When the bus drivers stopped stopping exactly at the bus stop but instead stop either before or after it - those queuing lost out
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But as a nation we have always been terrible at queueing* Really is one of my pet hates.
We could take lessons from the eastern Europeans by the looks of it - have you ever noticed Poles/Lithuanians at the airport departure gates? the model of discipline and decorum.
*One of the only common words in English to feature 5 vowels in a row. Just thought I'd mention it.
Even more annoying than blatant queue skippers are ones who do it really sneakily, thinking people are so stupid they won't notice. Like those people who hover between two checkout queues in the supermarket until they see which one is moving fastest and then move slightly sideways to join it.
The trick is to pop your luggage up in the first available space you see as you walk down the plane. There is no real reason to keep it over your own head. You can always collect it on your way out.I think one of the reasons people want to get on quickly is so that there'll still be room in the overhead bins for their luggage. I have seen air hostesses have to take luggage from people and store it somewhere else in the plane when the bins are full. Other people end up sitting in one part of the plane with their bags way down the other end, a total nuisance if you suddenly need to get something out of your bag.
In my local shop there is one queue for a number of tills. The exit from the queue is close to the door. People still pretend not to notice the (sometimes lengthy) queue and walk straight in the door and stand behind someone who is being served. So do they think that say 10 people have chosen to queue for one particular till but they are so lucky that there is another till where there is no queue at all.Even more annoying than blatant queue skippers are ones who do it really sneakily, thinking people are so stupid they won't notice.
I used to let it go but I go out of my way to show these people up nowadays by loudly drawing their lack of manners & selfishness to everyone's attention. Unless they look like psychopaths of course.
The trick is to pop your luggage up in the first available space you see as you walk down the plane. There is no real reason to keep it over your own head. You can always collect it on your way out.
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