Digsy Posted May 21, 2009 Posted May 21, 2009 I loved my nan, my mate was in front of me as we ran out of the building, so I got most of the beating for it. And I thought she'd let him into the queue, but obviously not today, today was a lesson in how to queue day.
nerd Posted May 22, 2009 Posted May 22, 2009 When I was in holland a couple of years back I found that the dutch tended to just push to the front of a group to get to the counter but I was more annoyed that the staff serbed them first when we had been politely waiting. there seemed to be a small line of brits everywhere with everyone else just marching up and doing there own thing. Most frustrating
Pidgeon Posted May 22, 2009 Posted May 22, 2009 I went to Alton Towers when they first introduced the Virtual Queuing system. When people got their ticket which told em what time to join the queue, people just queued up. And all hell broke out when people who's time was called, walked in to the ride ahead of the idiots queuing.
espadrille Posted May 22, 2009 Author Posted May 22, 2009 When I was in holland a couple of years back I found that the dutch tended to just push to the front of a group to get to the counter but I was more annoyed that the staff serbed them first when we had been politely waiting. there seemed to be a small line of brits everywhere with everyone else just marching up and doing there own thing. Most frustrating That is what I am interested in.Why do we always queue when others around us dont? It suggests a certain passive attitude to me and a feeling that we just put up with too much here.
Beakerzoid Posted May 22, 2009 Posted May 22, 2009 Not only do people queue a lot in the UK, but they always join the back of the longest queue. Trying to direct people along to shorter queues is a bugger as everyone seems to worry that if they move from the back of the queue of 20 to the shorter queue of 5 they will either miss out on something, of be assaulted by those that chose to stay in the longer queue. Personally I think it is less about being polite, and more about wanting something to moan about. For example... "I've been in this queue for 10 minutes..." Well, if you were in the other queue you would have been served in 4 minutes! "That's beside the point, this queue is slow!" It is your choice to stand in the longer queue. It doesn't help that there is some kind of time-space anomoly that occures around queues that means that although in the real world you have only been there 7 minutes, the temporal effect has you beleiving you have been there at least 3 times as long, leading to situations like... "I've waited 25 minutes in this queue! This is ridiculous!" Really? Terribly sorry. We did only unlock the doors fifteen minutes ago! Alton towers is to blame! People always join the longest queue everywhere as they now associate it with the best ride at the end
espadrille Posted May 22, 2009 Author Posted May 22, 2009 Not only do people queue a lot in the UK, but they always join the back of the longest queue. Trying to direct people along to shorter queues is a bugger as everyone seems to worry that if they move from the back of the queue of 20 to the shorter queue of 5 they will either miss out on something, of be assaulted by those that chose to stay in the longer queue. Personally I think it is less about being polite, and more about wanting something to moan about. For example... "I've been in this queue for 10 minutes..." Well, if you were in the other queue you would have been served in 4 minutes! "That's beside the point, this queue is slow!" It is your choice to stand in the longer queue. It doesn't help that there is some kind of time-space anomoly that occures around queues that means that although in the real world you have only been there 7 minutes, the temporal effect has you beleiving you have been there at least 3 times as long, leading to situations like... "I've waited 25 minutes in this queue! This is ridiculous!" Really? Terribly sorry. We did only unlock the doors fifteen minutes ago! Alton towers is to blame! People always join the longest queue everywhere as they now associate it with the best ride at the end I seem to do this and just stand there submissively!
epiphany Posted May 22, 2009 Posted May 22, 2009 Queue jumpers are morons and should be electrocuted in some way.
Harleyman Posted May 22, 2009 Posted May 22, 2009 I hate people who dont queue. I lived in Montreal for a few years and people there dont even know what the word means. A few years back I was at Heathrow airport and had just gotten off the plane after an 11 hour flight. I walked from the terminal on what seemed like a two mile hike to the tube station and got into line to buy a ticket. Along come these kids from somewhere in Europe judging by their looks and language and go right up to the window in front of everyone else all jabbering away in their native lingo. No one said a word except yours truly who was tired, jet lagged and not in the best of moods. After I threatened to punch their lights out they finally got the message and went to the back of the line
Aries22 Posted May 22, 2009 Posted May 22, 2009 It was during the war, when food was on ration that people started to queue, there was a bit for everyone in the UK. People were happy to just take their share, and not like it is now namely me me me.
cloudybay Posted May 22, 2009 Posted May 22, 2009 It was during the war, when food was on ration that people started to queue, there was a bit for everyone in the UK. People were happy to just take their share, and not like it is now namely me me me. During war time, people had no option but that was then and this is now. Yet we still do it, even when we don't have to. We're a nation of Lemmings. If you need proof then try driving on any of Britain's major roads this weekend. Everybody knows they will be at a virtual stand still yet it doesn't stop them going out for a 'fun day' whilst spending most of the time in a queue. It's as though we British have a suicidal streak, built deep into our psyche. Outside nearly every Post Office and branch of Marks and Spencer's, there will be a queue tomorrow morning, well before opening time. Why? Will the Post Office run out of money by 9.05? Will M&S sell out of small nutty baps, cottage pies for one and double gusseted knickers by 9.30? I think not. A few years ago, the BBC conducted an experiment. They hired 10 Actors to queue outside a boarded up shop. Within 30 minutes, 100 people had joined the queue. When questioned by researchers, all of them said that they didn't actually know what they were queueing for or indeed why. Mindless behaviour, pure and simple. As a nation, we excel at it.
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