Queue Jumpers

PurpleBerry · 31-07-2008 2:27pm #1

I was in a clothing store one Saturday afternoon in the charming city of Dublin. There was a really, really long queue for the changing rooms and I ws (finally

) at the front of it. Well, two women saunter up to the changing rooms, paralell to the long queue and try to go straight in.

The problem with this is that is was me at the front of the queue. I told them in no uncertain terms to gtfo and that that big long line of people standing there patiently weren't lining up for Westlife autographs. The two of them, instead of slinking away, having been caught out, tried to protest :eek: "No, no, you don't understand" Huh?

No, love, you don't understand, back of the queue.

At this point the dressing room attendant came out and did enforce the whole concept of "standing behind all the other people who were there before you" rule of queueing. Then someone came out so I went in.

I'd kinda love to know what they thought I didn't understand, though. Should've asked.

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That story had a happy ending but in places like Spar, Centra, Mace, Londis et cetra, there is a lot of queue-hopping. It's usually a lot less blatant than the above though. I was in a store in Tallaght one time and a bloke played the trick of standing beside me, instead of behind me so that when the person at the register moved on he went to go next.

I challenged him too but the person behind the till served him so I walked off. I always try not to condone that kind of thing. I hate it when these people are let away with it. I had to go back to that shop in the end because I couldn't find what I was looking for anywhere else and the in-bred twerp behind the counter acknowledged the incident, apologising and admitting that he knew I were there first but he didn't want that guy to 'start anything'. I guess I'm not intimidating-looking enough to get served in a shop, despite the implementation of "queueing"

Dudess · 31-07-2008 2:29pm

Queue jumpers are *****.

is_that_so · 31-07-2008 2:30pm

A chap tried to do that on me in Dunnes this week. When the cashier called him on it, he dropped his basket and went out in a huff. I have been known to be "firm but polite" with them.;)

dr.bollocko · 31-07-2008 2:31pm

My worst experiences with queue jumpers tends to be when I am behind the wheel.
People so often just zoom up the hard shoulder to skip a long queue to a roundabout here in Galway, expecting to be let in at the end, and because of lazy drivers, they are actually let in! Makes me just want to sit in my car taking up half the hard shoulder to not give them enough space to do it, but what can you do. People are assholes.

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 31-07-2008 2:33pm

I tried to do it in a chippy in mullingar there not too long ago while fairly merry. Missed out on some lovely chips. The staff weren't having any of it.

Naos · 31-07-2008 2:34pm

I detest queue jumpers. So ignorant and have no problem calling someone out if they do it.

Malari · 31-07-2008 2:37pm

Although I have no problem jumping a queue when there is no reason to be queuing in the first place - like when half a dozen women are lined up waiting for already empty toilet cubicles to empty. Push the door, for crying out loud!

pickarooney · 31-07-2008 2:37pm

France is a bit of an eye-opener for this. People here tend to think of queing as beneath them and it's not uncommon to see four five people trying to queue-jump one another simultaneously, all while pretending to have been there all along. Pensioners are the worst for it, mind. Same with on-ramps or whatever you call the lanes leading onto a motorway - every single car will leave it to the last metre to try and squeeze in.

LouOB · 31-07-2008 2:39pm

Couple tried to do that last night for Batman
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Naos · 31-07-2008 2:40pm

Ah now, pensioners jumping a queue I can live with.

dr.bollocko · 31-07-2008 2:42pm

Naos wrote: »

Ah now, pensioners jumping a queue I can live with.

Are ya kidding me?
They're pensioners! If it wasnt for queues pensioners would never socialise.

ArmaniJeanss · 31-07-2008 2:42pm

Dudess wrote: »

Queue jumpers are *****.

Would have been class if you'd used your moderator powers to put your post above the OP.

chopperbyrne · 31-07-2008 2:43pm

Taxi rank queue jumpers are the worst.

I always tell them to get back and queue like everyone else.

Naos · 31-07-2008 2:44pm

Ha, fair enough.

However, I know when my nana could walk to the shops etc, standing in a queue whilst holding a basket etc would be a strain.

Pensioners deserve a lot more more respect and credit than we give them. Except the grumpy old bastards.

Malari · 31-07-2008 2:44pm

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Are ya kidding me?
They're pensioners! If it wasnt for queues pensioners would never socialise.

Yeah, those auld ones down the post office know what they're doing! They know they can get away with it!

Gone West · 31-07-2008 2:47pm

Ahhh ... angry foreigners! :pac:

"charming" city, I'm picking up a little sarcasm there.
Dublin is a great city if you have your friends, work, hobbies, house in a nice part, and of course its useless unless you have a proper job (50k+). So without those criteria of course its not going to be nice!

