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When someone cuts you in line? What you do is see first if they didn’t see you, not be nasty and start an arguement. Tap them on the shoulder or say excuse me, then say you cannot go there, i was there first! If they are purposely budging you ask for a reason. Otherwise, budge them back! Like the old saying goes, do unto others as you would like others to do unto you.
i tell them to get back of the line. if they don’t listen i sometime push them out or pull them behind me
I tell them nicely that the back of the line is over there.
If they didn’t see the line I will tap and say “Excuse me mam/sir? The line begins there.”
If there are people behind me I’d say, “Excuse me but, the end of the line is there.” Then I’d point in that direction. If no one is behind me then I’d just let it go.
I say rude things and glare while my husband tries to shut me up.
He’s always polite…and if in a rush he will do the talking. He has a way with people. I usually just elbow them out of line.
First I would sack him in the nuts. If it was a girl I would tickle her. If they dont do anything, or fight back I would then pressure point them, and tie them to a chair. I would put him/her and put them on a Mc Donalds Play Place. Thats how angry if I would get if you cut in front of me, and if you have a problem with that, then go away.
If someone cuts directly in front of me, I say, “Pardon me. But did you know that the line starts back there?” Which I indicate as being somewhere behind me.
respectfully ask they respect the line. If it’s the DMV here in NYC then immediately shout at the top of my lungs.
Happened to me last week at a military phamacy. A person who was behind me took a lower number from someone who was finished The Chicken $hit cut out leaving his wife there. The fact that she was told about the lower number made my blood boil and be they got up to recieve their meds I let out in quite a loud voice, that that was not the right number for them. It didn’t stop her but you could tell from the look on her fqce that she knew she had done wrong. Luckily I still got out of there before she did and I was able to still express my discontent with her with the other 19 people still waiting behind her original number.
Well, if they’re smaller than me, I would go “Yo get to the end man, that’s not fair.” If it was a big dude I would look back behnid me and see if anyone behind me was bigger than him and give him a nob or be like “Yo you wanna get him out of line, he cut in front of me.” If not, I would sit there and be like “Jerk..”
i would ask them to move, but if they ignore me, i would get peoples attention and make a scene until he/she moves.
FTRST THING TO DO IS AVOID AN ACCIDENT. IF I SUCCEED I WILL BE VERY GLAD I SUCCEDED.
FURTHERMORE I WILL DO A PRAYER TO THANK GOD THAT HE HELPED ME TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT
I would cut in front of them and get back in my spot. When they got mad I would then ask them why it was ok when they did it.
I will say nothing….it’s not worth an arguement or aggrevation….maybe they have a reason to be in a hurry….and if their just selfish, it’s ok, cus they have to live with them selves. I like to be kind and generous….the response is amazing and rewarding.
At first i would be kinda shocked and give them a WTF look and then make them into a spectacle. Next get everyone to turn on them and make them move to the end of the line through guilt and shame.
I would gladly ask an elderly to cut in front of me….. tell them I have an entire day
but
if a young guy cut in front of me….. I would ask him if he was born stupid……….. or ask him if his mom and dad had ever beat him up
then again when I take my kids to Wisconsin Dell the ghetto kids from Milwaukee cut in lines all the time
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The best thing to do when someone cuts in line is to be polite and bring it to their attention and then suggest a resolution.
“Excuse me, Sir, but there is a line here and the back of the line is over there. (pointing)” Smile. Look the person in the eye.
Most people will correct themselves and doing this will cause little embarassment if they were just confused about where the line was.
For ignorant trouble makers, it might take a little firmer insistence or even asking someone to save your place in line while you go to get the store manager to resolve the problem.
Sometimes you’ve got to do that.
Most people want to be polite and appropriate in public because to be anything less makes you look like a fool. And after all, we’re not in gradeschool anymore waiting for our turn on the slide, are we?
I dont do anything usually, it’s not a big deal to me. I’m not in a huge rush in life. Some people are rude and childish, doesn’t mean i have to be also. NowI think on a couple of occasions i did say/do something because i was having a bad day or just tired of people’s BS. At the gas station some guy just walked up in front of me as i was getting ready to go to the counter, I was next in line, he asked for cigarretes and put his stuff on the counter. I put my stuff on the counter and moved his stuff aside. The guy cashier just looked at him like “wtf dude” and that was that. The guy was like “oh sorry you were next” in this rude tone. But i just ignored him. It was very awkward for him i could tell lol.
I pay for my stuff then hurry to the car and cut them of in the parking lot.
When someone cuts in front of me in line, I say; “Your not cutting in line, are you? “Cause if you are, you need to go back to the end of the line!”
Some people say that they were already in line, if it was a confusing situation. Then what can I do? I let them cut the line.
I figure if they want to compromise themselves, they must be hard up.
(By the way there is NO line in hell. They will definitely be the first ones in and are just practicing.)
Or I quote scripture to them. (This by the way makes them leave.)
Romans Chapter 1
18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
28 Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
(This one usually does it. By the way this may clear out the entire building!)
Revelations 21:8
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters AND ALL LIARS–their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
1 Corinthians Chapter 6
If that one doesn’t work, I tell them this one:
9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
Just keep on quoting scripture, they will go away! Just DON’T back down, keep on quoting it. When they see you are not going to quite, they will be either so embarrassed or else scared of you, if they don’t fear God!
I always judge the attitude of the person before I say anything. If the person seems normal and not angry or belligerent, I’ll say, “excuse me there are others in line who are before you.” If they seem wild eyed, angry or belligerent, I let them go and don’t say a word.
I usually ignore the people who cut in line because they are just uneducated and I just ignore them. I do say something about it when I really feel the need to, for example when they cut the line while getting lunch, I go up to them and cut them.
I would be polite at first, and say “excuse me, but I have been waiting for x amount of minutes. Normally a person will say “oh, I am sorry and will find someone behind you to cut in front of.
If that does not work, you can further the debate by explaining to them that your time is just as important to you as their time is to them. Ask them why they feel their time is more valuable than yours.
They may become agitated by this point. However, continue to remain calm and just explain you would like them to move anywhere in the line behind you.
If they continue to be defiant, let them know that after 3 strikes they are out and kick their a**. Physically pick them up, move them to the end of the line. Calmly return to your spot in line. No body will say anything to you at this point because you just completely went off on the last person that questioned your authority.
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There was only one time I can remember some one trying to cut me. It was early in the morning so I was cranky. Usually I would politely discuss things calmly but at the time I verbally exploded before I could even think. My mouth just opened and unloaded. The person wasn’t physically cutting me they just angerly exclamed to me “hey I was in front of you”. But they had been reading the entire 30 minutes I was in line in front of them and I’m short so she must not have noticed me. It just angered me that she would accuse me of cutting her when she hadn’t been paying attention. What I basically said was that “I was in line before you. You would have noticed that if you had been paying attention.” I said it very angerly, the women didn’t say a word to me the enitre rest of the time in line. She didn’t respond to my outburst and I didn’t say anything to her. I did feel bad that I yelled at her yet at the same time it had felt good to say to someone what I was thinking while not trying to phrase things more politely.
Oh yeah this happened at the airport a couple of years ago. I would have been 20 or 21 years old.
If someone cut me in line I would politely tap them on the shoulder, smile and then say “Excuse me. The line starts back there.” I would point to the back of the line. Then say “Thank you, have a nice day.” And smile once more.
I use to work at a coffee shop. You get use to smiling a lot and wishing everyone a nice after you’ve worked at a coffee shop for 4 or 5 years in a row. ^_^
I try to be nice. I remember once I was flying to or from , , rare occasion, flying continued to be new to me., although not terrifying stressful. Long flight. I was in hurry to use the bathroom, very nervous, and rushed into the bathroom in a hurry, , entirely not noticing the long line waiting to use the bathroom, I simply was in such a hurry. It was also very quiet I did not see them. No. I was not in need of bladder surgery, nor am I. Someone said in a voice that really was not hateful ” there is a line.” I was reallyembarrassed, turned, and there was a long line. I apologized. I said something like, Oh. I am sorry. . I did not notice.” Went to the back of the line. I did not do it on purpose. I think women might understand that.
I appreciated the lack of hatefulness. It could be you, too.. I have been cut in front of many times.
Once, a guy was lollygagging around, did not look like he was in line , thought he was people watching or something. Didn’t look like a line at all. I went up when I thought it was my time and he was very very hateful. It really made me mad. Hurt my feelings.
There was no excuse for his hatefulness. He could hav been in a formed line. I did look.
Anyway, I will not talk to someone like that.
