On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Ashwin Kumar <[email protected]> wrote:

> PS: Yes, I did make huge cry about the guy being billed The management
> stepped in and asked him to move to another queue. If looks could kill, this
> response would be from the twilight zone.
>

When, in a bank or elsewhere, I object to someone jumping the queue, the
queue-jumper often doesn't strop with a dirty look...I am harangued about
the need of the q-j being greater, it will only take a minute, why am I
making a fuss, etc. The others in the queue do not want to be
involved...they look into the middle distance.

Sometimes the q-j says s/he has been in the queue earlier. If the people
ahead of me do not dispute this, I am silenced.

Recently at a theatre space where orderly queues always form (Ranga
Shankara) , I told the lady in front of me that this was my place, and went
to talk to someone. When I came back, the lady had also disappeared...I
didn't have the courage to get into the queue and so joined the back!

I wish I had the quality of chutzpah (such a nice word) that would allow me
to jump queues...then I'd be more tolerant of other q-j as I would belong to
their tribe.

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