!

My kids school the parents are completely unable to que. It's infuriating.
DH and I went to an event for my little girl before they finished for summer. We were really early to get first in the queue because she was nervous about her event.
An elderly gran of a child one of the children when she arrived said her legs were hurting and the que was too long. So the teacher let her in the hall to have a seat to rest.
When were came in at the correct time. The old lady was in the front row with her stick and jackets along the whole front row.
I was so annoyed but I left it as my dc needs to go to school with these families for the next 7 years

All school events are like this and I end up fuming 😂

At DDs' pre-school the leavers got the main parts in the Nativity. They saved the front two rows for parents of the leavers. DD1 was Mary, we got to sit right at the front. DD2 was 10 months old and I'd expected her to be very wriggly, but she sat on my lap with wrapt attention throughout, watching her big sister on stage.

My son is a wheelchair user and on life supporting equipment - we are often moved the front eg at airports because he needs to board safely so he is always first on and last off - you would not believe the hate and abuse that we get. General queue jumping then I understand challenging but you never know if there’s a reason or if they have been told to do so.

Yes 💯 and I don't care what people care about me calling it out.

I do comment as well as when you hold a door for someone and they have no manners

I've called queue jumpers out on a good feed occasions. I point at the end of the queue and say "the end of the queue is there", and keep saying it until they move 🤣🤣🤣 I hate queue jumpers.

Totally understand jumping the queue on this situation. If you are being let to that spot by someone who works there and you have a wheelchair in tow I definitely wouldn't say anything at all. You need all the help you can get

Often tho you are lead to a different queue that either merges or you are left one end meaning when you get to the front no one can see that you were directed there by staff - you would be surprised at the things people say :( but then we have also had a lot of issues in blue badge parking spaces when 2 healthy adults get out the front and it’s not till we get out son out the back that they stop

I always say something. But I’m not English. Most recently, 2 school girls decided to go right to the front of a 30 people deep queue for the tube at Canary Wharf. I said loudly “Excuse me girls, there is a queue here.” There looked sheepish and moved along to another part of the platform. People around me had been tut tutting and clearly annoyed but said nothing. A couple of men said “well done”. Not sure why they hadn’t said anything themselves to the girls.

A couple of weeks ago I was queueing in a longish line at the pharmacy section in a large Boots. A woman and her husband stood near the queue, not in it. Just before my turn she dashed forward and started asking the pharmacist a question. I said loudly - excuse me, there is a queue here and I’m next. They went to the back.

I think you are right OP. We need to call it out or it will keep happening. You can be polite.

Last year at Alton towers we queued for ages for one of the rides (My sister, 8 year old son and nephew).
A couple of teenagers and their mother came up behind us, they’d queue jumped about 30 minutes worth of queue. They told me that they were going through to meet up with friends. I told them they weren’t. No regrets (my nephew was impressed, my sister was embarrassed though 😂).

Yes: your username chimes with my most recent experience: at Suede & Manics last night, an assortment of brazen, pushy, mouthy females tried to bypass people who'd made the effort to travel early & stand for hours to be at the front. These entitled clowns thought they could shake their arses & bump on through. Short shrift met them, & they were most indignant. That they reeked didn't help & attempting to cover their farts with vapes had them slung from their targeted zone, just before Brett sashayed amongst us.
It's always the same, brass-necked latecomers walk up & test the patience of folk who've often queued since midday or before. Men, women; the shock when people say no, call them out (or shove them back), I'll never tire of their wide-eyed horreur! Guess their parents never said no...

If you're old enough to be a fan of Suede and the Manics you'll know elbowing/dancing your way to the front is the old school way of gigging.

It's not something I'd ever comment on, I don't see the point as they don't really care. But I'm glad we don't have to suffer theme park queues etc as we have a ride access pass.

You are raising him well!