I will say something, if it is worth it to me, such as there is a line. I believe you cut in. If I am not sure of soemthing, I will say “Were you ahead of me?”
“Were you next?”" I don’t really mean to cut in line. There is enough hatefulness in the world without
getting violent verbally over this. I wait my turn.
Don’t want to be murdered on the parking lot.
I tap them carefully on the shoulder and politely point out that this is a queue and that there are other poeple queueing as well.
Politeness always goes a long way and civil courage is a very good social medicine….
I would just move and go in front of him and if the person behind me does not do anything then thats all. It once happened and i did just that, moved in front of the queue jumper, and the person behind me did the same until he was at the end of the line.
People generally know not to do that kind of thing around me, but if they do I will stand really close to them with my face in their ear, I will get really wound up breathing and flushing. They always get the message even if they are bigger than me. It’s called the psycho factor! people are afraid they are going to get shot or stabbed.
To avoid any personal confrontation with the indiviual, I get the cashier’s attention and have her get the manager to handle the situation.
If someone ever cuts in line in front of me, they are intentionally taking me on. If nobody else says anything, I cut in line in front of that person. Usually then other in the line come plain to me, and I say, “well do you got the guts to do anything…” The rest of the line gets mad then, and jumps on the cuttee. If the cuttee has friends, I do not care. My attitude is that I am ready to die…this is why I am in public, and will not put up with their crap.
If it’s an airport line. NO RULES! An airport line is Aussie Rules football. Elbows, Knees…an occassional Head Butt. Granny’s and small children know that it is dangerous to get in line with me.
When someone cuts in front of me in line, I politely tell them I was standing in line and they usually go to the back of me. I have yet to meet someone who wouldn’t move.
It makes my blood boil, and I usually won´t let it go. I will say something. One time I even started to get physical with a guy, but my wife yanked me back before I could grab his shoulder.
I worked at a university in Texas a number of years ago and saw a near-riot in progress once because a woman tried to cut in line during registration. About 20 people were yelling at her and looked ready to attack her. Security had to intervene.
Note to the bold and inconsiderate: THINK TWICE! Even if you think you´re a big guy or tough or something, you won´t stand up to a mob of righteously angry people.
If they tried to apologize and act like they didn’t know I would encourage them to go ahead of me because obviously they have something much more important then the rest of us to buy or get on with, guilt them by being nice. If they didn’t say anything I would get their attention by reaching across them for a magazine or “accidently” bumping into them. Then continue with the guilt trip.
well this happened to me pretty recently when i was at school yesterday at lunch and four people cut in front of me! i had been waiting and waiting. I was pretty hungry. and normally im a very passive person at school. but this time i said ” excuse me? I mind if you cut in front of me so you need to go back to the end of the line.” the two girls just looked at me like i was dirt underneath their perfect polished nails. I tried another response,” at least ask me next time to cut. I might just say yes.”
needless to say they didnt care and just took ‘their’ spot in front of me. so i told the lunch lady who they were and she reported them!! progress! I was glad the lunch ladys were on my side.
Wow, almost everyone responds with violence. The Yahoo reporter was egging them on to respond with violence I noticed(the old couple).
If they honestly didn’t know and didn’t do it on purpose I would politely tell them where the back of the line is. If they did it on purpose I would tell them where the back of the line is and if they don’t move I will cut back to my rightful place. Let the person behind me deal with them, because that person might deal with them in a different way than I did.
Remember, they aren’t just cutting in from of you – they are cutting in front of everyone behind you too(if you aren’t the last person in line).
yeah, I would probably say “sir/miss you just cut me in line” one of two things could happen:
1-The person moves to the end of the line (Conflict Resolved)
2-If they stayed (If it was a man) i would probably start a fight and send that poor sucker to the ER. (If it was a lady) i would probably pick her up and put her at the end. (Conflict resolved in a more satisfying way)
I have come close to several fights over this matter. I speak up, then I cut back in fromt of them.
Depends on my mood I think and on who has cut in the line. Sometimes I just stand there shell shocked giving nasty looks. However, I rarely ever confront the person I usually make it known that what they’ve done is rude by speaking loudly to whomever I am with. Of course, if I am with my boyfriend he tells me to shut up and keep it down…lol
It’s usually elderly people that cut in the line though, which makes me even more angry. I have no problem letting an elderly person go ahead, but that they assume that they can bud and no one will do anything is just so frustrating!!!
I let Them know where the back of the line is. If They ignore what I said, then I put Myself between Them and the counter and let the other people ahead of Them. I am not a small Man, I am a bouncer at a local Bar.They seem to count on people letting Them get away with Their rude behavior.
It depends. If they simply didn’t know I was in line (because sometimes in a crowded store it is haed to tell if someone is just standing around/browsing the displays or actually in line) I’ll say “The line is back there” BUT if they are just being rude and cut on purpose I say “Um, excuse me.” And if they don’t do anything, I’ll simply say excuse me and cut right back in front of them.
Happens to me all the time in gas stations. Close to home it’s usually a cousin or neighbor so I let it go. Away from home I leave so little of a gap that they can’t get in front of me without squeezing, which means it’s deliberate.
That’s when I calmly move them out of the way and point out the end of the line. Sometimes I’ll be inches away from the counter when the person in front of me finishes and someone will come in and butt in as if they’re the only customer there.
In those cases I talk over them where it’s impossible for the cashier to wait on either one of us until one of us agrees to back down. Unless they make it clear they’re responding to a family emergency I usually keep going until they’re the one who backs down.
I have had people cut in front of me in line and this is shat I say, loudly without yelling.
“Although I may think it is okay for you to cut in front of me, how about asking everyone else in line”–as I gesture and face all the folks behind me, who are all giving the cutter the death stare as he walks to the back of the line.
This happened to me just the other day! I couldn’t believe it, the guy just moseyed over and stood right in front of me in the line. I said laughing, “Dude you seriously gonna straight up cut me like that?” He said sorry and got in line. I don’t understand people.
Depends.. Old, they get a FREE cut in line.. disabled, free cut in line, IF severely so.. Otherwise they get a tap on the shoulder, and a thumb pointing to the rear and this statement : *Unless your in labor back ya go*….. Even the men get that one… Gets a funny and some times very strange look.. But, it works….. ROFL…..
I usually just let it go. There are lots of other things to get made about. Pick your battles, you know?
Oh, I always make a point of letting them know that there is a line and they are at the wrong end. Once, when I was waiting in line in New York City, in freezing cold I might add, a couple of guys started muscling their way into lines. I spoke up and the guy had the nerve to tell me that his sister was holding the spot for him – the sister being a woman easily in her 70s and he was maybe 30. I challenged him on that rather aggressively and there was a moment when he would have stayed, but then suddenly his face changed and he moved out of line without another word. When the woman behind me congratulated me on my pluckiness, I turned to her and saw standing behind her, at least 6’7″ behemoth, with shoulders as broad as I am tall and who had a snarl on his face that was slowly turning into a sweet grin. While I was kind of pleased that I’d won, I was pretty glad to have that kind of backup.
I usually just tell them there is a line or where the end of the line is. Often people are just confused, and when they do it on purpose this still sometimes works by calling them out on it and they’ll move to the end out of guilt or embarrassment.
In some situations I’ve found having a loud conversation about how uncultured people who cut in line are will work. You have to take into consideration cultural subtleties though.
When I was little I used to cut in front of people who cut me if there weren’t other people. Getting the whole line involved sometimes works.
To be honest though, many times I’ve just not worried about it. If I’m in no hurry and it’s not prolific I just don’t get worked up about it. Sometimes I find the person just had to grab something or ask a quick question, or that they were in much more of a hurry than I was (especially true at airports).
I let people go infront of me because we should all do something nice for one another. I’m not saying you should let twenty people go infront of you, but you should at least do one good deed a day. Our society is too mean towards each other.
The last time it happened to us, we sort of found there was a (at first) silent alliance between us and the folks in line behind us. I simply stated to all who could hear; “Not gonna happen!”. At that point the resolve was bolstered with the rest of the people behind us and we all grouped together closely and forced the interlopers farther and farther back. Don’t know how far they ended up back in the line, but the group of us at the front of the line were high fiving each other. The line cutters were a group of rude gangsta types, but no matter how rude and belligerent someone is, there is always strength in numbers!
No Cutting.
I tell them nicely that I’m about to kick their ass. And then I kick their ass.
TASER THEM!
i will say this stop their and ask nicely to back to the last row and say thank you
Say, “Excuse me, but this is the front of the line. The BACK of the line starts WAAAAAAAAAy over there. Mmm-kay?”
