Would you let someone ahead of you in a queue?

dusty207 · 30-05-2016 09:59PM

Baron Kurtz wrote: »

She's probably also the same type of cnut to bring that full trolley or two for self service - and then get frustrated at staff nearby because she can't weigh some fruit or find the right pastry on the big shiny screen just staring at her.

Aldi?

vicwatson · 30-05-2016 10:04PM

screamer wrote: »

Of course I do. but you know what people are assholes my next door neighbour was in aldi with a trolley that would feed the village and I was right behind him almost 9 months pregnant with a little basket and even though hed seen me in the shop he just kept loading the belt up with no intention of letting me go before him. An asshole. The next till opened and I went there. But I'll remember it to him next time he comes looking to borrow something.

He was legitimately in the queue in front of you right? He didn't push you outta the way or anything to get ahead of you right?

Patience people

sonofenoch · 30-05-2016 10:04PM

Only if she has a nice arse, if she has a husband no way.....seriously tho I'd only ever go into a supermarket to pick up a nik nak and always get asked if I want to go ahead (maybe I have a nice arse?? :eek:)

foggy_lad · 30-05-2016 10:08PM

I am as slow as treacle flowing uphill when shopping especially at the till in Aldi, I am always letting people go ahead of me with a few items or even well packed baskets. Keeps everyone happy.

What goes around........

Baron Kurtz · 30-05-2016 10:14PM

dusty207 wrote: »

Aldi?

No not Aldi. But I'm sure she uses other markets. In there causing all kinds of trouble:)

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 30-05-2016 10:14PM

I always would unless I'm in a rush- been burnt before with letting people ahead and then they take for fcuking ever. Mind you, while I'd nearly always offer, I'm pure contrary about being asked/told to do something I was going to do anyway, so depending on mood or how politely I was asked, I might refuse.

Cortina_MK_IV · 30-05-2016 10:29PM

rubadub wrote: »

<snip>I hear in lidl. and maybe aldi, they have bonuses for how much they get through, so I like to help and be as speedy as possible, for them and those behind me.

I read it's part of the job that Lidl CO's (don't know about Aldi) must scan 33 items per minute. The one on the "Express" in Dunnes near me scans about 33 items per day. If you're behind someone with her there you're in for a long wait.

Spanish Eyes · 30-05-2016 10:43PM

I always glance behind and if that person has just a couple of things I offer to let them go ahead.

That person with the few items is often me, and I have been given the same treatment on occasion. Karma!

makingmecrazy · 30-05-2016 10:43PM

Only just did it today, old guy with a couple of bits behind me and I had a good bit so just said to go ahead.
Common courtesy imo.

groucho marx · 30-05-2016 10:49PM

I try to avoid interactions in the queue and generally shop with the blinkers on, if someone asked il let them off, otherwise I don't go out of my way to let people go ahead. Years of holding doors to not even get a nod let alone a thank you hasn't enticed me to be mr happy with the general public.

galljga1 · 30-05-2016 10:51PM

If I have a reasonably big shop, I can let two, sometimes three go in front of me by the time I get everything on the belt if they have a few bits, makes sense.

mansize · 30-05-2016 10:51PM

(a) Granny just ignored a long queue once to the express checkouts to form her own little queue of 1! Me and the checkout girl exchanged eye rolls re yer wan, but I let her on, I was called to the next till and going out the door she was still rooting in her scaldy bag for coppers to pay her groceries unwilling to break a note...

galljga1 · 30-05-2016 10:52PM

groucho marx wrote: »

I try to avoid interactions in the queue and generally shop with the blinkers on, if someone asked il let them off, otherwise I don't go out of my way to let people go ahead. Years of holding doors to not even get a nod let alone a thank you hasn't enticed me to be mr happy with the general public.

Yeah, I still do it but it really p1sses me off.

mansize · 30-05-2016 10:53PM

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

I read it's part of the job that Lidl CO's (don't know about Aldi) must scan 33 items per minute. The one on the "Express" in Dunnes near me scans about 33 items per day. If you're behind someone with her there you're in for a long wait.

Dunnes cashiers are hell-a slow, and they get up for a wander mid checkout...

galljga1 · 30-05-2016 10:54PM

mansize wrote: »

Dunnes cashiers are hell-a slow, and they get up for a wander mid checkout...

They have to check the price of the peas.

mansize · 30-05-2016 10:56PM

galljga1 wrote: »

They have to check the price of the peas.

with zero sense of urgency, the time it takes them to get off their seat, lidl cashier would have two trollies checked out.

The Masculinist · 30-05-2016 10:56PM

Story Bud? wrote: »

I was gobsmacked. I really reeeeaally wanted to say something but kept my mouth shut of course.

Is that chicken I smell?

Story Bud? · 30-05-2016 11:03PM

The Masculinist wrote: »

Is that chicken I smell?

