Use this tag on questions where queueing is an important part of the questions; not for questions about something that just happens to happen in a queue.
Questions tagged [queueing]
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How can a girl ask a heavily tattooed, tall man who jumped the line, to get in line?
My 16-year-old sister (only 5"2') was waiting in line, when a burly, sturdy, tattooed man jumped the line in front of her. No other persons were around them.
She felt too scared by his brawniness to ask him to line up as he ought to have. Instead…
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Etiquette for a person who has already queued once
I was at the front of a queue of 5 or 6 people waiting for train tickets, at a station in London, England. It was a similar length when I joined, and had taken about 10 minutes to reach the front.
A woman approached me asking if she could go first…
user18208
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Accidental queue jumpers refuse to believe their mistake
I was queuing at a café when two older men cut the queue ahead of me. I believe it was a genuine mistake - the room was cramped with people, and a space appeared when a woman missed that the queue was moving ahead (she was reading a menu), where…
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How can I wait in line for the bathroom without crowding people as they exit?
When I'm in a public establishment and there's a wait for the bathroom, I prefer not to stand too close to the door, because then I'm right in the face of the person exiting.
In particular, I think exiting a bathroom is a time when most people…
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When in queue at the supermarket, how do I get my personal space?
A quick cultural and personal background: this refers to Germany, and I am terrible at handling ANY kind of even mild conflict with people, especially people I don't know.
When in queue in a supermarket, how do I tell someone that I feel crowded by…
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How to get a friend to stop acting like a therapist?
I suffer from Bipolar Disorder. I suffered from a depressive episode last year. A friend of mine feels I'm too negative. He constantly prods me in social situations -- "What's going good Bob?"
He has a narrow view of life and a fragile ego. He is…
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How do I tell line jumpers that I was waiting in line?
I was waiting in line behind some teenagers at a government office that had a counter, when a man walked in man and waited to its right.
As soon as the current customer left the counter, he dashed to it. The teenagers didn't speak up. So I…
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