Queue etiquette??

Fiddlesticks99

I was at the cinema with my partner and her child today, where I got into a verbal altercation with some other customers. As expected, the cinema was quite busy and a long enough queue had formed. There were 2 tills open at the time and the queue was forming at first till, but not the second.



However, the 2nd till was serving people from the top of the same queue also. Naturally enough, I went straight to the second till to avoid the queue. I had already bought a of sweets from tesco and the child has ADHD so does not like to wait.



As soon as a couple of busy bodies saw this, they immediately objected and accused us of skipping. One loud mouth even came over to the till and started barking at server for serving us. I tried to explain that I wasn't queuing for the first till and to mind her business.



I don't understand the problem here? Its not our fault all the other customers queued up like sheep at the first till. Whats the etiquette here?

tea and coffee

There was one queue - and the person at the top of the queue goes to the next available till - either till 1 or till 2. Sounds like you skipped.

EmmetSpiceland

tea and coffee wrote: »

There was one queue - and the person at the top of the queue goes to the next available till - either till 1 or till 2. Sounds like you skipped.

No way, man. Two tills, two queues. It’s not the OP’s fault the others didn’t line up “correctly”.

jimmii

Once the one line two till set up is established you dam well stick to the system. It's not lidl ffs.

Stevieluvsye

Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »

I was at the cinema with my partner and her child today, where I got into a verbal altercation with some other customers. As expected, the cinema was quite busy and a long enough queue had formed. There were 2 tills open at the time and the queue was forming at first till, but not the second.



However, the 2nd till was serving people from the top of the same queue also. Naturally enough, I went straight to the second till to avoid the queue. I had already bought a of sweets from tesco and the child has ADHD so does not like to wait.



As soon as a couple of busy bodies saw this, they immediately objected and accused us of skipping. One loud mouth even came over to the till and started barking at server for serving us. I tried to explain that I wasn't queuing for the first till and to mind her business.



I don't understand the problem here? Its not our fault all the other customers queued up like sheep at the first till. Whats the etiquette here?

I’ll get back to you tomorrow/Monday on this. Just after watching deliver us from evil and my electricity went during the excorsism part so I’m struggling to think straight

Wayne Jarvis

Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »

One loud mouth even came over to the till and started barking at server for serving us.

Was it one of those dog friendly screenings the Lighthouse Cinema do?

elperello

Was it one queue and the person at the top goes to the next available of the two cashiers?

One More Toy

Is this what my Saturday nights have been reduced to

riffmongous

Didnt you do this one already?? Or was that something to do with Tesco

Oh I see you mentioned Tesco here too.

And the ADHD kid got a mention too, nice work OP

Quantum Erasure

que?

Fiddlesticks99

elperello wrote: »

Was it one queue and the person at the top goes to the next available of the two cashiers?

Thats what they appeared to be doing, I don't understand it.

Purple Mountain

riffmongous wrote: »

Didnt you do this one already?? Or was that something to do with Tesco

Oh I see you mentioned Tesco here too.

The bottle of coke from Tesco that didn't scan?

Fiddlesticks99

riffmongous wrote: »

Didnt you do this one already?? Or was that something to do with Tesco

Oh I see you mentioned Tesco here too.

And the ADHD kid got a mention too, nice work OP

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Stevieluvsye

Hang on. This guys a troll. See previous posts. Wheelchair toilet guy

riffmongous

Purple Mountain wrote: »

The bottle of coke from Tesco that didn't scan?

Yeah that was the one! Nice combination thread now tonight between that and the toilet queue skipping thread.. it's all coming together very nicely

jimmii

Fiddlesticks99 wrote: »

Thats what they appeared to be doing, I don't understand it.

Its daft but once it's going like that only fair to wait your turn.

Fiddlesticks99

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Hang on. This guys a troll. See previous posts. Wheelchair toilet guy

Pure smear on your part

Snotty

Trolling, trolling down the river

Westernyelp

stay away from the number 4. it's not really a deal

Westernyelp

Stay away from the no.3 it's not really a deal.

Westernyelp

OP has a Partner. Seems to be the thing