Queue Jumpers

R0ot · 31-07-2008 07:56PM

I'm not usually in any rush so I let most people go ahead of me. :pac:

trowelled · 31-07-2008 08:40PM

I hate queue jumpers. When working in my part time job in college I used to make people join the queue, it's not like the other people ar just standing there for funsies!! There was one incident with one narky woman whom, when told there was a queue, told me to ask her ar*e and so I told her to get out of the shop and that she would never be served again by me (think the power went to my head

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Phlann · 31-07-2008 09:06PM

Queue jumping is great craic.

Gas seeing the looks on people's faces when you skip ahead of them. Especially the ones that are too wimpy to say anything.

I like to give them a condescending wink as I move in front of them, as if to say "Better luck next time, pal."

Captain Ginger · 31-07-2008 09:15PM

Phlann wrote: »

I like to give them a condescending wink as I move in front of them, as if to say "Better luck next time, pal."

As much as I hate people who do that I got a great chuckle from your post.

Next time you do it turn around as you skip them and make little shooting actions with your hand

supertramp · 31-07-2008 09:21PM

What about people who skip the queue up as far as someone they know in the queue?

I still think that is crap

PurpleBerry · 31-07-2008 09:23PM

supertramp wrote: »

What about people who skip the queue up as far as someone they know in the queue?

I still think that is crap

They should be flogged. :mad:

Glowing · 31-07-2008 09:43PM

Anyone ever been to China? Keeping your place in the queue is a new olympic sport! They're unbelievable!!!!!!!!

dr.bollocko · 31-07-2008 09:45PM

Glowing wrote: »

Anyone ever been to China? Keeping your place in the queue is a new olympic sport! They're unbelievable!!!!!!!!

I noticed that too!
Apparently its common in Korea too.
Mental!

Demonique · 31-07-2008 09:52PM

Honey-ec wrote: »

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

No, there shouldn't. Because then you'll have some moron holding up the queue because they want to make a complaint at the till and refuse to go to the customer service counter. This happened at Hueston station, some moron spent five minutes complaining about something at one of the ticket window, IMO the girl behind the window should have told him to go to the customer service desk

Demonique · 31-07-2008 10:02PM

We were in a queue for the toilets in a colleseum in Verona. Some women skipped the queue, when I complained the tour guide with them said their bus was leaving soon. I waited until the first one was about to go into the toilet and shot past her (I had been in front of the cows before they queue jumped), into the toilet and closed the door.

slarkin123 · 03-08-2008 09:21AM

Queue Jumpers drive me mad. I pull them up every time, even if I'm not first in the queue. What really annoys me though, is that the cashiers that serve them, knowing full well what they've done.

Overheal · 03-08-2008 09:26AM

I hated working that bar in a nightclub because those damn whores would always come in, already pissed off their faces of course, jiggle their diseased cleavage and in their horse voices mooan excuse me excuse me excuse me excuse me excuse me excuse me. Then they get mad at me because I can remember whom came up to the bar before whom. So they scream louder. At which point I make sure they've forfeit their place in line until they've learned to shut up like the rest of us. No tolerance for people that think they're more priveledged: the only people I considered more priveledged were the ones asking for water.

eddiehead · 03-08-2008 10:36AM

Was at the Zoo one day and I was queing up for sum food, the que was fairly long and myself and my girlfriend were around the middle of it when some ignorant little knacker girl came in and jumped in right in front of us, we just looked at each other as if to say "The cheek of 'er". I didnt say anything because I know what their like and surely a fued would have broken out, but anyway when we got to the top we managed to sneak in right before her as she wasnt right in front of us, she was a bit off to the side and basically we saw an opening! We got our food first and while it was being served her 65 brothers and sisters came over looking for their food and as we were walking away she had the nerve to say to them "Them 2 skipped in front of me, them 2 there":mad:

Nightwish · 03-08-2008 01:08PM

Ah yes, the queue jumper. Probably one of the lowest life forms ever! I've never seen it as bad as it is in Dublin. Everyday queuing for the bus, I'd get one of those pensioner shopping trollies in the heels as the grey brigade grapple to get on the bus first. The bus is not the only place for the elderly of Dublin to show off their talents, the supermarket too. Even in the queue system thats marked out in the shop, they still walk through it to the top.

ArphaRima · 03-08-2008 01:46PM

In Asia it's rampant. hilarious thing is that Asians dont do anything about it because of losing face. Getting angry is a loss of face, and being told off is a loss of face. Nobody wants to lose face...
Usually its businessmen or (of course) pensioners.