Nah, I told myself that orphanage lady could be having a bad day or a bad week or month. Now that doesn't mean I don't think it was completely mean of her to say no to flower lady, it would definitely have been a reason for her not to notice flower lady in the first place though.

So I figured I'd best assume she might not be very happy today and not to make her more unhappy
She didn't look like the type to read after hours so we're sound :P

And besides, it really wasn't my business to get involved in.

CFlat · 30-05-2016 11:04PM

Here it is for me. If I see a fella queing up behind me with 2 or 3 items then absolutely, he won't even have to ask cause I know he won't either a) want to chat to the cashier about the weather, b)pack all his bags while actually at the till(instead of the bench where he's suppose to do it) and c) and I can't stress this enough, fumble in his wallet for a credit card, notes or all the change he brought from his piggy bank.

If it's a woman I try not to make eye contact but if she catches me out and asks me I will let her through, I'm not an animal, but I will be quietly judging her on her checkout performance.

The Masculinist · 30-05-2016 11:06PM

Story Bud? wrote: »

Nah, I told myself that orphanage lady could be having a bad day or a bad week or month.

I get what you're saying mate. If you lived in London, for example, where noone gives u a second chance to tie your shoe laces, you would get the same treatment in a Lidl.

It sucks that people are not reasonable to eachother, best thing to do is to continue being nice to people in the hope that they will be nice back.

Have a good evening.

screamer · 30-05-2016 11:09PM

vicwatson wrote: »

He was legitimately in the queue in front of you right? He didn't push you outta the way or anything to get ahead of you right?

Patience people

Yeah manners are nice too pity he doesn't have any but as I said I'll remember it to him.

PandaPoo · 31-05-2016 12:54AM

If I have 10 things and the person behind has 9 ill offer to let them go ahead of me. Im just so awkward like that, they're probably thinking to themselves is she alright in the head. I just hate people being stuck behind me, and im never in a rush so it doesn't bother me.

I love when they say another till is opening up and people turn on each other, its every man for himself then. Doesn't matter if you have 2 trolleys or 2 items, it's a race to the death.

borderlinemeath · 31-05-2016 08:41AM

I'm like the angel from heaven in Aldi or Lidl. When they're running their €10 or €20 off €50/€100 spend newspaper vouchers I always have a few spare as my sister and my neighbour give me their vouchers (they don't shop there but know I do), so I not only let people with the baskets or handfuls of items in ahead of me, I look around for an orphanage lady with a full trolley and gift them a voucher too. It can make someones day to get €20 off their weekly shopping, it might mean that they can afford to bring their kids out for a treat or buy them something nice as they've an extra few quid.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 31-05-2016 10:21AM

I'll always let someone with just a few items go ahead of me if I have a full trolley to pay for, I usually say it to them rather than have them ask.

I once asked a woman with a full trolley if i could go ahead of her, I had one carton of milk and she has a full trolley, she refused saying 'we're all in the same rush' The aisle beside us was open and a woman at it asked me if I wanted to go ahead of her so I thanked her and said to the woman who refused me that i was glad not everyone was like her. She was mortified as everyone was looking at her and she apologised to which I replied 'I hope you have a lovely day' which made her feel worse...the aul bitch.

gimli2112 · 31-05-2016 10:30AM

Had something similar years ago after having two wisdom teeth extracted. Had to go back into dentist after bleeding wouldn't stop. Dentist jammed some gauze into my head that hurt like hell. Afterwards I was in a queue trying to buy some painkillers.
Asked lady with shopping cart could I go ahead of her, which probably came out "Nahhn I goo hud of u?" She said no. To be fair I looked like something from a horror movie.
Manager opened another checkout before I could cause any mayhem.

c68zapdsm5i1ru · 31-05-2016 11:32AM

I'd definitely have let her go ahead and would be embarrassed that she had to ask.

What particularly annoys me is if I have one or two items and get to a checkout queue a nano second later than someone with a packed trolley, and they don't have the decency to stand back and let me go ahead. Really selfish behaviour, in my opinion.

Duggy747 · 31-05-2016 11:38AM

No because I'm a miserable git and I want everyone around me to be miserable too.

Misery for all, I say!

Winterlong · 31-05-2016 11:44AM

Ah yeah, I would let her go ahead. Isn't it nice to do nice things for people and make their day a little bit easier?
Spread the love man.

Ush1 · 31-05-2016 12:00PM

Speaking of strange que stories, I remember once when I was in a Centra with a work collegue and we were queing at the deli on lunch, he was in front of me. An oul one walks past me and in front of him and goes "Can I go ahead of you, I have a job?!".

She wasn't polite or apologetic, more angry than anything. My work mate was so caught off guard he just let her go ahead but I was laughing away at the audacity.

shane. · 31-05-2016 07:45PM

Was in a clothes shop last night and a women ahead of me as was returning about 5 items and handed the girl a bag of receipts saying it's in there somewhere, 15 minutes it took....

Would you let someone ahead of you in a queue?

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