AIBU to have told off this little girl

[SJisontheway]

so, I was at the supermarket today, just getting a couple of items. I was standing in the queue behind a customer and had my items on the belt. A little girl - about 6 or 7, pops up between me and the guy in front and anounces "I'm next". I smiled and said "do you not know you have to queue". "no I don't, I'm next" she replies. I shoved my stuff to the end of the belt so there was no room for her to put her stuff down, at which point she starts grabbing at them to make space. At this point I got a bit cross, told her not to touch my stuff along with a stern glare. She backed off and started mumbling about telling on me. So AIBU - should I just have said she's just a little girl - let it go or do you think I was right to correct her bad manners?

No YANBU, I'd have done the same. What a rude brat.

If a child asked if she could go 1st I'd happily let her but if one dared to barge in front of me in such a rude way I would have certainly reacted the same as you did.

I still remember (just) how it feels to have adults elbow past me when I was younger. I'd never treat a child like that. I agree that children should be respected. This little madam ducked in out of nowhere and by the way she anounced herself, I'm fairly sure she knew what she was doing.

I think I would probably have told her that you're spposed to queue but then said "but I'll let you go ahead this time" and hope the message got through for the next occasion.

I would probably have still thought her rude though......

YANBU - too many kids are rude these days and get away with it, it's not cute at 6 and it's very uncute when they do it at 16, i've seen 18 year olds having tantrums mine would have got their legs slapped for.

Umph. Obviously that should've been supposed.

That sounds like an attempt at a distraction theft. Something very similar happened to me in Sainsbury's the other day. There is a lot of it going on at the moment.

You take your eye off your purse or bag, or maybe someone else in the queue does while you're arguing with this astoundingly precocious kid, and an adult lurking nearby takes advantage.

Keep an eye out. If you see this girl acting strangely again have a quiet word with a security guard.

If it's innocent it'll be okay. But don't leave it. If she is a thief her little gang will be preying on the very vulnerable like the elderly.

I would have done exactly the same thing. Why should little kids be allowed to get away with poor manners without correction?

I was queuing at a farm park thing a couple of weeks back and two kids just barged to the front of the queue and started chatting to the lady behind the counter, then handed their passes over. Then their mum showed up, barged to the front with them and handed her money over too! I was and said to her that there was a queue and I was actually next. She snapped "oh grow up!", which I thought at first was directed at her kids as she realised that they had hopped the queue. But no, she was talking to me! She went on to say that they were only 5 and didn't know any better. I pointed out that a) my 3yo knows how to wait her turn and b) she should have told them to move to the back and wait once she realised they had jumped the queue, not just joined them at the front!

No wonder the kids had no manners!

YANBU. I would have done the same. At 7 she knows what she is doing. I would expect an adult to (kindly, gently) correct my children if they behaved similarly.

On occasion I have let a younger child go ahead of me, but would say that I was "letting them off" this time.

Depressing story Annie

YANBU. But possibly a grumpy old bag - just like me! I get humpy like this in the queue for the ski lift. I'm afraid I stick my pole out so they can't get past. If they still push past, I tell them off in long English words.
DCs disown me in public.

YANBU. She sounds like a brat. And yes, I am a grumpy old bag too!