day 93... queue jumping!!

day 93... queue jumping!!

Today my task was simple enough, i had to jump a queue, or several if i felt inspired to do so, Im generally fairly polite, and definatley do not enjoy people pushing in on a line  iv'e been waiting in, and so was just a little bothered by this assignment. The only thing for it  was to put the whole "do unto others" philosophy, and any moral compass completely out of the window for a few moments

After a little research i realised there were rules to queue jumping, definate do's and dont's that the succesfull jumper has to follow.. I will share them with you:-  

Do - Target tourists, they are less likely to say/do anything  about your cheek, they wont know the rules here, may not speak the language well enough  to make a coherant protest.. and its important to remember, its probably the done thing in their country  as it is in most, not many nations  have the queueing disease.

Dont - target the elderly , they have  high moral standards, which prevent them keeping quiet about percieved injustices ( but if they didnt we would be speaking german) The elderly its worth remembering  are always on the lookout for an oppertunity to brow beat you publicly for a breach in manners on your part, dont give them the satisfaction.

Dont -  Head for the middle of the queue, people in this area have been waiting a fair while, statistics point to  middle waiters feeling the most stressed, they may not really have time to be waiting in this queue anyway, maybe theyre worried they wont be seen in time  due to your push in. you could definately catch an unwanted rection.

Do - Jump in at the very front of the queue,this  is the best place to jump in believe it or not, the reasons for this are two fold: firstly, they are right  near the front  and so have relaxed, theyve done the wait and  know that despite your push in  they will be seen.. and secondly, they will be so taken back by the blatant cheek, they may find themselves lost for words

So rules in mind, and task afoot, i walked casually into the post office to get something weighed that needed posting , i very quickly however realised that this was not to be the scene of my intial push in.. there was a queue about 8 strong, pensioners to the last man, all deep in conversation.. double danger!! The last thing i want to do is anger a whole crew of elderly folk with a push in, they would  all be outraged  on the offended party's behalf and i couldnt  be sure that walking sticks wouldnt be shaken in my direction at very least.

I waited  and weighed, and posted, and left, and headed to tesco, Now this bustleing supermarket was to be  the scene of my crime, I gathered the shopping id entered for, keeping an eye out for a queue that fit the profiling.. foreigner heavy, devoid of the elderly.. in the end what i opted for was the self service tills.. there were 4 tills  all being used  and a queue of  4 people waiting, 2 at each side... i timed  my dash perfectly, and as one person left shopping in bag, i stormed straight through the middle of the 2 mini queues, onto a till and began scanning, i heard a tut! a quiet one.. nothing more.

QUEUE JUMPED - MISSION ACCOMPLISHED