This happened to me at my college. Some girl cut me and another girl in line. I asked the girl next to me if she cut us and she said yes but she did not feel like picking a fight. So I confronted her. She was black (I’m not racist but still). And I said excuse me did you cut us? She goes No and if I did it’s not a big deal. Why are you making it a big deal? I said well if you didn’t cut us that’s fine I was just asking. It’s not a big deal but it’s just rude to do to other people. I could tell the girl was taken aback that I had confronted her. I hate play the race game but I could tell that she had done this before and where we live in mostly white. So I feel like because of her color people were afraid to confront her. I let her keep her spot in line because she looked like she would’ve thrown a punch she was very low class. Otherwise I would have asked them to go to the back of the line.
kick some ass
There was one time I said something to someone who cut in line, that she must wait like everyone else. Then sometimes I just let it go. It is not worth getting into it and upsetting myself over things that stupid folks do
There is too much hate in this world and it has to stop with you. Inciting a argument, fight, or riot no matter how small is not and never will be the answer to getting along. It can be irritating, at first, but the price of waiting a little longer is not as great as the results of the confrontation over something so minor.
If I’m going to be late or if I been waiting for more than 40 minutes, then I would get in front of the one that cut in front of me and let the person that was behind me deal with the cutter. Maybe he will do the same thing and so on all the way down the line until the cutter ends up at the bottom without a word of confrontation said.
Being nice and polite, while making you feel good about yourself, rarely is any use. Get pissed off. Make a fuss. Act outraged.
Do note that only those who are good enough actors/speakers to be taken seriously will have any success with that.
Scream at them, to not cut. Its as simple as that.
Tap him lightly on the shoulder, tell him that the back of the line is there and if he ignores you, tap him on the shoulder again and when he turns around pop him in his face.
id be like
oh hell no bitch. i be standin here fo’ 1 hour n u just com’n cut me. dont ur mama teach u any manner, fool. now u better move ur ass b4 i beat yaa up. n im tellin ya, u dont wanna mess wif me…
hahaha jk i would just be like sorry but i was in front of u…and if they say something like i dont care…then i mite actually beat thier ass up…haha jk
I just cut back
It’s simple. I tell them they have cut me and to please go to the end of the line like everyone else. If they refuse to, I just pull out my cell phone and call Chuck Norris. 99.9% of the time when they see Chuck’s name in my contact list they apologize and go to the end of the line, but there is that 0.01% of people who can’t read or are blind.
Usually I don’t do anything. Although sometimes I manage to cut back. You know, there is someone I know and he would always cut people and always say when somebody gets mad: “So? We are all going to the same place.” And then when I get in line and didn’t realize that he was in line five feet away from part of the line I say because I’m annoyed about his anger about it: “We are all going to the same place.” And he says: “But you still can’t cut!” What a hypocrite!
Today I accidentally cut in line. I dodn’t see the lady at all but she had placd her stuff on the counter. Since I didn’t notice her, I moved her stuff aside and put my stuff on the counter. The cashier helped me, but as I walked away I saw her kind of glaring. I was confused and ask my daughter as we alked out the store”was that lady in line?” she said “yeah” I said, “why didn’t you say anything?? I didn’t notice” She said “I dunno” I felt like a jerk. My daughter said “Yeah she kept looking at you”. Normally if someone cuts me, I get back in front of them or say “excuse me, I was already here” There are actually many people who pretend like they don’t hear you. If they do that, I’ll get my stuff and put it on the counter before them. I don’t put up with BS.
Um…hey we have social ettiqute(sp?) and manners for a reason follow them!
ask if they’re lost and if they reply with no, i tell them they are and tell them that the line starts behind me.
If someone cuts in front of me, I’ll tell them immediately, “Excuse me, I’m waiting in line too.” If they’re rude about it then I can yell out, “hey!! this person just cut in front of me!! Now all of you behind me have to wait longer too!”
Then everyone else would yell, “get in the back of the line!” Peer pressure usually works great.
Normally I say loud enough for them to hear “Well, it’s not against the law to be an A**hole.”
I was in line at a Big Lots store last year and there was a lady in front of me, and the lady in front of her was wearing a scarf on her head like the style in the 50′s. Well, she was old enough to be a grandma and boy did she look cranky too so this very lady was almost at the front and the line we were all in was super long so she leaves her space goes to the end and gets her friend and lets her take the space! And she just left the store!!!!!! I was like WTH !!!!
Seemed like it happened so fast but it wasn’t my place to say anything to scarf lady; it should have been the lady in front of me but everyone stayed quiet.
I was kind of mad but thought it wasn’t a real big deal anyway. Someone else should have spoken up though.
I WOULD CALL THE POLICE BECAUSE TIME IS MONEY AND BY COSTING ME MORE TIME THEY ARE STEALING MY MONEY AND THAT IS THEFT.
SOURCES: COMMON SENSE
Well if I had to wait 20 MINUTES, I personally would be pissed. But it depends on the situation. If I am in no rush, well, I would let it go and say nothing, just glare at them. If I am in a rush or anxious to get whatever i have to get done or do, then i would either stare down the person taking care of the customers to tell the guy/girl that skipped the line to go back or i would tell them “I’ve been waiting for _____ minutes, go back to the line and wait your turn like everyone else”. Don’t people get taught manners when you you are young??
Well I wouldn’t want to make any fuss about it. But if I’m late for a flight or getting really impatient, then yes.. I’d “kick ass”. rofl.
But most of the time, it’s good to be polite. I wouldn’t want a big, huge fuss.
This happened to me recently. I’d been waiting in a line at a concer for 45 minutes to catch a bus. There was a guy and a couple of his friends standing just outside the roped off line looking for thier way in. For some reason he choose to cut in front of me and my wife. When he lifted up the rope to duck under I put my hand on his head and pushed him back. I told him I’d been waiting for 45 minutes and he wasn’t going to cut in front of me. The guy was fairly menacing and I realized I was in a bad position so I turned around (probably 100 people waiting behind me) and asked ‘does anyone care if these guys cut in line?’ No one said anything so I told him he could wait behind me. Needless to say I stood sideways with one eye on them until it was our turn to get on.
I would always try to say it politely. Sometimes people are not aware where the line is, so it makes no sense to be angry. Besides, people are more receptive when you say it in a nice polite way. It does not matter whether they are foreigners, the gest is always universal. However, some cultures are not attentive to this, in Asia especially. It’s the time I get a little rude, when they still don’t get the message and pretend not to understand.
It’s happened to me. Usually I let it go. But later I feel bad about myself. Then I just try not to let it ruin my day. The cutters don’t spend the rest of the day angry so why should I let their rude actions bother me.
I am kinda of a big guy and I always do bureaucratic one-lined stuff with a relative who is as big as I am. We don’t say much, God we don’t even mumble, the Cutter usually stares awkwardly at us and silently withdraws. We hold our snorts till he/she is way back in line and then burst out laughing. It is always funny to get these scared looks when we are as harmless as a pigeon.
If that doesn’t work, we tell him using a commanding tune in a respectful -yet threatening- way that he should get back in the line. Straight faces, fixed stares and a body expression that says “I am in for a fight and I am gonna enjoy it” do the trick.
Someone cuts in front of me, I tap them on the shoulder and say “Excuse me sir, you cannot do that” he then says “Yeah well you cant do anything about it” I then say “I’m sorry I thought this was America” and proceed to punch him in the face
omg the old man “kick some ass.”
Well I’m 14 and am quite used to being cut. I generally look pouty and lost to the lady at the cuonter and whisper to here,
“That guy cut in front of me. I wouldn’t mind, but I need to get home very soon and he’s been so RUDE…” whimper whimper.
Then the woman shakes her head and calls the guy out, if shes a no-crap kinda lady.
Or if she still sees me as a little kid, a sweet-kinda lady, she’ll furrow her eyebrows and say,
“Lemme take ya right now. Mam? Ya mind if this little girl cuts in front of you?,” reffering to lady in front of the line, and the little old lady shakes her head in the of-course-not gesture, and I buy my gum and pay for gas and go on with my buisness, sticking my toungue out at mean old man as i pass.
Generally all the people at the register call under no-crap or kinda-sweet, both work out to my advantage.
