Hello members I'm going to post a list of threads whereby I will give a particular situation and you reply how you will handle that situation. Now Situation 1: Suppose you are in a supermarket waiting in the queue to make payment for your groceries. There are many people before you and many behind you as well. Then, a middle-aged person comes near you, looks behind the queue and tries to cut the queue by by trying to squeeze in front you. What would you do in this situation? Would you ask that person nicely/sternly to join the queue behind? Or would you ignore that person due to his/her middle age? Let me know what you would do.
I'm so passive and I don't like speaking to strangers, that I would probably just accept my fate and quietly stew in frustration. Or maybe I'd try to speak up and it would just be "U-uh...uhm...e-e..." and then I'd stop. Maybe I'd politely draw attention to it, 'cause I am getting better at speaking to people. But I'm not for sure.
If they had a lot of stuff on them (which is unlikely of they're able to squeeze by), then I would protest. Otherwise, I'm a pretty laissez-faire kinda guy: I either get out of people's way, or I don't try to get in their way, even if they're in the wrong. So long as it doesn't hurt or seriously inconvenience anyone, I keep to myself. Far too many people let insignificant crap get to them.
Tell them, "Sir, there is a line. You have to wait like everyone else." Hell no, I'm not gunna keep quiet. That's so rude. I don't care about someone's age. They shouldn't be so rude!
I don't care how old someone is, if I didn't give them permission to cut in front of me, then they are overstepping boundaries and using their age to get what they want without taking others into consideration. I will probably be a bit more lenient when it's an elderly person and they don't have many items. But a middle-aged person can wait in line just like everyone else. I've gone through it before and have spoken up. And if I see an elderly person with only a little bit of stuff, I will offer for them to cut in front of me. Most of them decline anyway but it made me feel better because I offered. But it's a different story if they use their age as an excuse to be inconsiderate and downright rude.
While it is rude, I am not a very confrontational person with strangers. I'd probably let him cut. It really doesn't bother me much.
I would just tell him something like: "Sir, what are you doing? There's a queue, go to the end." I don't care how old he is, or how much stuff he has, or if he's in a hurry, he should ask for a permission first. I'm usually trying to avoid conflict, but this is very rude both to me and to people standing behind. I would definitely protest, and if anything, I would do it for the people behind me.
Idk. I'm pretty shy, but I get angry when people are rude. I may be Moreno passive aggressive and cut back in front of him... and go from there...
Well, if they cut the whole line it's not just me they're affecting, so I'd probably say something. I'm not the most confident person in the world, but I think I'd be irritated enough to ask why they thought they deserved to be served before people waiting in line before them. I might let it go, if they had a train to catch or something, but it's still not appropriate behaviour and if people continue to excuse it, they'll only keep doing it. Middle aged also, is not elderly and frail, nor does it make you more important than anyone else waiting. My parents are middle aged, and they're perfectly content to wait their place in line.
Age doesn't matter(age is just a number, i believe the saying goes), they can go to the back and I don't care what excuse they have Looking forward to #2
I'd cut in front of him. If he makes that impossible then, depending on how much of a hurry I'm in, I might let him know that there's a line and that he should get to the back. However if I'm not particularly tired or short on time then I probably wouldn't bother.