PurpleBerry · 31-07-2008 2:49pm

FuzzyLogic wrote: »

"charming" city, I'm picking up a little sarcasm there.

Nope, I wasn't being sarcastic. If I didn't think Dublin was a charming city I wouldn't be living here!

Dudess · 31-07-2008 2:54pm

A study was done a few years ago on the queuing habits of different nations - the English came out on top.

is_that_so · 31-07-2008 2:58pm

You haven't queued till you've stood in a very long line for fresh bread in subzero temps outside a bread shop and sometimes it would run out just as you got to the counter.

Honey-ec · 31-07-2008 3:01pm

Dudess wrote: »

A study was done a few years ago on the queuing habits of different nations - the English came out on top.

My Dad always says the English will join a queue just to see what's going on.

My sister and I were in the Shelbourne after a match about 3 years ago. There was a moderate queue for the loos, maybe 3 or 4 people, and we were on the end. A very well-dressed, well-spoken middle-aged lady came in and promptly marched to the top of the line. We very politely pointed out that there was a queue. Well, to say she was affronted doesn't quite cover it - she started blustering VERY loudly about the cheek of some people, and wasn't it a pity for us that we had no breeding. We just howled laughing.

workaccount · 31-07-2008 3:03pm

This morning in Galway I witnessed a guy driving onto the roundabout in the midst of oncoming traffic to try and force other cars to let him onto the roundabout. Eventually a car had to stop to let him on as he was out so far then didn't indicate or anything coming off the roundabout.

I was coming out of Galway a few months ago and the traffic was brutal as a road was closed due to an accident.

I was in traffic for an hour on a two or three mile stretch with a hard shoulder. A car came up on the inside which I was fine with as he was taking a left onto a by road. Then another car came and I was fine with that but it was someone who undertook me.

He pulled in in front of me! :mad: :mad: :mad:

I was so angry I should have got out and broken his jaw. There was no point to it at all.

Dudess · 31-07-2008 3:04pm

Honey-ec wrote: »

My sister and I were in the Shelbourne after a match about 3 years ago. There was a moderate queue for the loos, maybe 3 or 4 people, and we were on the end. A very well-dressed, well-spoken middle-aged lady came in and promptly marched to the top of the line. We very politely pointed out that there was a queue. Well, to say she was affronted doesn't quite cover it - she started blustering VERY loudly about the cheek of some people, and wasn't it a pity for us that we had no breeding. We just howled laughing.

LOL - love when people who know they're in the wrong and embarrassed about it try to transfer it to someone else...

petethebrick · 31-07-2008 3:06pm

Naos wrote: »

Ah now, pensioners jumping a queue I can live with.

When I lived in Asia (Korea) it a non-spoken social rule that you could expect to be queue jumped by those noticeably senior than you. Something to do with Confucianism or that.

dade · 31-07-2008 3:07pm

I was in Brussels two years ago in a book shop when some bint tried this. there was a queue of about 10 people and i was about half way along, they opened a till beside the one that was open and the guy said Next, she just sauntered up and handed her stuff. I was first to point out the queue and she said "yeah i know there is, that's the queue for the register you are on, this is the queue for the til I'm at" well she was politely told to feck off out of it. the guy behind the til didn't know where to look must have been his first day or something. she just dropped her stuff and left

Honey-ec · 31-07-2008 3:10pm

That two tills-one queue thing wrecks my head - there should be two queues!

If I'm at the end of the queue in Aldi and they open another till, I'm not going to wait for everyone in front of me to move over.

Malari · 31-07-2008 3:11pm

Why do people queue right across the street at an atm for example, instead of down the wall?

I love the way you can change the direction of these queues just by standing sideways when you join them :pac: people HAVE to queue behind your back. Sheep!

Joseph Kuhr · 31-07-2008 3:12pm

I share my hatred of queue jumpers. Wexford folk are the worst for it...seriously.

Although, I have to admit to skipping a long queue by accident. It started a bit back from the cashier and was hidden from my sight by a clothes rack. I marched straight up the cashier and found her to be quite rude. My wife was in stitches after as she had just witnessed the whole thing and said people in the queue were fuming. You'd think someone would've said it to me

Joseph Kuhr · 31-07-2008 3:13pm

Malari wrote: »

Why do people queue right across the street at an atm for example, instead of down the wall?

I love the way you can change the direction of these queues just by standing sideways when you join them :pac: people HAVE to queue behind your back. Sheep!

