Is queueing at a bus stop a particularly British trait?

[sandyRoe]

A group of young Europeans showed their ignorance of the custom as they boarded an 8A to the Uni area.

[Traci66]

Queuing anywhere seems to be a British trait.

[237SJ]

They do it in Australia but they probably got that from us.

[ummmm]

I've never experienced though. When I've got on the bus with Uni students they've queued.

[tonyav]

Wouldn't know, I don't do bus's.

[deggers316]

a quick rebuke to "Jonny foreigner" wouldn't have gone amiss ?

[sandyRoe]

Didn't Mrs Thatcher say that any man who didn't have a Roller and a chauffeur by the time he was 25 must be considered a failure in life?

[sandyRoe]

[i] I muttered under my breath ; effing foreigners... [i]

[gness]

I`m not British and like most people I hate having to queue. But I do insist on taking your turn and have been known to smack a man for pushing in front of me and to firmly tap, with a baguette, an old French woman for doing the same.

[tonyav]

LOL @ gness.

[sandyRoe]

Did you tap her around the head with the baguette? :-)

[gness]

Indeed I did Sandy. I`m only 5ft and she was much smaller than me.The opportunity to clout someone smaller than me doesn`t come my way often.

[tonyav]

My you are a little Spitfire aren't you, never mind though you Redheads are like that aren't you :-)

[gness]

Rile a redhead at your peril.:-)

[dustypuss]

http://www.indyarocks...-Bus-Stop-video-12476

[AB Editor]

Queeing anywhere is. It's what separates us from the savages on the continent :)

[EcclesCake]

I was stood in a very long queue for security at an American airport. A lady approached me and asked if she could step in front of me, when I asked her if her flight was due she explained that she just couldn't be bothered with standing in line. Her face was a picture when I said no!

[237SJ]

I always feel uncomfortable when I go ahead of people at airport security queues (normal protocol). I always ask and the person always smiles and moves over but their face is a picture when they realise there are another 14 or 15 behind me. That`s when they start to get a bit pissed off.

[Eve]

It tends to be a bit of a freeforall around here (especially if the bus is busy), both waiting and getting on the bus (busy city buses so people file on and flash their passes rather than waiting behind people who are paying), gets everyone on quicker.

Interestingly I did a course years ago run by a lady who grew up abroad. We had tea breaks where supplied were laid out and she said it amused her watching us in the typical way of us Brits liking to queue and how we'd all queue up and wait in line and each take what we wanted as we went down. She pointed out that it would take far less time should people go for the separate things they wanted, tea, coffee etc... Funnily enough the waiting time on the next tea break was dramatically reduced!

[jake-the-peg]

Given that queue is a french word (meaning "tail") this is quite a funny post!