I say nothing to him/her and quietly move infornt of them
This happened to me just a few weeks ago. There was a long line waiting at the pharmacy and the thirtyish pharmacist didn’t have any of the prescriptions filled yet. So there was like a fifteen minute wait. When it was my turn this cute little blonde sixteen year old who works there came bouncing up and deliberately cut in front of me with the pharmacist fully aware. She handed him her prescription and of course he had to fill it. Then, to make matters even MORE aggravating, he then proceeded to spend five to ten minutes FLIRTING with her. There was a woman waiting on the bench and she caught my eye and shook her head. I said to her, “Can you believe this? And she cut me too!” She said “I know.” They both heard me and the girl jumped away like she’d just gotten an electric shock. The pharmacist ran to get my prescription then was all “have a nice day.” I snatched it away from him and glared at him then turned on my heel. He’s lucky I didn’t report both of them to the store manager. Especially since he was a thirty something year old man flirting with a teenager.
Most people will go to the end of the line if you tell them that the end of the line is behind you somewhere. But for those that refuse, I either call management of the place I am going to or tell management. Management has always taken care of it. I have even done this while waiting overnight at a Best Buy on Black Friday. I got there around 9:30 the night before and camped out. There was already a line started around the building. Well, lo and behold a ton of cars started showing up shortly before opening and these people had walked up to those that were at the front of the line. They stated, “Friends were holding their place for them”. Management was called and they were told to go to the back of the line. Justice.
I eat their liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
if I was the idiot who occasionally thinks they he/she is supposed to form “one big line” for ALL of the walmart self check-outs (as opposed to just choosing your register and lining up behind that one, like ya do at every other register as well as the self checkouts, but occasionally some moron decides to form one big gigantic slow moving line -), then I would learn my lesson and stop doing that.
otherwise, I would probably say something.
At first I would be polite, tap them on the shoulder and say “Excuse me, but I was here first.” (and continue until they notice me, or until I realize they are purposely ignoring me.)
If they are polite about it, apologize, and go to the end of the line then it ends there.
If however they are rude/insulting then I bitch back and pull them out of line. If it continues beyond that point then I would probably get more violent.
Polite society hides from confrontations. So when someone cuts infront of us, most of us are inclined to just let it go. Some of us, are more outgoing. We can all act big and bad and say we would call them out on it, even push them to the back of the line. But truth be told 98% of us would just sit in silence and be angry and feel cheated. Talk about it on our perspective social networks.
Personally i have made it my life goal to always be honest, or straight forward with the people that interact with me (even briefly) in life. I would ask the person politely to move to the rear, and if they didnt, I would move infront of them and politely usher everyone behind them, infront of the offending party. I would even wait until the last person was served before I would move and let that person pass. Honesty and integrity are lost in todays society. Some people need a reminder.
Have gotten very used to waiting in line..The more technology we have the longer we wait..Every waited on the phone punching numbers and being put on Hold??? and then get cutoff and have to start over again?? So…..I have gained alot of patience…..I would deal with people who cut in line, depending on certain circumstances… Their age, If they have small children and what the situation is, or the location……My kids are grown now, but, in a long lineup to the bathroom, kids have no control……I have asked to cut in in case of emergency…never ever had anyone refuse. Also..Airports and trying to connect to a flight…Have had nice people help me out and I have done the same. Grocery Stores…If I have 10 items and they have 1, I usually ask them if they want to go through first….but only if they are directly behind me. A few times, I have had people cut in front of me, but, only in error…No clear line….I was polite and pointed them in the right direction….In the end, who really cares……not worth getting too upset……..At least if I make a mistake, I hope someone will point it out in a nice way to me
Vulcan nerve pinch…duh
Duznt bother me. Byebye to Johnny!
This happened to me recently in a pizzeria. I had 5 people in front of me then this notorious black guy decides to cut in front of me. Maybe its cause im asian and im weak?
I bascially used my foot and placed it in front of his to create somewhat of a blockage and it worked when i got to the cashier.
I love how the old guy at first was polite but then when the reporter asked him about the other situation he said: “then it is time to kick ***
I’m usually polite about it. I just make a mean face and said ug..
i will cut back in front of them if they say excuse me i say i was here first so if u got a problem “DEAL WITH IHHT”
cuss themm until they get back in line
Why should we have to ignore rude behavior as others have suggested? Some people need to be taught proper manners because either they didn’t get it at home or what their parents taught them didn’t take. There is nothing wrong with telling someone to not cut in front of you. There is no need to be belligerent.
I get out my punching glove and punch them in the back of the head.
i would try to get in front and if that doesnt work i’ll push him
Tell them the back of the line is back there.
You let them know. “Hey btw you just cut in front of me. the line starts back there if you didn’t know.” IF that doesn’t work than start talking about how they cut in line VERY LOUDLY. OH MY GOD THIS PERSON JUST CUT IN LINE HOW RUDE OF THEM works every time
i just tell them off. polite people don’t cut in front of the line. they really are scrwed up if they think it’s making my day.
I don’t care about people that cut me in line, but I tell them to stay back off. I live in this Earth, where the ego maniacs live. I have been assuming that so many idiot people out there that would do stupid things.
I would first use my water works. These eyes were born with a waterfall in them! I would start crying like a maniac until they would turn around to stare at me just as everyone else is at this point. I would then turn of my eyes of FIRE. This shall burn them down to their SOUL. They will be so scared that they would be literally frozen in place. I would then slap them in the face while screaming “GET YOURSELF TOGETHER!” Just like the lady in the movie “The Incredibles”. They would then run away, bawling like a baby. I would then bask in the sweet rays of satisfaction and self-glory. OH! And don’t forget uncuttingness
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I punch them in the face and tell them to get back or lay down
It depends on the situation. I usually like to give people a way to save face in order to avoid confrontation. I’ll say something like “oh, I was in line before you. The end of the line is over there” or “sorry, but I don’t think you saw that the end of the line is over there”. If someone blatantly cuts in front of me (or forcefully), then I will usually say something to them that makes them understand that I saw that, and I didn’t appreciate it. I have actually gotten into confrontations with people over this, especially at high traffic areas like Busch Gardens or other similar places. Although to some people this isn’t a great idea, I can’t stand the thought that people think they can push me around or bully me. If you make them look like a fool, they will think twice about doing it to someone else.
This happens all the time in stores and in traffic. Some people just think they’re more entitled or more important than others. I would tell them the line was in back of me. If they got snotty and refused to move, I would cut right back in front of them. Maybe tossing their junk would help lol !I would never instigate a physical fight but if someone hit me, better damn well believe I’m going to kick some butt. As far as traffic goes, when there’s an arrow to get over because of construction and a narrowing down from two to one lane, I hate it when people try and take cuts. Sometimes I get so pissed that I hog both lanes so this can’t happen.
Oh gosh, this happens to me all the time at school, to the point where there are actually two lines I just avoid because I know they’re prone to the serial stickers. At first, I would let it go most the time. There are a lot of blatantly rude and dramatic people at my school that I just want to avoid. Now, I find myself crossing my arms, wearing an apathetic scowl on my face, and standing close to the person in front of me, a disposition that seems to ward off a good portion of cutters. When it happens anyway, as soon as it happens, I usually move right in front of them. Depending on their attitude I either smile, smirk, or give them an angry, disapproving look. When I think it’s truly just an oblivious person I drag out a long ‘Um..’ that seems to usually get their attention, make them apologize, and go to the end of the line. Sometimes though, you just have to be a little aggressive. But don’t get so wound up, as hard as that is when they get mad at YOU. I just ignore them when they get angry at me for sticking in front of them to take back my spot. It’s ridiculous.
First I don’t know what I would say or do until it actually happens thank you very much. Second, if there person did cut in line in front, there is nothing wrong wrong in saying politely ” excuse me sir, there is a line overhere.” (they may not have noticed it)
When someone shows that they are lacking many of the items of courtesy needed in this world to have a good life, you must not allow them to take charge of your joy. You say nothing to a person like that. You have been exposed to drama of the sort that people die from and behind. You have been calmly waiting and will not have your calm bothered by some sad person, that this world is full of, to touch your calm.
It depends on what the line is for right? If it’s a line involving food, I’d tell them to wait in the back of the line. If it’s something small that I know I won’t be affected by, I imagine they have somewhere REALLY important to go that they couldn’t wait an extra minute to wait. If it’s a line to receive something unpleasant, I would gladly let them get in front, only to figure out a way to escape……
Ha ha, I LOVE that guy at the end, “…and then you kick ass.”
I would just slide in front of them when it got to me
Me = “‘Scuse me, the end of the line is over there in case you didn’t notice. Thanks.”
Acting in violence, kicking butt and starting physical contact will only get security guards’ attention. I think we’re all smart enough to know that… hopefully.
If anyone cuts me they should know what they did so i shouldnt have to explain or ask why they cutted. I would gladly just walk ahead of them and take my spot back, if they something rude then ill tell them “Im not the only person in this line dissapointed with you.”
If it’s a short line and I’m in no hurry I wouldn’t really care, but if im in a hurry or the line is pretty lengthy then I’ll simply take the aggressive approach, and i don’t care if it’s a guy twice my size im arguing with. You have to fight for your rights or you’ll simply get shunned all the time.
It depends on the situation:
Example:
I am a VIP player at a group of casinos. It’s my “snobbish” right to go in the front of the line. I have earned that priviledge by gambling way to much to discuss. It does anger some of the other patrons who have been waiting in line for many minutes, however, I show my VIP card and announce that I am a VIP player. Usually, however, the staff announces for me that if there are any VIP players, to step forward. I am already there, however.
Now, to the buffet:
People – please – it’s a B U F F W T, NOT a cafeteria. It’s set up to not draw lines. You don’t cue up to get a salad or a dessert, etc. Those people that stand in line, and create a line for the mashed potatoes, as an example, aggravate the hell out of me. It’s a buffet. It was created for speed and to be more time conscious. Go around those that choose to stand in line for the meatballs, when there in no one at that station, just say excue me when you want a bowl of yougurt, and three people are waiting for eggs. It’s a buffet, not a cafeteria!!
Otherwise, people should not cut in line. Maybe one could mention to them: “do you know there is a line that has formed, and that we all are in it?”.
I tell them they need to go in the back like everyone else. If they ignore me I call the Manager they should then do their job and ask the customer to go to the back of the line or leave the store, if they play hard head the Manager calls the Police and make them leave. That is how it needs to be handled without being sued or arrested.
If the excuse sounds ligit yjry can go ahead od ne. If they are just rude I will ask if the would not be rude to those of us aleady in line. Do the right thing and take their proper place in line. If they don’t comply I report them to the cashier or whom ever is in charge.
I would Say ” Ug, Wanna get Back in The end of the line ” If they Ignore me I would say ” Move” If they dident move id Just Push them
If there was people behind me, i would first ask the person to move, later use force if hes being an @$$.
If i was the last one, i would just simply cut him again.
It’s quite circumstantial. If I”m in a situation where I could miss a movie, a concert or an important flight, I do everything legally possible to get that person removed from the line. If I’m in a situation where I will still probably be able to do what I want to do such as get a meal, I would do nothing at all.
Depends if theyre bigger or smaller than me… amirite!?
I’m pretty polite about it, if it’s one person who’s obviously with a group of people I let it go, what’s another moment’s wait? But if they try to butt in and are clearly alone and there’s a long line, I basically push my way ahead of them and say “Sorry, but you have to wait like the rest of us.”
Well, since I’m not old enough yet to go shopping by myself and that stuff, I could explain lunch lines to you. My school, if someone cuts, it’s nearly impossible to do anything to get them at the back unless you want yourself hated at. So if 1 or two kids cut in front of me, I don’t mind but what annoys me is when a large group cuts.
If I could, I would light them on fire.
i’ll point her or him the long queue behind,saying that we are waitin too,but smtimes it happens that its urgent so ill let cut the line if given a reasonable answer
END OF THE LINE BUCKAROO!!
The Back of the line is over there Bucko.
I will always be polite at first,a simple excuse me you need to get back where you belong in line.If that fails,then a nice “move or be moved” will be next.
I TYPE IN ALL CAPS TO EXPRESS MY SINCERITY. I PROMISE I AM NOT YELLING. IF SOMEONE WAS TO CUT IN FRONT OF ME IN A LINE, I WOULD BE POLITE. I WOULD GET THIER ATTENTION BY POLITELY SAYING EXCUSE ME DID YOU KNOW THE START OF THE LINE WAS BACK WHEREVER? IF THEY ONLY HAVE ONE THING IN THEIR HAND I WILL LET IT GO, BUT ILL REMIND THEM TO ASK NEXT TIME. IF THEY ARE DOING IT TO JUST BE MEAN, I WOULD SIMPLY TELL THEM ITS NOT NICE TO CUT IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND I WOULD ASK THAT PERSON WOULD THAT PERSON WANT ANYONE TO CUT IN FRONT OF THEM? I GENERALLY WOULD JUST LET IT GO DEPENDING ON THE REASON, OTHERWISE I WOULD GENERALLY JUST TELL THEM TO POLITELY MOVE AND IF THEY DONT THEN ILL GET IN FRONT OF THAT PERSON JUST TO GIVE THEM A TASTE OF HOW IT FEELS. BUT I WOULD TRY TO BE POLITE IN DOING SO. IF THE PERSON GETS AGGRESSIVE THEN ILL JUST CALL POLICE CUZ THAT PERSON WOULD BE INVADING MY PERSONAL SPACE.
Yell at them
If the person looked like they could punch me hard, then I would just let go, because they could actually punch me for saying something to them. If they looked nice, then I would ask them politely to move to the back of the line. If that didn’t work I would yell, “Look, person! I don’t care if you have got any business in there! Go to the end of the line NOW!!”
I will just act all cool and politely make idle conversation. After the guy has wasted ten minutes, I redirect the conversation to “the purpose of line”. I will convince him that he is in the wrong line for what he wants, that we are all in line for a particular purpose. “The line you want is over there”. That way, my friendliness makes my information seem more genuine. And Ive wasted ten minutes of his time – a bonus.
I unload on them and give them a piece of my mind. I make sure every one around knows it. Reading some of the comments, I noticed one stating to be nice and polite in so many words. I say NO! to that.
The person who cut the line had no respect for any one in that line. If he or she did they never would have cut that line. As for the lame excuse of not seeing a line, I say get some glasses or open your eyes. Remember the line always forms at the end.
Polite, assertive courtesy is the way to go.
This has happened to me several times. I smile, say “Excuse me, I think I was next”. It’s always worked.
Some cave dwellers will try it and if no one says anything they stay where they are.
punch them out
Lines are meant to establish order. If someone cut in front of me I would asume they thinks its okay and I would do it to them. Then I would envite everyone behind them to get in front of them because it’s obviously ok because they did it. In this instance I feel the best lesson is to teach them how it feels.
I slap them in the face, and then tell them that my water is going to break anytime if they don’t move out of the way because I’m rushing to go to the emergency room and I feel like giving birth.
Yes, I definitely say something. I got a group of idiots kicked out of Cedar Point one day because they jumped the railing and cut right in front of me as I was waiting in line for Millennium Force…I had already been in line for an hour and a half and you KNOW I was not about to let that garbage happen. They tried to say that their friends were in line and they wanted to ride with them, so they should be allowed to go ahead. Their friends got kicked to the back of the line for allowing it.
If the person were a blatent line cutter I would say “excuse me sir/madam but there are other people queing here and they have been here for X amount of time already and I don’t think any of us want to wait any longer just because you weren’t bought up correctly”. If it was an accident (if they didn’t see the que) I would probably make it clear that there was a que and not too rush your life away – lifes too short lol
I guess it depends what position I am. If I am the customer I would probaly just let it go. But if I am the one giving service, the courtsey thing to do is tell them they will have go to the end of the line and wait their turn. Or if he or she is really in a rush they can ask the customers behind if they are ok with them for him or her to cut ahead of them.
If they step in front of me, I step in front of them. Keep repeating this until they give up or become offended and leave.
I react differently every time. Sometimes I just let it go (especially when the people I’m with are very passive). Other times, I plainly let them know there’s a line and show them where they are supposed to be. I’ve never been in a situation where after I told them that they have cutted me that they don’t apologize and move. Lucky me:]
I’d b like hey buddy the lines back there. and then i would probably end up like pushing them outta like and be like see u could’ve been right there if you wouldve listened but now you gotta go to the back. have fun a$$ hole!
I wouldnt say anything…i would just step back in front of that person. its not like they can argue back b/c they were the one who stepped in front of me.
I’d laugh about it but let them know like hey??
If someone cuts me off in a line, I’ll lean over and ask them, politely, to get in their spot. If they ignore me, I’ll tap them on the shoulder and tell them that they’ve just cut me off and that the back of the line is farther back. If they still don’t listen? Walk in front of them. When they complain? “I was here first, I asked you twice. You chose to ignore me. I’m cutting you. Have a nice day.”
tell them i do not think so. get in line and wait like the rest of us.
This happened to me just this morning. My husband and I were in line at the check out in the local Old Navy store. There were two counters and people were being checked out at both. So, as the system works in the ON store, we were waiting in the narrow gap next to the counters but not too close tolook at the other person’s business. There was no one behind us. This lady, who was clearly in her own world walked right past us and stood behind the lady who was still paying in the first counter. We were of course kinda upset but then again I never waste my time on people like that. Then she also proceeded to hurry to the second counter ahead of us at which the person checking out was finished. She probably left 3 mins ahead of us. Its no big deal to most of us. We dont care about the time factor as much as we care about the basic courtesy and common sense.