Because if you don't someone will come along and start their own queue. Call it keeping cover.

GrahamThomas · 31-07-2008 3:15pm

Dudess wrote: »

A study was done a few years ago on the queuing habits of different nations - the English came out on top.

The Welsh are pretty good when it comes to queuing as well - Linky

dade · 31-07-2008 3:15pm

Honey-ec wrote: »

That two tills-one queue thing wrecks my head - there should be two queues!

.

yeah fair enough if we all ignored teh guy sitting ath teh til witing to serve us but he had only just opened it up when she sauntered up

connundrum · 31-07-2008 3:19pm

I often jump queues. Queuing is for losers.

I hate when people in front of me aren't paying attention to the queue, and stand chatting whilst the people in front of them move on like 10 feet.

They deserve to be jumped.

Joseph Kuhr · 31-07-2008 3:19pm

The queue jumper I hate the most is the one that thinks that when a new till opens and the cashier says "next please" that its a free for all. Next means next in the queue you fcuking tits!!

monkeyfudge · 31-07-2008 3:20pm

LouOB wrote: »

Couple tried to do that last night for Batman
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

They tired to Queue jump Batman? I hope he showed them some street justice.

Pepe LeFrits · 31-07-2008 3:23pm

I don't mind pensioners trying to queue jump. They don't have much time left.

connundrum wrote: »

I often jump queues. Queuing is for losers.

I hate when people in front of me aren't paying attention to the queue, and stand chatting whilst the people in front of them move on like 10 feet.

They deserve to be jumped.

I hate narky fckers in queues who get all pissy when you don't move a couple of feet. It doesn't make any difference, you aren't going to get there any quicker.

workaccount · 31-07-2008 3:24pm

connundrum wrote: »

I often jump queues. Queuing is for losers.

I hate when people in front of me aren't paying attention to the queue, and stand chatting whilst the people in front of them move on like 10 feet.

They deserve to be jumped.

If there not paying attention when it gets to the top. ie. wasting your time by being planks then go ahead I say. I have no time for these people because there the very person then that will go and use there credit card to pay for everything. ie. couldn't give a f*ck about anyone else.

Joseph Kuhr wrote: »

The queue jumper I hate the most is the one that thinks that when a new till opens and the cashier says "next please" that its a free for all. Next means next in the queue you fcuking tits!!

Yes. An incredibly frustrative moment as all the planks behind your suddenly end up in front of you - unless your in the form to tell them where to go - you don't want to meet me on that day I tell ya.....I hate the public.

Malari · 31-07-2008 3:27pm

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

I don't mind pensioners trying to queue jump. They don't have much time left.

I hate narky fckers in queues who get ally pissy when you don't move a couple of feet. It doesn't make any difference, you aren't going to get there any quicker.

A woman behind me in a queue once told me to move forward - obviously you are not queuing properly until you are actually standing on someone's heels. I said it was ok, we'd all get there in the end. She got really odd and told me I was reared badly, that I shouldn't speak like that to my elders! I told her chickens were reared...I was raised

robinph · 31-07-2008 3:29pm

Honey-ec wrote: »

That two tills-one queue thing wrecks my head - there should be two queues!

Nope, one queue and wait your turn.

The Irish are pretty bad at the concept of queuing really, although not the worst by any strech.

Dudess · 31-07-2008 3:29pm

connundrum wrote: »

I often jump queues. Queuing is for losers.

I hate when people in front of me aren't paying attention to the queue, and stand chatting whilst the people in front of them move on like 10 feet.

They deserve to be jumped.

That is annoying - similar to when the lights go green and the car at the top won't budge.

But queue jumping is obnoxious.

Ross_Mahon · 31-07-2008 3:34pm

Sometimes people queue jump by accident due to people lining up in an awkward way towards the till, What i really hate is people that know someone at the top of the queue and jump in beside them with a huge group.

Which means you will waiting longer, I'm not a very patient person...:mad:

pickarooney · 31-07-2008 3:40pm

Joseph Kuhr wrote: »

The queue jumper I hate the most is the one that thinks that when a new till opens and the cashier says "next please" that its a free for all. Next means next in the queue you fcuking tits!!

Nah, a new till is a new beginning, it's first come first served on those babies.

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 31-07-2008 3:41pm

pickarooney wrote: »

Nah, a new till is a new beginning, it's first come first served on those babies.

+1

i71jskz5xu42pb · 31-07-2008 3:44pm

I had a queue jumper once. It was really itchy so I brought it back for a wool one.

