- scarlet wrote:
But it could be partly attributed to the British thing, I mean don't you guys Queue to get into a queue? :lol:
We love a bit of queueing :)
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- then again, its up to the person behind the counter to tell the customer to stand inline.
Very true. Concord I'm starting to think it is a "cultural" thing. It may have to do with having to "push your way" to get things done and only because "everyone else does it". I don't like generalizations but my experience has been that "indians" tend to be the pushiests (I use the term but I have no way of knowing whether someone is from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh because I do not speak any of those languages). And no, they don't all "look alike". But if i lived in a country with so many people I imageine waiting in line would get you no where. Perhaps the same attitude is brought here. I imagine the person that tried to get ahead of you at the petrol station may think twice next time. Now you just have to do the same for the other 700,000 :shock: I do the same (specially since I know none of them are armed) :shock: My worse experience happened d at the bank when I first arrived. As I was conducting my transactions this guy just sits next to me (there were 2 chairs facing the desk and the person who was helping me). My first reaction was to yell at the guy but luckily for him (and for me as I had only arrived in Dubai the day before) I was just finishing my transaction. What did he look like? see above... freza This is a chronic annoyance in Dubai. I like Bleakus' advise (finally!) You can always speak up and embarrass the person, which is a bit of fun, or you can just let it go. I think the worse thing to do is get seriously upset over something like this - so not worth it.
BTW, what segment of the population do you think mostly does this cutting in queue thing?
nah, jk Concord
- freza wrote:
BTW, what segment of the population do you think mostly does this cutting in queue thing?
nah, jk
see above freza ^ oh my, you're extra bold today... ^ian^ The people who cut in the queues at Carrefour sh!t me. It's like... they know what they're doing, but they don't think anyone is bold enough to challenge them. I have on occasion given them the 'look' and once asked someone what the hell they thought they were doing. I agree with Concord's analysis that it's probably due to the fact that for some people if they queued in their own country, they'd get nowhere, and sometimes you have to jump queues... but come on, not at the supermarket. Concord
- freza wrote:
^ oh my, you're extra bold today...
whew! I read "bald" first time around. After checking in the mirror I re-read it. What a relief!!!
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- freza wrote:
I like Bleakus' advise (finally!)
what is that suppose to mean? :twisted: :twisted: freza
- Concord wrote:
- freza wrote:
^ oh my, you're extra bold today...
whew! I read "bald" first time around. After checking in the mirror I re-read it. What a relief!!! - freza wrote:
ian, have people tried to cut in queue with their shopping carts or just carrying a basket? Now really, shopping cart cutting-in is so not subtle! Damn. Frodo Its definitely a cultural thing...can't stand it as well...FYI Im not british :wink: so let's not generalize and put the blame on any ethnic group Where's my aureole???!!! jabbajabba I think Concords analogy is near the truth - If you grew up knowing that you would never get anywhere waiting inline you would go for the 'get in there' approach. My tolerance is getting better though - I was at the airport this week and stopped to use the toilet - the guy at the wash basin next to me was depositing the green phelm from his nose and throat down the plug hole. I did not even bat an eyelid 8) Palkid7 a friend of mine who came from the states to dubai for the first time, told me the same thing, that people here don't respect that. It is like they are all busy and everyone else is not :evil: :evil: well for ur info everyone is busy and has stuff to do, but respect should be on top of everything else ! 8) 8) asc_26 It's partly cultural thing plus attitude. Even you put "first come first serve" signboard they will not understand. In McDonald, a friend of mine fight with a guy in Kandura for cutting the line. :shock: In some situation we can let it go but sometimes it's just hard to let go especially if the person trying to cut the line is not aged. I find it nasty really, they already cut the line then when they reach the counter they'll call the crew "hey, hey...give me this etc.." - this is really attitude. i dont know what to say anymore. If i am the next person, i just go otherwise my blood pressure will suddenly increase. :shock: Coops for me the worst is getting into a lift! If you wait more than 5 seconds for the people to get out the 10 people who arrived after you will push in front leaving you to wait for the next one. I was once waiting for the lift and an elderly lady was next to me. The lift arrived and as we were getting in this young guy in a suit squished past us so he could get in first. Funny thing was...there were only 3 of us waiting! Bleakus thats when you ask the guy nicely and tell him that he is cutting in line, if he seems to understand the responsibility of his actions and doesnt step back, thats when you hold him by the throat and choke him until he understands that. im sorry, but sometimes people only learn the hard way ;) jabbajabba
- Coops wrote:
for me the worst is getting into a lift! If you wait more than 5 seconds for the people to get out the 10 people who arrived after you will push in front leaving you to wait for the next one.
I was once waiting for the lift and an elderly lady was next to me. The lift arrived and as we were getting in this young guy in a suit squished past us so he could get in first. Funny thing was...there were only 3 of us waiting!
The lifts - thats another :evil:
Have you noticed when you try to get out of the lift, people block your way trying to come in - It's like let me out you idiots, lift is not going anywhere until the people needing to leave get out first.
