Was I in the wrong to push in the queue ?

[crisikrinkles]

Went into the post office in our town.
It’s always packed and they had two serving.
I needed currency and places never normally have it without ordering.
I needed it that day as we were travelling at night (last minute I know )
There was probably 20 people in front of me.
I didn’t want to wait in the queue incase I stood there and they didn’t have it anyway.
So I went to a counter and just said “before I queue can I just check you have this currency “
A woman barked “there’s a queue !”
I explained I wasn’t pushing in,I was just checking they had something before I got to the back of the queue.
She shouted “ no you wait to ask questions “

was i in the wrong ?

Lol.....well thanks for pointing it out (seriously)....I'm all for learning so grateful for that :)

Thanks!
My doctor friend always writes ‘afew’. I want to correct her but never do!

When have you EVER had a question resolved in 5 seconds- be realistic.

Of course I have. A quick one with a quick answer like, er, let me think, oh yeah, the one in the flipping OP.

Well all I can do is wish you in lots of queues with several people pushing ahead of you with a "quick question", I suspect your attitude will be different.

Ha, ha you should! My ex childhood boyfriend (from when I was about 12) is now a doctor....we reconnected in our early 20s through letter writing (this was in the 90s when he was a student doctor) and I was shocked at his atrocious spelling lol.
My daughter's primary school teacher would often write "your welcome" rather than "you're welcome". This was the woman who was meant to be teaching my daughter English! I had to bite my tongue every time....lol

I was in John Lewis this pm, queuing to pay for something when a woman with a really hideous giant ornamental fish thing cut in from behind the queue and asked for a price check. There were about six pairs of laser eyes boring holes in her back. I was surprised she didn’t burst into flames. Luckily the JL assistant gave her a price check but then directed her to the end of the queue to pay . So carnage was averted, calm was restored. I can only hope she was buying the hideous thing for herself and not as a gift for someone.

” oh, Phyllis, it’s very erm unusual. Where on earth did you find it so I will never set foot in there again in revenge.”

Again, you're turning this situation into something it's not. On many, many occasions I have encountered the odd person skipping the queue to ask a quick 5 second yes-no question, and no one minded because it was always obvious that it would be silly to make someone join the end of the queue just for that. I have never in my life encountered several people doing it all at once (and if for some reason they did, and they were actually holding up the queue, they would be directed to the back of the queue by the cashier).

Then you have extraordinary cashiers- in my experience they do not get involved in the queue at all, when multiple cashiers are working- who do you ask? This problem has caused banks to have someone floating around the queue answering questions-if just rocking up to a window ahead of everyone was not a problem, why would they do that?

Yes you were wrong.

In my experience, the floating cashiers are usually trying to direct you towards the automated paying-in machines instead. And their existence does not really have any relevance to the OP.

No floating cashiers are there to primarily answer questions- they do sometimes help with machines, but questions are what they are there for- I was unfortunate enough to be stuck in a Santander for 3 hours I watched and waited- questions were what the floating cashiers are for- any one who jumped the queue to ask a question practically caused a riot-you are totally wrong on this one.

No, you are wrong.

Everyone thinks their query/task is simple and will only take 2 seconds.

What about wanting a special envelope? Than you should queue up to get it and then queue up again to post it? In that case if I had to wait that long to get it, it is my right to take time and fill it in at the counter, keeping everyone waiting for no reason, when I could have just get it, fill it in and then wait in the queue. There should be an option to ask a question and then you know whether you queue up or not.

What about the privacy of the person bring served?

Yes becausec post office queue is a very confidential environment ..you are standing talking to someone through a thick glass plane, everyone can hear you.

Did you not need proof of postage? I send lots of pre-paid and pre-labelled parcels but our local Post Office won’t let you just drop them off, they still need to scan the label.

I think you were cheeky.

If you want to buy an envelope, of course you should queue to pay for it.

Agreed, the floating cashiers’ mission seems to be to stop people getting to the zenith of the bank i.e. the kiosks where you can get cash.

In Scotland your ass would have been dumped quite rightly at the end of a very large queue. People waiting are not there for the good of their health. They are waiting in line for a reason .
mad u should have been, no queue jumping . You are nothing special , wait your turn or come back when it’s quiet. Woman tgat was being served could have been discussing anything . U r an arrogant entitled bitch and I would have told u that to your face and u woukd not have skipped my queue.
it woukdn’t take 2 seconds u woukd need an envelope a receipt proof of purchase etc.
grow the fuck up

This!

Well.in this case it actually did, if you can be bothered to read this whole, old thread.

Urgh....vile toxic excuse of a human being