Fighting Irish · 31-07-2008 3:51pm

When this happens you usually think "snobs" but really its just stupid people that can't comprehend how these simple little things work

PurpleBerry · 31-07-2008 3:54pm

^True.

Damn, that "you don't understand" thing is nagging at me now. I wonder what she was going to back that up with? Was she going to try to tell us that she had phoned ahead and secured a place at the head of the queue? Hmm, it wouldn't have worked as the dressing room attendant came out and told them to queue. From the back.

Tzetze · 31-07-2008 3:57pm

Unbelievably, the 2/3/4 tills - 1 queue seems to work very well in my local Centra. I guess the fact that there's only room for one queue to form has a lot to do with that though.

Don't think I've ever witnessed a queue at a Galway bus stop. What is it with Galwegians and bus stops? As soon as a bus pulls up, everyone that was waiting will mob the door. I'd like to see them try that in Dublin.

cyrusdvirus · 31-07-2008 3:58pm

Had a lovely one in Ulster Bank Tallaght in the run up to last christmas. Due to a card problem i had no ATM card over the christmas break so was withdrawing some money for myself over the break in the branch.
There was a coloured lady queueing in front of me, who was chatting to another coloured lady. As soon as I started queing the second lady left the bank. After about 15 minutes I was third in the queue. The first lady took out her phone and made a call..... lo and behold in came the second one,and started chatting away to her.
I didn't say anything at this stage, as they could have been just chatting. Anyway, the first lady goes to the next cashier available and I asked the second one to step aside, as i had been in the queue. She said no, her friend had been queueing for her, and she was outside watching the kids.
I pointed out that there were quite a few other kids hanging around the inside of the bank and their parents were capanble of queueing and watching the kids at the same time, and asked her to stand aside again.
At this point she shouted " this is because I am black, you racist" to me, and I replied "nope, just ignorant"...another guy in the queue behind me, said "typical of you people, always go to the black thing" and a bit of a mood built up.
The senior lady behind the counter then asked what was going on, and as i was explaining a third coloured lady in the queue backed me up. Bank lady told the jumper that she wouldn't get served, and told her cashiers to ignore her if she went to their window.
Next window comes available and she barged past 2 people already being served.....cashier, just folded her arms and stood up... The look on the womans face was priceless as she stormed off out of the bank

workaccount · 31-07-2008 4:00pm

gatecrash wrote: »

Had a lovely one in Ulster Bank Tallaght in the run up to last christmas. Due to a card problem i had no ATM card over the christmas break so was withdrawing some money for myself over the break in the branch.
There was a coloured lady queueing in front of me, who was chatting to another coloured lady. As soon as I started queing the second lady left the bank. After about 15 minutes I was third in the queue. The first lady took out her phone and made a call..... lo and behold in came the second one,and started chatting away to her.
I didn't say anything at this stage, as they could have been just chatting. Anyway, the first lady goes to the next cashier available and I asked the second one to step aside, as i had been in the queue. She said no, her friend had been queueing for her, and she was outside watching the kids.
I pointed out that there were quite a few other kids hanging around the inside of the bank and their parents were capanble of queueing and watching the kids at the same time, and asked her to stand aside again.
At this point she shouted " this is because I am black, you racist" to me, and I replied "nope, just ignorant"...another guy in the queue behind me, said "typical of you people, always go to the black thing" and a bit of a mood built up.
The senior lady behind the counter then asked what was going on, and as i was explaining a third coloured lady in the queue backed me up. Bank lady told the jumper that she wouldn't get served, and told her cashiers to ignore her if she went to their window.
Next window comes available and she barged past 2 people already being served.....cashier, just folded her arms and stood up... The look on the womans face was priceless as she stormed off out of the bank

Absolutely brilliant. Fair play to you for standing up.

Redpunto · 31-07-2008 4:04pm

As well as pensioners i think pregnant women should be able to skip the queue..........might be difficult in some instances to tell the difference though between someone who is pregnant or just fat:D

connundrum · 31-07-2008 4:05pm

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

I hate narky fckers in queues who get all pissy when you don't move a couple of feet. It doesn't make any difference, you aren't going to get there any quicker.

I think you'll find that I do get there quicker, quicker that the person I've jumped anyways

PurpleBerry · 31-07-2008 4:07pm

Gatecrash, that's a bloody brilliant story! Wish i'd been there.

Frisbee · 31-07-2008 4:11pm

We only have enough room for one queue for both our tills in work and it seems to work fairly well.

Worst is when people skip the queue because they think having the exact money for what they want to buy makes queueing beneath them...

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