Queue Up Please!
By YoghurtGal
@flapiz (23153)
United Kingdom
November 4, 2018 4:45am CST
I’m so raging mad today! I haven’t had anything to eat and probably HANGRY (hungry and angry). I was queuing for milk tea as I was really feeling faint. Then out of the blue this rude guy and his date cut the line and went straight to order.
And the cashier though clearly annoyed took their order. I wanted to say something but I bit my tongue as I’m too HANGRY I might cause a scene that I’d regret when I’ve had food.
Has this ever happened to you. And if it did, do you speak up or just let people do that. I feel like it is very uncultured. Last time I checked I’m not invisible.
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11 responses
@moffittjc (121740)
• Gainesville, Florida
5 Nov 18
Very rude of them to do that, especially when it's your birthday! If it had happened to me, I would have said something to them. In fact, I did just that the other day when waiting in line at a restaurant to buy lunch. I'm not afraid to speak up.
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@flapiz (23153)
• United Kingdom
7 Nov 18
@moffittjc Well it’s more because my parents always have the last say on things and matters that I’ve given up trying to have my say.
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@moffittjc (121740)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Nov 18
@flapiz Is it customary in the Philippines for the people to be more timid than in other cultures? It may just be that it's what's expected of you in your native country, versus in Australia.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
4 Nov 18
That's very common in our country but in other countries, they tell you outright to your face to line up.
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@flapiz (23153)
• United Kingdom
4 Nov 18
This is true even my French boyfriend complained to me about this. People are rude and don’t follow the queue. And he’s been all over Asia but he’s saying it’s very prevalent in the Philippines.
@flapiz (23153)
• United Kingdom
4 Nov 18
@sunrisefan They really should. I don’t know why they took it out. It does show. 
Even with the GMRC it was bad now it’s worst.
Even with the GMRC it was bad now it’s worst.1 person likes this
@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
4 Nov 18
@flapiz Perhaps it's about time they bring back GMRC in the school curriculum :)
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@ZedSmart (19786)
• Philippines
4 Nov 18
@flapiz That's the problem when we're not able to voiced out because the anger would tend to stay for quite a period of time. Anyway, just let it go and never punish yourself. In the first place, they don't care the agony you have for the meantime.
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@flapiz (23153)
• United Kingdom
4 Nov 18
Same here. The pitfalls of being non confrontational. But I know if I let my fuse out I’d be brutally insulting them. I don’t really want to do so if possible. So I vent in mylot.
@UmiNoor (4522)
• Malaysia
5 Nov 18
Some people just have no manners. I feel that the cashier should have refused to take orders from queue cutters. I remember a cashier who was manning the express lane who didn't actually refuse to service a customer who had more items in her cart than she should have to be in the express lane. What she did was to ask the customer which ten items she wanted to check out. It is the express lane for a purpose. If you're going to hold up the line with more items than the express lane allows, you shouldn't be in the express lane.
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@flapiz (23153)
• United Kingdom
5 Nov 18
Now that’s a very good cashier. Cashiers should be responsible in keeping the orderliness of the queue and imposing store rules.
@Letranknight2015 (52090)
• Philippines
4 Nov 18
Reminds me of that one time I went to the food kiosk and this one kid cut in line and took the chicken with out paying!
I would have gone mad but the food was for my dog anyways. And I won't waste my emotion on the kid. Sometimes we need to learn to control our emotions.
Maybe you should have considered buying food and not milk tea.
I would have gone mad but the food was for my dog anyways. And I won't waste my emotion on the kid. Sometimes we need to learn to control our emotions.
Maybe you should have considered buying food and not milk tea.1 person likes this
@flapiz (23153)
• United Kingdom
4 Nov 18
I did walked out with a fuming face and went to grab coffee and cake instead.
@flapiz (23153)
• United Kingdom
5 Nov 18
Good on you. I wish really that I said something. Instead of being pissed but voiceless.
@flapiz (23153)
• United Kingdom
4 Nov 18
I don’t have problems with being honest with family and friends. Even sharp tongued. But with strangers not really.
@freelancermariagrace (28690)
• Philippines
4 Nov 18
I really speak up when I feel like I am being treated unfairly
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