So, we ignored.. I forgave that lady cause hey, I dont know whats going on in her head that she cannot see two humans in front of her- whatever it was made her behave badly so I feel sorry for her. In fact, I lost nothing through the incident… she lost my respect and I don’t even know her!
Ways people can avoid being a line jumper:
1. Simply ask! “Are you in line?” Its that simple.
2. If you are not decided on your purchase and are still looking around don’t come stand in line! This only causes you to be unaware of your surroundings and makes you a nuisance.
3. If you are in that big of a hurry, there’s a way to get through that too. Politely ask, explain and be humble. People are just like you and they can be very understanding.
Way to avoid being pushed behind in line:
1. When you get to the line, make your presence felt.
2. When you see someone walking past you into the “line zone” speak up before they take a spot. A simple rule applies here “Prevention is better than cure”
3. Of course, most people might think, why should I care about all this when I’m only doing the basic thing which is my right to check out of a store where I am paying money? Well, then you have a good point, now there are two ways to go about that too.
a. Mention it to the cashier or manager.
b. Even better, ignorance is bliss. Don’t let a silly person spoil your mood.
Bottom-line? A line is to help the store manage the crowd and its basic etiquette to maintain such simple mutual respect. If one cant follow that, then be the bigger person and show that you can, not only wait in line but also be cultured enough to let a cheap slip like that go.
i say “hey christopher columbus, discover the back of the line!”
I would politely tap them on the shoulder and direct them to the back of the line politely (whether it be behind me or behind a few people behind me), after all, they might not have known they were pushing in. Then if they pushed in front of me and tried to be served before I did, I would make contact with the lady behind the counter, and usually the person serving can tell if you have been there a while, or politely tell the person serving that you were in fact here first.
If it was not me who was being pushed in front of, but someone at the top of the line, I would still advise the person that the back of the line is behind me, however thats as far as I would go. It’s then up to the person who’s being pushed in front of.
I would tap them on their right shoulder, while sneaking around in front of them on their left. If they said that someone was holding their spot I would tell that person to get behind me or stop whining.
Why not give them the benefit of the doubt and simply tell them where the end of the line is? Sometimes it is not clear if there is a line or not. I have been in this situation myself going up to towards the front of a taxi queue (not being familiar with taxi queues) and it went like this: “excuse me, the end of the line is over there (pointing)”. “Oh, OK, thanks.” End of discussion.
However, if that didn’t work, I would make a fuss. I would guess most instances are misunderstandings, but there are always those people who think their time is more valuable than everybody else’s.
I sell coffee and I have seen people cut in front of others. It often causes a riot. A person needing one of my coffees to start their day can be quite dangerous.
It is quite amusing that if I make someones coffee who is not next in line there is no commotion as this makes the service more efficient. Queues in general are a great source of amusement for me but I have to say I am guilty of the occasional “I’ll just sneak in here… they won’t notice” It is always a good feeling when you get away with it.
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If I was waiting in line for 2 hours and some slutty girl pushed in I would pull her skirt down!
i was soo angry one day, i had it up to my neck.
I was waiting in the self service ticket line at the trainstation and a man pushed in. so i shouted
“EXCUSE ME WE’RE NOT JUST STANDING HERE FOR NO REASON!”
the man said “ooh i am soo sorry and got in line” and i felt like shit for confronting him like that
Just yesterday as the pool was about to close two consecutive Europeans blatantly cut me in line.
And when I confronted them (they weren’t together), each one acted very PROUD and had no apologies.
Neither one stepped back in the line.
Ask them politely to step aside and come in line. If the person does not listen insult them in a polite manner in front of everyone so that the preson understands atleast at that moment. Even after that if the person is determined to stay there then I don’t do anything and carry on with the person in front of me.
To an extent one can try to make another person better, but if all the efforts go useless the person has no hope in life.
” Some people can never change .Maybe someday it will bounce back in a similar situation to that person and then hopfully the person can understand. “
i do nothing. is it really a big deal? i might get a little frustrated but seriously, i stopped caring about line-cutting in third grade.
If someone cut me in line, I would decide what to do based on who they are and how much stuff they have. If it’s an older person and they only have a few small things to buy, I don’t say anything. But, if it’s someone with a cart full of stuff I would say “Excuse me, but I believe you just cut everyone in line, the end of the line is back there” And if they refuse to move, then I will look behind me and tell everyone “we have to wait a lot longer because this person decided to cut us all in line.” Then hopefully someone else will jump in and say something too.
I get out my phone and pretend to have a conversation where I loudly badmouth the person who cut in front of me, using whatever profanity I think I can get away with at the moment.
This has happened to me so many times.
How I handle it is usually, if I’m with friends or family, or at least people I know, I will band together with them and confront the person. They will feel intimidated by the fact they’re outnumbered – unless they’re really hard, they’ll usually take it kindly and go to the back of the line. We’d ask them politely first, something like, ‘excuse me. We’ve been waiting here for twenty minutes – we would appreciate it if you went to the back of the line and waited for your turn.’
If this person didn’t do what we’d say, we’d not start a fight, but raise our voices slightly. ‘It isn’t fair that you cut in line. We don’t want to make a big deal out of it, so we suggest you go to the back of the line before we do.’
Whereas if I was alone, it’s an eye-for-an-eye situation. I’m naturally a polite and shy person, so I would simply explain the situation quietly and ask them to go back to the line as politely as possible. I tell myself not to be intimidated by them.
If they do not respond, I ask again, maybe more suggestively. I’m not the type to start a fight, but I will get justice.
So in the end I would most probably tell them they must go back to the line, or I will notify somebody. Yeah, they may call me a grass up… at least in the end they will have to wait the twenty minutes that I had to wait!
I would tell them I was in line and if they don’t do nothing then I will cut them just like that..
and if they get angry I would say that. they can’t do nothing about it because that was my spot!
If it is a mistake I let it slide it happens.
If they know they are doing it to be rude, I simply say, “Go right ahead, I really enjoy standing in lines”
or “Go ahead you must be much hungrier than I am” (if it is a food line)
If they are rude enough to jump line, we should be outspoken enough to call them out.
Man people here are being so nice. Some people actually cut in front of you on purpose because they just don’t care, and in that case i wouldn’t be so nice to them. I’d tell them you just cut in front of me and need to leave, right now. If they didn’t seem to do it on purpose I’d be like excuse me, the line starts back there. But in both cases I would be firm to send the message that I am waiting for them to go to the back of the line and will not tolerate them cutting me.
well, if the situation happened because some moron decided to do the “let’s form one single, giant line that funnels to ALL the self checkouts”, then the guy who “cut in” is doing the right thing. Because every once in a while, some idiot seems to think that unlike every other cash register in the store, the self checkouts are magically different. And instead of choosing a register and committing to line up behind that particular register, they act like there is one big invisible giant line. I hate that. It’s like, no – you choose a register, line up there, and take your chance – just like everywhere else in the store. Then someone comes along and disregards this “one giant line”, and people look at them weird – NO, they’re doing the right thing!
Otherwise, i usually do say something, unless they’re already a long ways away (ahead) in which case I would have to yell or raise my voice, which just would make me look unnecessarily desperate / aggressive.
I would first say, “Excuse me, that was my place in line.” Don’t get all up in their face about it at first, because it might just be a mistake. Also, I know it sounds cheesy, but if you’re polite people are usually more willing to work with you.
If they don’t respond, say a little more forcefully, “Excuse me, the end of the line is back there. I would appreciate it if you waited your turn.” Usually by this point most people figure out that you mean business and they’ll move.
If they still ignore me, I say, “Excuse me, I don’t want to make a big scene out of this, but I’ve been waiting for a while and I deserve a turn. You need to go to the back of the line. I just want to let you know, I am not afraid to call someone to ensure that you move.”
If they refuse, follow up on your threat. Call over a security guard or the cashier. Explain the situation and that you’ve asked the person repeatedly to move. Then let the authority handle it.
The key point is to stay calm and polite but be forceful. The person needs to know that you are serious about this and will not back down. However, if you get mad and start yelling, two things will happen: a) the person that cut might get in a fight with you, and b) the security guard or cashier will get mad at YOU for causing a disturbance.
