Whether you are at the ticket counter at an airport, the security checkpoint at an airport, a hotel property, or a rental car facility, a person in the queue refuses to move even though the people in front of her inch towards the front of the line. What would you do?
Person In Queue Refuses to Move. What Would You Do?
“I’ve never both completely agreed and completely disagreed with a person more in my life” is what a person who identifies as feitelberg on Twitter — er…X — posted pertaining to a woman who waits until the queue moves all the way forward before she moves.
I’ve never both completely agreed and completely disagreed with a person more in my life pic.twitter.com/VpE7CqTmxw
— feitelberg (@FeitsBarstool) July 27, 2023
“It’s the same if I move now or later” is her response to people who confronted her on that line.
Final Boarding Call
When I am in a queue, I usually try to move forward as far as possible without getting too close to the person in front of me. If the queue is rounding a corner, I walk all the way to the corner so that the line behind me will move as much as possible.
Technically, the woman is correct: nothing changes whether or not she moves — as long as she is instantly prepared to be served by the next available person without delay; and the back of the queue is not spilling into an area where other people are inconvenienced…
…but it sure would be annoying, in my opinion.
How would you feel if you were in that situation — and what would you do?
Photograph ©2018 by Brian Cohen.