Being a westerner I couldn't give a F**k so I'd just walk up to them and tell them to get to the back of a queue. They'd sheepishly stand behind me, and I'd then point at the back of the queue..! Tails between their legs they'd go, serious loss of face. Classic ****!

HOWEVER. I'm a fan of smart queuing. New tills are fair game. Likewise a roundabout is too. If there is a huge queue for a left turn (ie N3 to M50), enter the roundabout, do a lap and exit.. Easy. Likewise smart use of bus-lanes (out of hours) can reap dividends, but thick c**ts still beep at you thinking you're skipping a queue..

DenMan · 03-08-2008 02:28PM

Queue jumping is a way of life and, unfortunately some people happen to be very good at it. There seems to be a social league ladder for it. I am kind of stuck regarding my response here. I don't be in a hurry most of the time so in that regard it doesn't bother me. However it is very rude as people just don't seem to give a damn. I mean seriously, is an extra 5-10 minute wait that bad that people have to resort to jumping the queue. It's not just the elderly people who do it. In fact compared to younger people, inconsiderate teens or stuck up prima donnas their percentage is actually quite small. Bus queue jumping, shopping queue jumping are pretty bad, but I find cinema queue jumping to be a huge problem.

pookie82 · 03-08-2008 02:41PM

What REALLY annoys me though is people who don't queue properly in the first place.

I went into Xtra-vision yesterday and wanted to ask for a movie so I walked straight to the desk. There were a few people milling around in the place but it wasn't packed. There was one girl in front of me so i took my place behind her.

Now out of the corner of my eye as I waited I noticed a couple loitering to my left infront of the sweet and popcorn stand. They were talking about the dvds in their hands and kept hugging and kissing and looking deep into one another's eyes etc - apart from the fact that they looked too distracted to be in any sort of queue they were standing off to the left anyway.

So the girl in front of me is finally finished and I move forward to ask for my movie. And the lady behind the counter is looking at us wondering who was next as these people had moved up too. So I looked like a queue jumping pr*ck and I turned to apologise to the couple. Then as I walked out I realised I needn't have apologised at all, as last time I checked people generally queued in a straight line or at least focused on the register and told you they were part of a queue if you walked up to join it in the wrong place.

A lot of people who get queue jumped imo aren't standing in a position to indicate that they're in a queue in the first place. It really annoys me the way they stand around like sheep in a weird group system and no one wants to ask where the queue actually begins.

KBarry · 03-08-2008 07:55PM

fluffer wrote: »

In Asia it's rampant. hilarious thing is that Asians dont do anything about it because of losing face. Getting angry is a loss of face, and being told off is a loss of face. Nobody wants to lose face...
Usually its businessmen or (of course) pensioners.

Being a westerner I couldn't give a F**k so I'd just walk up to them and tell them to get to the back of a queue. They'd sheepishly stand behind me, and I'd then point at the back of the queue..! Tails between their legs they'd go, serious loss of face. Classic ****!

That losing face thing is bizarre. Some guy and his family were behind us in a massive queue at a Japanese theme park. Slowly but surely they shuffled their way in front of us. Then I let rip. I thought the poor guy was going to start crying and they didn't just move back behind us, they left the place altogether. Probably went home to commit hari-kiri. In fairness, the Japanese are very good when it comes to queuing. Other people will just walk straight over you if you let them.

fluffer wrote: »

HOWEVER. I'm a fan of smart queuing. New tills are fair game. Likewise a roundabout is too. If there is a huge queue for a left turn (ie N3 to M50), enter the roundabout, do a lap and exit.. Easy. Likewise smart use of bus-lanes (out of hours) can reap dividends, but thick c**ts still beep at you thinking you're skipping a queue..

Me too :P The roundabout trick is especially brill.

homerjay2005 · 03-08-2008 08:12PM

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.

yep, agreed. alot of queues in ireland are needless and caused by people that are too lazy/stupid to go about their business in a proper manner.i hate queueing and its one way of totally wasting time.

Overheal · 03-08-2008 09:04PM

when youre next in line, being called and you sit there dumb, thats an exception to the rule, and im gonna skip yeh.

AlmightyCushion · 03-08-2008 09:07PM

I'm more of a tshirt guy when it comes to queues.

January · 03-08-2008 09:36PM

I skipped a queue today, till opened right beside me, so just paid for my stuff and left.

Have to admit, I got some funny looks but oh well.

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