Waiting in line - and who's keeping us down?

Ah yes, lines.

I don't have fond memories of them.

 

I personally don’t mind as being British I’m used to it, not to mention we’re honestly brilliant at queuing up.

 

Sound like there is some dencency in there. Here everyone does anything to get in first than everyone else: The young use their elder as free passes, the pregnant use their babies as free passes, the common crime use their guns and knives as free passes.

 

lines after lines an held up traffic, i was thinking about that last week how it makes me feel like im just part of cattle being herded, its not to long now that i well be standing in a line waiting to be next to have a bolt shot in my head,

 

Yeah that's bullshit. You're better off just going to another bar if that's happening.

 

We can usually wait for a long time. There’s memes on it but really we’re not only used to it, but also seem to behave ourselves. If there’s no proper queuing station, we’ll make our own without being told.

We operate on a first come first serve basis, so if you queue skip or try to cut in bloody hell, you'll regret it. This is especially true when there’s sales or if the line is already really long. Foreigners have a hard time with this concept, but if they want to live or visit here they have to adapt to our culture.

 

I've noticed here like at Walmart and other stores they only have two checkers open. Almost force you to self check out

 

Well I think your post has some valid discussion points. Here are my thoughts:

-Waiting in line is part of reality and helps build character.

Instant gratification makes for softies and we have too many of those already. Get in line, wait your turn, and build up that important character trait of patience.

Stores, restaurant, other places of business can’t make life easy for everyone by having instant service. It’s not realistic.

-“Big Money” and you didn’t mention “Big Government” deliberately squashing the little guy and keeping them (us) down.

Hell yes this is happening!

Not happy about it of course. But I make the best out of what I have. Life over all is good so I really shouldn’t complain. Could be worse.

 

I love self check out, it’s not only more convenient but also makes it really quick to get out of shops.

The Tesco was redesigned here, at checkout it’s machines first (like 12 of them) and cashiers to the left. It’s a much faster process and seems to be working out quite well for them.

 

You're right Bo Peep. It is convenient, but if you have a basket full, a checker is the better option. If you've got a few items self checkout is the way to go

The ones here always have problems though like you hit a snag and an employee has to come over to help, or they don't take cash

 

Ah, I’ve always gone through there no matter the amount I had, I don’t like the whole cashier thing so even close to a shopping cart full run I try to do that quickly (to not hold up others).

Mine has problems too, but it doesn’t take long for them to come over and fix whatever the problem is.

 

i dont like self check out, i like interacting with the cashiers

 

This is ridiculous! So what do you propose instead of queuing? You think all the customers should have a massive fight to decide who get served first? No, queuing is the best solution. Don't like it? Shop online.

 

I personally think there’s not enough self check out, I’ve honestly been avoiding going to the shops that don’t have it if I can help it. Interacting with people is one of the most draining things to do.