That said, if it’s not a major deal, let it go. For example: You’re at Publix with a shopping cart full of groceries and it’s almost your turn. A teenager cuts in front of you with a bottle of soda and makes you wait perhaps another ten seconds. It’s not worth it to try to make the kid move, and you might make your wait longer by making a scene and calling the cashier on him than if you just let him buy the soda and ignore him.
Another general rule: If someone cuts in front of the person in front of you, let it go. Yes, the person will indirectly make your wait longer. But technically it’s not your problem. Let the person in front of you deal with it. And if they don’t? Ignore it. It won’t help at all if you argue over someone else’s head, plus it will almost definitely get that head irritated. It’s just not worth it.
I would call the cops.
Everybody else responded with violence. What they don’t remember is that there is a thing called law enforcement or the police. When a criminal does anything bad you aren’t supposed to confront them. You are supposed to call the cops.
well it depends on who it is like if
1. its a child or like someone old i tell them nicely to get to the back of the line.
2. its an adult: hey um in the line’s in the back so find a way to get their buddy
3. a annoying think thier to cool for waiting and you: hey get you and your **** to the back of the line.
im only 13 so thats wat i do and will still do.
People have often cut in front of me but they do not notice. When someone has done this I tell them politely that the line does not start here but that it is back there. I would not mind letting someone cut in front of me if they just asked. I think that if people would just ask other people if they could cut in line than it is okay.
The worst thing you could do is “remind” the person where the back of the line is. that comes off as rude and arrogant. Politely ask them if and why they cut and ask if they could please go to the back. If they get rude with you, then you have every right to be rude right back.
There was this one time I was with my mom and we where meeting up with my sister who was in line for the grand opening of a store. We where just going to talk with her for a bit to pass the time, then get in the back of the line. as we where standing there apparently a woman thought we where cutting ( we where not even in the line, we where out side it.) and said in the nastiest tone you can imagine ” UM, Excuse me, the back of the line is over THERE.” That just got me angry. so much that I actually DID cut in line. at that point I just didn’t care. of course she went and told on me, and I stood my ground. the whole controversy was that there was a drawing for the first 100 people to get a gift certificate, and there wasn’t even 100 people there. so I just agreed not to draw.
it depends. if i’m in line for my diploma i’d probably skip someone just to mess everything up :]
don’t say i’m a jerk. i have a sense of humour.
i bite them.
Well sometimes i stay shut because people are crazy and like to start trouble but ifs an “okay” person, then i will just tell them that they can skip but i gotta get in front lol.
My friend and I were in line for a roller coaster once. Very long line, we’d been waiting for maybe half an hour when all these people, (adults not teens) started to pass everyone in line because their friend maybe about 50 people in front of us was waving them all down. I stopped a girl and said excuse me you can’t cut every one in line. She said she wasn’t getting on and continued to move through people. Guess who was on the train in front of my friend and I? Yeah same girl.
I would tell them to get back and if they dont i will politely say ” It’s okay. You can stay there. I am an adult and i can act like one”. So they can feel bad about themselves. lol
well i’d be pretty annoyed but try to handle the situation politely. I’d tap he/she on the shoulder and tell them they cut in front of me and he/she shouldn’t do that. if said person reacts inconsiderately by saying they are in a hurry or they just don’t care, i’d be a little more forceful about it and say “well hey, if you’re in a hurry, maybe you should have gotten here earlier.” or “well everyone else behind me probably cares. i could ask them how they would feel about it. and i’m guessing they wouldnt be very happy about because they’ve been waiting the same amount of time as me.” if they continue to argue and say “i don’t care” i’d tell them to get out of my way before i go minja on their butts
let them go first if the person wants to go first so bad
When people ‘try’ to cut me in line like to a ride or lunch line or w/e I usually put my foot in front of them & just act casual&keep talking to my friends
It gives off that ” uhh . . Nooo . I see you cutting so you better not even try . “
Well, of course that depends…If they cut in front of me by accident and take their proper place in line after their faux pas is pointed out to them, nho harm done. Otherwise, a citizen’s arrest should be placed on them, and an impromptu tribunal should decide whetehr they are to be shot on the spot or simplyt barred forever from the establishent they have violated with their rudeness.
Don’t say anything. If that person wants to be that selfish, let them be. Be the bigger person and don’t respond to an immature thing.
This happened to me at a post office. There were quite a few of us waiting for service and it was another 45 minutes before closing time. Along came this lady who started chatting with her friend who was in front of me. Next thing I know she was next to her friend and now she too is ahead of me. I was not happy and was thinking nasty things in my head about her, but I did not do anything. I remained calm and ignored that it happened. I could of said something but I didn’t. It might have straightened her out a little bit if I did, embarrassed her anyway. I think I was a fool or an angel. Now if she had been an old lady, maybe I wouldn’t mind as much.
If it’s some elderly person, i let them go. If it’s somebody around my age, i tell them where the end of the line is
I look at it like you can’t win an argument with a idiot.
Not that all line jumpers are idiots.
Many are far from it some are preoccupied and disheveled but not all.
You can lead a horse to water but can’t make him think !
L.O.L.
I have found that when it has occurred to me most everyone when advised that there was a line.
Almost all acknowledged the situation & got in
in line.
Regardless I say excuse me but we have been waiting in line and have responsibilities to attend to, the line is back there.
Anyone that arrogant to not have any consideration
has a bully mentality & used to cheating.
I find these people have a life long history of anger management issues but tend to pick on people that they feel are vulnerable.
I’ve seen a guy that was a massive lookalike steroid beast taken down by a guy 5′ 10” tall & in crippling pain. Maybe it’s my mild tone of confidence or the fact that i have th sense to put my hand in my pocket just to keep it warM!
It makes even slow thinkers take notice as long as their not out of their minds and then i say to the person tending the line call security please.
Did that chick just tell the Asian reporter that she does “Kung Fu”?
Follow them home and then harass them by having pizzas delivered to their house
there is a longstanding tradition in this World as we know it. If a line is formed and you are not in it, you go to the back of the line. Things just seem to work better that way, right?
Ask them if they would like to settle it outside, if already outside ask them if they would like to settle it like men.
even if i am annoyed with that person, i take 2 seconds, put a little smile on my face and politely say this, “excuse me, umm, actually there’s a whole long queue and you jump in between..” if that person goes off with a no word or a sorry, then fine. but sometimes some people are so ridiculous! if they start to explain or give a stupid reason then i would not spare them and get brash by words! i would also speak in the favour of the remianing queue because that would help me gather mmore people to put that person out of the line.
i usually let them go on by when it’s a short line,
but when im waiting my precious, long time, & they decide to cut, THEN i attempt to get in front of them & tell them something.
but honestly, hasn’t everyone atleast cutted in line before?
I just get abit closer to them and when they turn to look at me I smile and say..” oh im sorry were you here before me ” and i step a bit back like if they were really there before and they ask oh is this the line? im like yeah it is but it doesnt start here ,lol, its funny but you know what it really works all the time.
This situation happens in New York City 24/7 is a bad habit that people love to do just to get you mad. Personally i just let it pass.
I find it frustrating when people cut in lines, but I find that it just ruins my whole day if I get involved in an argument or a scuffle about something as mundane as waiting 2 minutes longer in a queue. So I usually just let it pass get over it.
I will gently tap his/her shoulders, when he turn around i will tell him that me and also the others behind me (im also pointing all of them behind me) are on the line, and he should not cut in that way.
by this way, i show him that it is not me only that feel disturbed by his inpolite action, but also the others behind me.
If I’m not in a hurry I would just let it go but if in a hurry I would say “Pardon me but I’m in a bit of a hurry so I would appreciate you waiting your turn as everyone else in this line has, thank you”.
This happened to me in the line for the TKTS booth in Times Square. The line is clearly marked and people queue up at least an hour before the booth opens. They also have security to make sure everyone behaves. A man jumped over the barrier and stood in front of me in line. I loudly asked him, if he had lost his mind. He turned and looked at me quizzically. So I said, “Why did you jump in front of me in line?” He continued to give me the look. So, I went on, “This is a line and you jumped in front of me.” He then sheepishly said, “So sorry,” and left. I think people should be called out on their blatantly rude behavior. Stand up for yourself when necessary. (Of course, I knew that security would back me if it became necessary.)
When this happens to me, well I’m not strong enough to kick ass, but I do have a very loud voice and I will it to make a big scene about it. I’m not the type to get embarrassed easily.
I will cuss them out. I don’t care how big or small they are. I will point to where the need to be standing. Or my personal favorite I shove myself next to them and push my way forward.
