[Cherie]

British people i have found generally are happy to queue and take their turn except when it comes to queuing in supermarkets and stores, its quite common place for those last in the queue to go haring off as soon as another till opens without so much as a nod to the people who were in front of them in the queue and it really does my head in

So it is okay to do this or is the polite thing to do to offer the people in front the chance and if they don't want to move then hare off...

[Niamh.]

Oh I hate that too, I'd always say to the person in front to go ahead but loads just leg it, queue jumping is a real pet peeve of mine though

[AnnieK]

If I am approaching a queue and people have already started putting their stuff on it and another checkout opens, I'm like Linford Christie onto the newly open till. If I have a full trolley load though and someone comes behind me with only a couple of things I will let them in front of me.

[Strictly Jake]

If they already have some stuff on the conveyor then I would rush over to the next till as they have already commited to that till. Someone once had a go at me over it though oops

[Crimson Dynamo]

No i am civilised and not a mainland european

[Babayaro.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

No i am civilised and not a mainland european

me

[bots]

no, i'm always very pleasant and polite if I jump the queue

[Cherie]

I was standing in the queue recently and most of the people in front had their stuff on the belt then another till opened two or three tills down from where I was standing so the person in front said they would stay where they were, and the guy behind me a man in his late 20s was shouting to his girlfriend who was still shopping which till is opening and I like an idiot said no. 5 and he sprinted off in front of me and put his stuff up, so I said 'are you actually going to do that" so he looked at me in amazement like I was some kind of alien and said what do you mean, so I said are you actually going to push in front of me even though you knew I was ahead of you in the queue and also I even told you which till was opening, so then he got all huffy and said ….well now you have been so rude yes I am blah blah, ….at that point I thought it probably not even worth getting into this as he probably would stab me, so I shrugged my shoulders and wished all his tyres would get slashed under my breath

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I was standing in the queue recently and most of the people in front had their stuff on the belt then another till opened two or three tills down from where I was standing so the person in front said they would stay where they were, and the guy behind me a man in his late 20s was shouting to his girlfriend who was still shopping which till is opening and I like an idiot said no. 5 and he sprinted off in front of me and put his stuff up, so I said 'are you actually going to do that" so he looked at me in amazement like I was some kind of alien and said what do you mean, so I said are you actually going to push in front of me even though you knew I was ahead of you in the queue and also I even told you which till was opening, so then he got all huffy and said ….well now you have been so rude yes I am blah blah, ….at that point I thought it probably not even worth getting into this as he probably would stab me, so I shrugged my shoulders and wished all his tyres would get slashed under my breath

I've found people don't like when their queue jumping assholeness is pointed out

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I've found people don't like when their queue jumping assholeness is pointed out

I wouldn't have minded so much if I had a huge trolley but he had more stuff then me as well, idiot

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

I wouldn't have minded so much if I had a huge trolley but he had more stuff then me as well, idiot

Also his "well now you've been rude yes I am" bit makes no sense at all considering he'd already done it before you opened your mouth anyway

[caprimint]

I've been known to do this but 9 times out of 10 I don't, it just annoys me when they're not paying attention so tbh if they're zoned out in their own world I don't see the problem

[JerseyWins]

I just go to the lil self-checkout stations

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by JerseyWins

I just go to the lil self-checkout stations

I try to avoid them as they are basically getting away with you staffing their store and it is putting someone out of a job

[thesheriff443]

I was in a Lidl que the other day and that exact thing happened, the que next to me was busy as they all are all the time.

One women had a couple of things and the woman in front had a pull along basket full, the woman with the couple of things asked could she go in front of the Chinese woman with the full basket she reluctantly said yes, but then said no I’m going in front as I’ve got a lot of things to do today, I was disgusted.

[RileyH]

Since when was going to another till such a big issue

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by RileyH

Since when was going to another till such a big issue

This.

They made the choice to go to that till so if another one opens then that’s their loss.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

This.

They made the choice to go to that till so if another one opens then that’s their loss.

so if there is only one till open what other choice have you got though

[Glenn.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

so if there is only one till open what other choice have you got though

Well, then you stay at the only till open?

If someone was in front of me in a queue and the till next opened up it would just be easier if I moved over instead of the person in front started backing up out the queue.

Literally didn't realize this was a 'thing'

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Glenn.

Well, then you stay at the only till open?

If someone was in front of me in a queue and the till next opened up it would just be easier if I moved over instead of the person in front started backing up out the queue.

Literally didn't realize this was a 'thing'

So what is the point of a queue? obviously if the person has their stuff on the belt they are not going to bother but if there are people standing in front of you with their items still in the basket or trolley then it’s polite to let them move first, as they have been queuing for longer than you?

[thesheriff443]

I think I come across as rude on here at times but in real life im a gentleman.

After years of waiting in hospitals to be seen I’ve taken on a relaxed approach towards waiting my turn.

[Beso]

Depends who's in front really..if it's a really old woman I would jump in front cause they take ages, usually spend about 2 mins rummaging in their tiny purses for 15p in change, chatting away to the till worker.

[armand.kay]

if i see a hellishly long queue at the supermarket i will literally go and do anything else i refuse to deal with that.

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

British people i have found generally are happy to queue and take their turn except when it comes to queuing in supermarkets and stores, its quite common place for those last in the queue to go haring off as soon as another till opens without so much as a nod to the people who were in front of them in the queue and it really does my head in

This happened to me after Christmas when I was queuing for the self-service tills and a till opened on the side and everyone behind me swarmed over. I was pissed until I saw the people that had jumped were still queuing while I was leaving the shop with my reduced Christmas treats.

[Crimson Dynamo]

We beep our own stuff and then just waltz through the queues like Bob the Drag Queen and Cynthia Lee Fontaine