When people stand in line and leave too much space between them and the person in front of them (if two more people can comfortably stand in front of you in line, that is TOO MUCH SPACE) and then when you ask them to please move because there are about 10 other people behind you, they refuse to move on the basis of they don´t want to dance a bolero with the person in front of them. And to top it all off, you stand in line for 10 minutes with this guy in front of you and then when it is the guy´s turn, he realizes he´s in the WRONG LINE.
Seriously. This happened to me at the bank today. I´m all for respecting the personal space and whatnot, but seriously, the guy has a whole empty row in front of him and he refused to move. And the people in the line behind me were lining up past the roped area. There was also this other guy who cut in the line two guys ahead of me. Also kind of irritated me.
Line etiquette is important and not that hard!
(1) Don´t cut in the line (unless you are in a group of friends who you are meeting wherever you are lining up at),
(2) Move when the line moves,
(3) Don´t stand too close to the person in front of you,
(4) Don´t stand too far away from the person in front of you,
(5) Asking someone to hold your spot is legit.
(6) If you leave the line but didn´t ask someone to hold your spot but then want to come back, you have to go to the end of the line.
This is just a bit of a pet peeve of mine. I´m actually a very patient person when waiting in line so I hate when other people are not respectful of the line and the people in it.
Friday, February 18, 2011
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If you really want the moral authority in conversations about lines, you have to call them "cues." And talk about "cueing up."
ReplyDeleteBut really, what's the big deal if someone leaves space in front of them? It's not as though they are making the line go any slower.
Everyone behind you gives you the evil eye because their perception is that the line isn't moving fast enough and you, being the unlucky person behind the person who won't move, have the responsibility to tell the person to move. And if they don't move it is your fault.
ReplyDeleteIt isn't a huge deal. But standing in line can be aggravating and stuff like leaving too much space/refusing to move just aggravates everyone behind them even more. Why not just not escalate the aggravation and take a step? Really...