- Bleakus wrote:
if he doesnt step back, thats when you hold him by the throat and choke him until he understands that.
im sorry, but sometimes people only learn the hard way ;)
haha. seconded. jabbajabba
- mighty.one wrote:
- Bleakus wrote:
if he doesnt step back, thats when you hold him by the throat and choke him until he understands that.
im sorry, but sometimes people only learn the hard way ;)
haha. seconded. - Bleakus wrote:
Thirded - shall we start a vigilante group and walk round stores and lift shafts and then each time we see a case empty a tin of paint on them or something just as humiliating?
ok - i am going to far again. Coops we used to put the good ol' fart machine to good use in crowded lifts at home. Not sure the sort of reaction they would get here :D mighty.one grrr i hate lifts and especially sharing them with people that have not discovered deodourant(if thats how you spell it) Coops oh and another thing my husband hates! is lining up at the supermarket and they stand right up behind him pressed against his back :shock: - i always laugh cuz it doesnt happen to me. He has now taken to stading back to back with me glaring at the person behind so they at least leave a 1cm gap! mighty.one ^ haha bushra21 like bleakus said if the person is old I'll let it go. but if its someone thats young then he better just move back when i give him the look. otherwise ill say something. this usually only happens to me, like ian, at carrefour. i remember i was waiting in line for like 15 minutes once and this guy, i wont say his nationality...*cough* decides to step in front of me right up to the counter and hand her his basket...now, Im wearing a abaya and a sheila so i dont really think you can miss me, i told the cashier not to ring his stuff up and he starts yelling me. stupid stupid people. learn how to stay in line. yorky500 I have NO hesitation in telling the queue jumper just exactly where he should go and stand i.e. at the back. I think it is downright ignorant of the person/s, and I don't care what culture/country he is from. The only exceptions I make is if someones comes and asks me if he can go in front cos he may have a small number of items when I have "Spinneys" sitting in my trolley. Its all about being polite. Also, kids (from my experience, mainly Emiratee kids) are perpetrators of this "queue jumping." They are pulled up straight away and told exactly where they went wrong and where they too can go and stand. They need to be taught that they are not privaliged. yorky gets flame suit ready. mighty.one i HATE wild wadi queue jumpers. They deserve to drown..slowly :) bushra21
- yorky500 wrote:
Its all about being polite. Also, kids (from my experience, mainly Emiratee kids) are perpetrators of this "queue jumping." They are pulled up straight away and told exactly where they went wrong and where they too can go and stand. They need to be taught that they are not privaliged.
hmmm well ive never had to deal with any local kids...for me its always been indians or pakis
and yeah, i tell them to go to the end of the line as well. Palkid7 You go Girl ! :lol: :lol: :lol: Concord
- Coops wrote:
oh and another thing my husband hates! is lining up at the supermarket and they stand right up behind him pressed against his back :shock: - i always laugh cuz it doesnt happen to me.
:lol: :lol: :lol: I forgot that one. So fooking annoying! I turn around and say "may I help you" (really). Btw, just a matter of "speech". MaaaD
- Coops wrote:
oh and another thing my husband hates! is lining up at the supermarket and they stand right up behind him pressed against his back :shock: - i always laugh cuz it doesnt happen to me.
He has now taken to stading back to back with me glaring at the person behind so they at least leave a 1cm gap!
hahaha ya i would MUCH rather have them jump the queue then do that .. but this is for sure cultural the concept of personal space doesn't exist in many cultures.
As for queue jumping who has been to Trilogy or peppermint on a popular night ... its chaos .. the security company fails to realize that they need to get people to stand in a queue and trust me the people going clubbing on a Friday night are not uneducated laborers !!! scot1870 It's a culture shock that's for sure. Whereas well-spoken Brits tend to be more privelaged in the UK, I feel this is one area where they lose out to folks from the provinces. Their posh cries of "excuse me!" are no match for a good, "oooooiiii, bawbag, back o the line"! pixie 32 I'm Indian and the sad thing is that I would have to agree with Concord about it being a cultural thing. If you think it's bad here, try living in India for a week....you'll burst an artery or two for sure! Everytime i visit Bombay, i scream at atleast 5 people (and i mean really scream!), elbow atleast 7 who try to encroach on my personal space and lecture atleast 13 kids...about not throwing rubbish out the window, spitting on the road, cutting queues, pushing and shoving... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I wish parents would take more responsibility in teaching their kids these basic manners! benwj
- bushra21 wrote:
hmmm well ive never had to deal with any local kids...
That's because you are wearing an abaya and from what I have seen, the "ladys first" culture still exists in Dubai. Many cutures are not used to this.
All nationalities do it, just some more than others.
The responses that I get (when they are confronted) are:
Indian/Pakis/Jinglies: To ignorant to know any better and shit themselves.
Local females: Let them go ahead.
Western female: Get very offended are are liable to start yelling.
Western male: none been silly enough to try it yet.
Local male: Surprised that you want them to wait their turn and offer to allow you to go before them. yshimy
- benwj wrote:
Local females: Let them go ahead.
Western female: Get very offended are are liable to start yelling.
Local male: Surprised that you want them to wait their turn and offer to allow you to go before them.
hehhehe, very true. Specially the last one, they makes it as if they are doing you a favor.
But to be honest, even local ladies or men, i just tell them polietly "excuse me, there is a queue and all of us are waiting" in moderate voice so they don't get defensive.
Usually, i find the european ladies shouting in the queue and as mentioned before sometimes it is not intentional by the person and they appologize and go back, but the European, spcially british women keep yelling at him :D sometimes i feel bad for the person who do it in attendence of one of these british women who are really looking for a fight with a queue skipper sage & onion You really have to live in Saudi Arabia for the ultimate of Queue jumping experiences. yshimy hehehe, Saudi is 20 million it think.. Check it out in Egypt... 80 million person. Q start with one person then when it reaches 3, it stands parallel to the desk not perpendicular. Then layers of people to the extend of suffocating the ones in front... sage & onion
- yshimy wrote:
hehehe, Saudi is 20 million it think..
Check it out in Egypt... 80 million person.
Q start with one person then when it reaches 3, it stands parallel to the desk not perpendicular. Then layers of people to the extend of suffocating the ones in front...
Never been to Egypt, but I heard the stories :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: