If you're standing in line and someone overtakes, what do you do?
By rosedust82
@rosedust82 (2066)
Philippines
September 23, 2008 2:46am CST
Do you just keep quiet?
Do you tell your friend?
Do you let the person "hear" you saying "You should fall in line like the rest of us"
Or do you go right up to the person and tell them that they should go at the back and fall in line?
This has happened to a lot of us and I know it gets really irritating especially if you've been in line for hours! There was a time when I was applying for my passport and there were like more than a hundred people in front of me waiting in line as well. Then someone went straight up to the guard and she was given the right to cut all of us. That got the crowd angry (including me).
I usually do either one of three reactions often but I have a hard time telling a person straight up. I'm too soft spoken and ask people too nicely and they sometimes don't do it because of that. I've seen some people though who have no problems telling someone straight up that he/she should get his/her fanny at the end of the line or else... 
What would you do if someone does this? 
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6 responses
@anne12d (676)
• Philippines
23 Sep 08
I'll caught his/her attention and talk to him/her in a nice way that he/she should fall in line just like the rest of us. But if that person is so stubborn and I looses my patience... Gudluck to that person! I might humilate him/her in front of other people if that person ask it! For sure the people who falls inline are sure gonna get mad to that person so I'm not the only one who will do such thing.
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@repzkoopz (1895)
• Philippines
23 Sep 08
i'm not exactly a very patient person when it comes to this instances. usually, i peacefully tell the person (with a smile!
) to fall in line properly. and since i'm quite a big guy, they usually do comply. but if the person doesn't comply, i sometimes tend to get really mad but i still try to get authority to fix the problem, and make a point that there are others in the line too. it would be best to do it this way anyway. 
) to fall in line properly. and since i'm quite a big guy, they usually do comply. but if the person doesn't comply, i sometimes tend to get really mad but i still try to get authority to fix the problem, and make a point that there are others in the line too. it would be best to do it this way anyway. 1 person likes this
@nengs10 (3180)
• Philippines
23 Sep 08
I'm very particular with that. So for me, I would really talk to the person right away, let her go out of the line and go to the last spot. Well, it's good to be fair and just always. I'm not just talking about myself, I'm also concerned with the people who are overtaken by the said person.
@migsmartinez (1293)
• Philippines
23 Sep 08
I would definitely speak up. I would first kindly tell the person that there is a line and that he/she should fall in line like the rest of us. When that doesn't work, I'd raise my voice and try to get the attention of others who are behind me so that they'd get angry at the person.
It happened to me and my friends once before. It was at the opening of the first Krispy Kreme here in the Philippines and we were there the night before the grand opening. We were third in line and we got to talk to the people ahead of us. The following morning, there was a guy who was moving forward in line trying to get to the front without anyone noticing. He cut us and we didn't notice at first. Then my friend noticed that guy because he wasn't part of the two groups in front of us. We asked the two groups ahead of us if he was part of their group and they both said that they've never seen him before. We then approached him and asked him where he came from. He said he was there all night, which was an obvious lie. He didn't move and kept insisting that he was in line the whole time. A lot of people were angry. We finally talked to a security guard to report the guy. When the guard was approaching, the guy started moving back while cursing us under his breath. Good for him.
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