legov Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Well it is the way things work sometimes over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 They always seem to have queues stretching the length of the store I wonder if that's the whole point having queues at your business sometimes helps perpetuate an (erroneous?) idea that your product/service is genuinely popular. Could be, I am sure I saw a programme about life just after the war. Many women used to join the back of long queues even thought they had no idea what was at the front. Logic been it must be god if people are queuing. (Don't forget there was not much food about) Women are dumber than I thought. :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 6, 2011 Moderator Share Posted April 6, 2011 Could be, I am sure I saw a programme about life just after the war. Many women used to join the back of long queues even thought they had no idea what was at the front. Logic been it must be god if people are queuing. (Don't forget there was not much food about) Isn't that a generally believed quirk us furreners have about the Brits, that they love a good queue and they'll join the back of one just to see what's at the front of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 6, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted April 6, 2011 Could be, I am sure I saw a programme about life just after the war. Many women used to join the back of long queues even thought they had no idea what was at the front. Logic been it must be god if people are queuing. (Don't forget there was not much food about) Isn't that a generally believed quirk us furreners have about the Brits, that they love a good queue and they'll join the back of one just to see what's at the front of it Us and the (Soviet-era) Russians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 6, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted April 6, 2011 Clubs often make people queue outside even if it's dead inside to make it look like there's a crowd. Don't think that would work for shops though. I'd be generally discouraged from going into a shop if it was crowded. A lot of retail outlets use "queue time" as a Key performance Indicator as well I believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Turks don't queue. I had to sink or swim to get on a bus. The funny thing is it's the old woman you should be weary of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 People who don't queue really, really need to die long painful, horrific deaths. I hate non-queueing people/nations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Eh? why would you want to queue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Because its **** polite! We operate a first come first serve policy in Britain. (Unless you get the number 35 in town) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 We are British and we queue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Because its **** polite! We operate a first come first serve policy in Britain. (Unless you get the number 35 in town) Oh, I thought meant actually enjoy queuing as in people chose shops with big queues rather than small ones.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 How would you feel like when you are waiting for something in a shop and then someone just walks right to the front and buys their shit and walks off. You'd be fuming, ready to crush the can of coke on the guys face. It happens here in Turkey, it infuriates me. Cars beep AS SOON as the lights turn green. There's a attitude of impatience which is proper fooking annoying, and they don't shower. But, that's for another ignorant, bigoted time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 How would you feel like when you are waiting for something in a shop and then someone just walks right to the front and buys their shit and walks off. You'd be fuming, ready to crush the can of coke on the guys face. It happens here in Turkey, it infuriates me. Cars beep AS SOON as the lights turn green. There's a attitude of impatience which is proper fooking annoying, and they don't shower. But, that's for another ignorant, bigoted time. Yeah I didn't know that happened, I thought he was just talking about England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 Queues are good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Italians are not big on queuing either. Frustrating when you are waiting in line for a slice of pizza and dudes keep walking to the front talking to the owner in Italian then buying a slice and heading off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 The Maltese have a sort of extreme version of the British Q system. Pedestrians queue very politely for buses with a real set of mores, you can queue out of line, people will scan the area, see you leaning against your tree, accept that you were there before them and stop the queue for you to get on the bus at about the point people judge you to have been in the area. Then there's Maltese car driving, and it's everyman for himself, drive in the shade as fast as you can, fwk the law, I'm late for church! A slight generalisation of a lovely bunch of people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastleBromVilla Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 What queue system? Try queying for a bus in Birmingham city centre and tell me there is such a thing. If you queue, you're a mug, as you end up getting on the bus after the words removed that arrive last and just push to the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 best thing about the British Que system is that if someone jumps it no one does anything other than tut and grumble under their breath used to take the City line before the Jubilee line opened .. now that was carnage of the finest order , I've been standing right in front of the door as the tube came to a stop and still barely made it inside the carriage .. tbf it was the women who were the worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastleBromVilla Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 best thing about the British Que system is that if someone jumps it no one does anything other than tut and grumble under their breath used to take the City line before the Jubilee line opened .. now that was carnage of the finest order , I've been standing right in front of the door as the tube came to a stop and still barely made it inside the carriage .. tbf it was the women who were the worse Probably because you'll more than likely end up in a fight, and it's not worth it. This isnt no posh train station either (which is what it is probably like in comparison to my bus stop), its a bus stop in the middle of city centre where a bus that goes through some of the biggest shitholes in Birmingham happens to stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I bloody hate that thing everybody on the bbc does with their hands. They start that big fish little fish (no cardboard box) even before their traps move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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