Raven Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I'll start off by posting this story I read just now. It's with regards to queue jumping. In Britain, of all places. There's generally a queue in the pub as well, its just an invisible one in everyone's head. Queuing is definitely part of the national psyche here. People moan about kids not being brought up badly and not queuing properly but that's just kids being kids and it's always happened. I can't fucking stand queue jumpers though. In fact, the only time I can remember even coming close to being involved in physical violence in recent years was over some queue jumping. The story is a bit long, but it probably helps build a picture of attitudes to queueing here in the UK: If you ever want to see British queuing at its best, go to Victoria Station in London during the rush hour and watch the people filter out of the station and queue for the buses - long snaking queues stretching patiently across the concourse, some with gaps in to allow buses (and people) to go through. Except, that is, when the Underground Train drivers are on strike. When that happens, every SINGLE Tube commuter tries to use the buses instead, and a significant portion seem to decide that the queues obviously don't apply to them because their journey is far more important and must be completed RIGHT NOW!!!11ONEONE. In other words, they become queue jumpers. Queue jumpers are generally a weasily and cowardly lot who like to pick on the weak. In contrast, I'm a big stocky bloke with a shaven head. It doesn't matter that on the inside I'm a nerdy bloke who generally wouldn't hurt a fly, when John McQueuejump skulks into view he generally scurries quickly past me avoiding my gaze and looks for better prey. This was exactly what happened one day, when I found myself part of the aforementioned queuing at Victoria during a Tube Strike. A suited, and obviously late, business man bustled up from the closed tube entrance, took one look at the queue and then sighed. I was ten feet away from him virtually at the front of the queue, and from that moment I knew he was going to queuejump. And queue jump he did. He walked to the front, carried on walking past the various blokes and was about to push in ahead of a lady with a push chair who was two people in front of me when he suddenly realised I was looking straight at him with that most dreaded of English expressions - RAISED EYEBROWS (dun dun dun!). He changed his mind, lowered his gaze and walked quickly past me before cutting back in line ahead of the old lady directly behind me. I turned round and said, politely, that there was a queue here and that perhaps he'd missed it. "I'm in a Hurry." He said. I pointed out that a lot of people in the queue were in a hurry but they seemed to recognise the need to queue, so maybe he should consider heading to the back of it. "Mind your own fucking business." He said. Well obviously I did the only sensible thing a man can do in that situation. I turned to the old lady behind him, smiled sweetly at her and said: "Would you like to go in front of me madam?" And she did, the queuejumper being forced to shuffle back as I did to let her in. Then i turned to the bloke who had been behind her, and said to him: "Want to go in front of me mate?" And he did as well. In fact, the next sixty or seventy or so people all replied in the affirmative as well, and slowly but surely I (and the queuejumper) shuffled further and further back the line until we reached the end of the line and the end of our strange comedic queue-based dance, me holding eye contact with him the whole time. By the time we got there he was furious, but was still unwilling to risk saying something to me. Then as the bus finally pulled up, from the front, came a shout. It was the old lady who I'd first let in front of me. "Young man! Do you want to go in front of me?!" "That would be lovelly - thanks!" I shouted back, still holding eye contact with the queuejumper. I shot him my warmest (and smuggest) smile... ...and suddenly he snapped. With a roar of primaeval anger he lunged at me, fist swinging. Luckily I'm quicker than I look and managed to sidestep just in time. His swing whistled past my nose, missing by milimetres. Overbalanced and unable to stop, he tumbled arse-over-tit onto the ground as everyone looked on in a mixture of shock and amusement. As he fell I felt a strong but firm hand on my shoulder and turned to see a member of the London Constabulary there with a huge grin on his face. Him and his PARTNER had been watching amused from a distance as the whole scene had unfolded. "You want to press charges?" He said, laughing. "Nah." I replied, "Not fucking worth it." "Fair enough," He said, "You better go get your bus. Don't worry about tosspot here - we'll make sure he won't forget TODAYin a hurry anyway." "I fucking HATE queue jumpers" His partner muttered, as he held the guy down on the ground. "Should be a law against it..." I wonder what will be posted next. Feel free to post agreements, disagreements, etc. or even content you think would interest me. Bored at work so you'd be doing me a favour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rukathesoldier Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 "Queue Jumping" You guys are weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 "Queue Jumping" You guys are weird. I'm not sure what you think is weird, exactly. The fact that people try to jump queues? Or that it pisses us off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rukathesoldier Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 The term Queue Jumping just sounds silly to me. I understand what it is and I feel the same way but it just seems that every term for something has a silly sounding version in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 A person who jumps the queue is queue jumping. Not sure what else it would be called. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rukathesoldier Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Well...we call it a Line here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 We call it line too, sometimes. But everyone knows a line of people is called a queue, so we typically call it a queue. Also I just found this oldschool Zero Suit Samus cosplay, which greatly interests me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughx Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) À la queue leu leu. (A "queue" means "tail" in french.) Edited February 27, 2015 by Naughx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricaofRenais Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Sadly people cut in front of me all the time even though I am Goth and rather stocky and can look extremely unfriendly when I want they still do it constantly, but because I wear an Insulin pump and don't want to get in a fight because of that I tend to just leave and not go back to the store/place that it happened. Good for you for doing what you did because that guy needed to be taken down a peg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elieson Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Would this interest you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkhead Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Just came for your sig If you know what I mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Would this interest you? That is ok. 10/10 for effort. I'm not a big fan of the Zelda games though (since I haven't played much of them), but this is pretty cool. Sadly people cut in front of me all the time even though I am Goth and rather stocky and can look extremely unfriendly when I want they still do it constantly, but because I wear an Insulin pump and don't want to get in a fight because of that I tend to just leave and not go back to the store/place that it happened. Good for you for doing what you did because that guy needed to be taken down a peg. The story I quoted was not something that happened to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misses Elise-chan! Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Does this interest you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 We call it line too, sometimes. But everyone knows a line of people is called a queue, so we typically call it a queue. Also I just found this oldschool Zero Suit Samus cosplay, which greatly interests me. holy shit she's a dead ringer for this girl i know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 carry on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interest Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) Something something idiotic name pun something something League of Legends something something revealing anime girls? (I am doing this right, right?) Edited February 28, 2015 by Interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 (edited) Edited March 6, 2015 by Raven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interest Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 (edited) Should show that to the ladies you like. Edited March 6, 2015 by Interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 W-wait, does Raven have one of those? When I heard queue-jumping, I thought of...something else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 (edited) Should show that to the ladies you like. lol, sadly it ain't my ticket. it's just an image i found on the interwebs W-wait, does Raven have one of those? When I heard queue-jumping, I thought of...something else wat Edited March 6, 2015 by Raven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Raven Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share Posted March 6, 2015 I'd listen but I'm at work so I can't. Later though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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