Most people are usually not that rude. How I react depends on the situation. If the person is elderly or has small children with them, I would let it slide, or better yet; I would offer them the opportunity to go ahead of me. People have given me cuts in line also. Why not return the favor. I am not one for confrontations so I am willing to let it slide. No big deal. I’m sure I may have inadvertently cut in line a few times myself. Let it go. Move on.
Every situation is different, if the line was for the guillotine, for example, I’d be glad to let someone jump in the queue ‘ahead’ of me
If you were queuing in the grocery store for twenty minutes and someone did have the brass to just cut in ahead of you, you would have to say something. If the queue was large and orderly you would no doubt get backup from whoever else was standing in it.
I saw a security guard drag a woman out a shop once, she caused a scene over a queue. No doubt she lost her shopping and ended up losing a good part of her day too! So it didn’t pay off for her.
And if given the chance to jump a large queue with no consequence, would you not do it? I know I would without a doubt.
What if you jumped a cue by no fault of your own? Say you’re in a hospital waiting room (which we all know is never a short wait) and the nurse calls your name out after only two minutes wait (to the annoyance of the other patients) you’re not going to stay in your seat because you thought you were jumping a queue, are you? But after you go in and see the doctor, the nurse then points out she accidentally called your name before she should have done…
i becom very angry my eyes red my face blak mabe i beat him after i cry if he say sorry i can forgef him if not i will say som bad things that i remember
I say Holy Crap!!! Where in the Hell did you get a VIP Pass to cut in LINE? I freaking want one! Let me see what it looks like…Ya that’s what I thought now take your ass to the back of the line : )
I hate that so much! I’m in high school and EVERYONE has to budge, even if it’s two spots ahead of their original spot. It’s so frustrating, before I know, I’m the last one in the lunch line after everyone budges me! It doesn’t seem like a big deal, but it does get aggravating. I’m 5 feet tall and I’m not afraid to call them out on it. If they wanted to be first in line, they should have gotten their first. UGH.
I would pretend to call my friend and start gossiping loudly. If they don’t leave by then I’d start talking about how rude people that cut are.
When someone cuts me in line, I get very upset. I calmly tell them to more, if they don’t, I say it a little louder. If they still don’t, I tap them and tell them I was there first…or tell the manager if they STILL don’t move.
I was about to buy a bottle of water and this douche gets in front of me and says “the line is back there” I look behind me and I had no idea what he was talking about. He just stood there and looked at me like I was an idiot so I just threw my arms open and let the whiny b**** have his way. I really can’t believe someone would do that..and all he bought was this piece of paper. I thought lines started at the register?
If they are with someone who’s already in line I give it a pass, but if they’re just being a jerk I would probably say,”excuse me?” if that didn’t clue them in or at least bring others to my defense I would probably count on the cashier to exercise a little authority and try to bring them back where they belong.
This has happened to me. I was at Walmart (of all places, I should have expected idiots) in a check-out line that split into 2 registers. I didn’t want to be rude and cut in front of the lady in front of me to move to the other register, so I kept the line behind me. Some Asian lady cut in front of me and I actually spoke up for the first time in my life. I told her the line was back here and she just looked at me. The lady in front of me I didn’t want to cut in front of told her it was okay! Some people are so rude and flat out stupid!! If it was okay, then she should have told me I could go in front of her. I swear, society’s manners are heading in a downward spiral never to be returned!
I don’t do anything.
Because I’m small and look young people do it all the time to me. There were a couple times when the lady looked back at me and felt bad so she lined up behind me, I guess that was nice of her.
But yeah, I only just bitch about them in my head
I do nothing. I am a cowerd.
I tell the person “Hey excuse me, the line continues right behind me”
Kick their ass.
Look, I would let it go. But if the queue is very long and I’ve waited so long then…….
I would first ask them politely “Excuse me madam/sir I think you kind of pushed in, can you please go to the back of the line?” And if they don’t go back and just stare at me with an annoyed and confused look. I would then tap on their shoulder and ask again.
But if it’s a situation where they don’t even bother to look back and speak, then I would get my phone and like pretend to call a friend. Then say loudly “Wow yeah I know, so much people that push into the line! How rude is that!!!!” They’ll probably know I’m talking to them, ahhaha.
Wow…..that’s a lot of answers. If someone steps in front of me, I would try to ignore them. Patience is the fruit of the Spirit.
But wait—everyone has bad days.
If I can’t just be patient, I will say hi and tell them my name—-if I know them, I would say hi and ask them what’s up. If they don’t get the hint, I will politely and quietly let them know that the end of the line is back there…just in case they are with a friend or something and don’t want to be embarrassed.
But if they really meant to cut in on me, I would ask them why. It depends on their answer. I personally have not ever had an adult try to cut in on me–kids usually listen to me and all the adults I know are really nice. But I can imagine…if the person says that they don’t care, I will tell them that I have been waiting for a long time and that they aren’t very considerate, and that they should go to the end of the line. But if they don’t listen to me—go back to the top. ;D
=)
If there was a small waiting line, I would tell him to back off because I was there first. If there’s a big line, I’d tell him: It’s ok by me, but you also have to ask all those behind me to get an ok by them too, because they’ll be waiting too if that happens. They’d back off then for sure
Smile at them and ask how they are doing and just talk their ear off. They eventually will regret cutting in front of you especifically and maybe go to the back of the line or never cut anyone again. Worse case you just pretend to start talking into a hidden microphone and say something like …eagel Eye, the package has arrived. Then they will seem really nervous and move to the back of the line.LOL!
I live in Miami ,that is normal behaviour in Miami.
when the people is not doing it ,I get bore and recur (I have recourses ) to the music in the radio.(boring traffic ,eaggghhhh)
is funny also when I see country people complaining about the traffic in this city.
If they have a good reason and ask, its fine. If they just push in front, well, there are choices. If I mention it and they are rude, I can call over a manager of the store if that is appropriate or simply ignore and not waste energy on a troubled person. Although, there are exceptions for the handicapped. My mother Lucy was a Parkinson disease victim who had very little balance and I had a very curt ex-sister-in-law’s mother that was envious that my mother had such loyalty from her children rushing to see her on holidays or when in town so she would tell tall tales and distort my mother’s personality; i.e. the line thing was one of her complaints without bothering to tell the reality that my Mom might fall right on the ground due to her illness and could not stand for long periods of time unless she had some assistance; I still maintain there are exceptions to this golden rule of waiting your turn.
by the way ,
in Miami ,You get cut by Lamborghinis,bentlys,Mercedes,Bmw,Lexus.Ferarris,Jaguars.
so ,get in line so see the show. and beg for they cut on You.
I had fun reading some of the posts to this question. They prove we are all territorial. I find most of the comments and reactions hilarious. Cutting in line is certainly not worth calling security and having them drag a person out of line. We don’t get the type of drama where I come from. It is not worth all the drama. Let it go.
Normally: I do nothing.
If I’m in a rush (like once, it was my turn to pay for something at a busy store in the mall at Christmastime and someone cut right in front of me when I’d been waiting for fifteen- twenty minutes.), I’ll politely say something. I’m thirteen and somewhat short, so I sometimes wonder if people don’t notice me.
If someone cuts me in line I would politely say “Excuse me, I was standing here first.” Hopefully they are polite enough to respond with “Sorry” and then get behind me. If they are snobbish and decide not to care I wouldn’t start an argument. Obviously they’re in the wrong and are being completely childish and it would be even more childish to push them away and begin a fight.
If a WOMAN did it (context of a store) I would look for a small item that would set of the store’s inventory control system. then drop it in her bag/purse/etc. Then let her have her turn ahead of me, wait till she walks out and enjoy the show. Depending how how she plays it she might even get the cops called on her. All while I walk out of the store feeling great.
if a MAN did it, my first comment would be “I’m sorry, I didnt know know you felt you were more important than me.” As loudly as I can respectiely I would let him know he’s a self-centered prick. I ensure I would do this 2 inches from his face.
I cough very loudly and hope they look behind and see that theres a que. If not i standing right behind them, so my body is literary 1cm away from their body and then they usually get intimidated and move!
if someone cut me in line i tell my teacher
If i have the courage :
I tell this person that have not cut the line s/he should not cut it in front of me.
I mostly do not say anything because people are violent end impredictable nowadays.
It only happened to me once and it actually wasn’t in front of me but several people ahead of me.
I walked up to the fellow and asked him to step out of line. He refused, I called security and explained the problem with several others in line and security escorted him to the back of the line.
The reality is you can’t put your hands on anyone or you’ll be the one going to jail. If security isn’t around or none available you might try going around the person and so on. If it doesn’t work, and management can’t help, than nothing can be done.
Its never a good reason to get yourself into trouble for the extra 5 minutes of wait.