Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:05 pm Post subject: Queue jumping
I recently flew Air Asia from Kuala Lumpur to Phuket and took the flight from the new LCC terminal. The immigration section isn't very well organised and relies on people lining up two abreast and going through a long maze until they reach the counter. Unfortunately there is room enough to overtake if you are rude enough to do so.
There was a flight leaving to Jakarta at the same time and when I was was about halfway through the maze, a great number of Indonesians did just that. One after the other. The first three were old ladies so I let them go but then more people came - young men, families, more old women, young women. The Singaporean beside me was incensed and started barking out all kinds of rebukes but was ignored. I called over the security fellow and indicated what was happening and he just smiled. Some people behind me tried to link arms and block the passage but these people just climbed the ropes around them. A couple of Thai university students in front of me said it happened every time with them.
It was Indonesia Vs. The Rest of Asia in the LCC, with Indonesia winning easily.
So is queue jumping just a cultural norm in Indonesia? _________________ Wer tanzen will, muss die Musik bezahlen
Still happens frequently in thailand-- youre standing there at the checkpit counter at 7/11 and some fat bitch just cuts in front and puts her stuff on the counter ahead of you. they act as it is perfectly normal.
Ha, queue jumping is an Asian trait again (for the most part) - and probably happens in all Asian countries (not sure about Japan though). Happens all the time in India, and happens all the time here in Walmart in China too. Many a times I'm standing in line with a buggy full of groceries, and some person with just one thing to check out coolly tries to barge in front of me with the excuse "I've just got one thing"! Boy, that burns my ass up ... it's one thing if I myself let the person go first, but it's QUITE another when they just up and jump the line
Hewer's post brings to mind an interesting story ...
I was travelling to HK a month or so ago, and just for those who dont know, in order to go from HK-China and back, one has to go through immigration on the Chinese side, then on the HK side (and repeat the whole process in reverse on the way back) since even though HK is officially now part of China, "the one country two systems" rule means that HK has it's own laws, immigration, etc.
The immigration lines on the Chinese side were VERY long, and tempers were starting to flare, as they often do!
Come to the HK side, and I'm standing in a queue, awaiting my turn. Suddenly an elderly man came up in front of me, and joined the other elderly man who was standing in front of me anyway. Then, a second man came up, and did this same thing ... at which point, I rather crossly asked them if there were any more of them who were going to simply line up in front of me (thereby jumping the queue).
To which all three of them replied extremely rudely "We are all together, you have a problem with that"
Incensed, I said heck yeah I do have a problem with the whole world jumping in front of me!
They retorted with something even ruder, and at this point the Chinese guy behind me in the queue angrily joined in, telling them to "get the *** back in line", and at that point the whole thing became a free for all... Rahul screaming and shouting in English, the Singaporeans doing the same in "Singlish" and Cantonese, and Chinese guy screaming away in Cantonese! We ended up creating quite a ruckus, but I think we were justified.
The immigration officers sadly had no clue on how to deal with it, and though there were was PLENTY of screaming and shouting, eventually they let the fools go first, ahead of us.
And this was in HK, which "supposedly" is "British" when it comes to these things! Not any longer, I must say
The Japanese line up silently like mannequins. No one cuts in. Mind you, noone gets let in either, regardless of whether you are blind, 8 months' pregnant or 100 years old.
The exception is south Osaka, which is the roughest area of Japan (maybe the only rough area). Nobody lines up, they kind of mill around and storm the train together when it stops. Strange that this only happens there. _________________ Wer tanzen will, muss die Musik bezahlen
Rahul screaming and shouting in English, the Singaporeans doing the same in "Singlish" and Cantonese, and Chinese guy screaming away in Cantonese! We ended up creating quite a ruckus, but I think we were justified.
Cranky Singlish sounds so cool _________________ Wer tanzen will, muss die Musik bezahlen
The Japanese line up silently like mannequins. No one cuts in. Mind you, noone gets let in either, regardless of whether you are blind, 8 months' pregnant or 100 years old.
Pretty much how it should be, at least this way there's some sort of order, rather than it being a free for all.
I wouldn't mind letting in a blind person, or a pregnant lady - but not everyone under the sun. There ARE limits ... _________________ Dongguan Expat - Your online Community!
Rahul screaming and shouting in English, the Singaporeans doing the same in "Singlish" and Cantonese, and Chinese guy screaming away in Cantonese! We ended up creating quite a ruckus, but I think we were justified.
No offense... but just got this off an email from a friend and its funny
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Learn Chinese in 5 Minutes
(Must Read Out Loud)
That’s not right Sum Ting Wong
Are you harbouring a fugitive Hu Yu Hai Ding
See me ASAP Kum Hia
Stupid Man Dum Fu k
Small Horse Tai Ni Po Ni
Did you go to the beach Wai Yu So Tan
I bumped the coffee table Ai Bang Mai Fa Kin Ni
I think you need a face lift Chin Tu Fat
It’s very dark in here Wai So Dim
I thought you were on a diet Wai Yu Mun Ching
This is a tow away zone No Pah King
Our meeting is scheduled for next week Wai Yu Kum Nao
Staying out of sight Lei Ying Lo
He’s cleaning his automobile Wa Shing Ka
Your body odour is offensive Yu Stin Ki Pu
Great Fa Kin Su Pah _________________ excuse me if I make no sense...
This definitely deserves to get moved to at least a new thread in the jokes section, maybe even better a new forum: "LEARN ASIAN LANGUAGES FAST' or so.
No offense... but just got this off an email from a friend and its funny
============================================
Learn Chinese in 5 Minutes
(Must Read Out Loud)
That’s not right Sum Ting Wong
Are you harbouring a fugitive Hu Yu Hai Ding
See me ASAP Kum Hia
Stupid Man Dum Fu k
Small Horse Tai Ni Po Ni
Did you go to the beach Wai Yu So Tan
I bumped the coffee table Ai Bang Mai Fa Kin Ni
I think you need a face lift Chin Tu Fat
It’s very dark in here Wai So Dim
I thought you were on a diet Wai Yu Mun Ching
This is a tow away zone No Pah King
Our meeting is scheduled for next week Wai Yu Kum Nao
No offense... but just got this off an email from a friend and its funny
============================================
Learn Chinese in 5 Minutes
(Must Read Out Loud)
That’s not right Sum Ting Wong
Are you harbouring a fugitive Hu Yu Hai Ding
See me ASAP Kum Hia
Stupid Man Dum Fu k
Small Horse Tai Ni Po Ni
Did you go to the beach Wai Yu So Tan
I bumped the coffee table Ai Bang Mai Fa Kin Ni
I think you need a face lift Chin Tu Fat
It’s very dark in here Wai So Dim
I thought you were on a diet Wai Yu Mun Ching
This is a tow away zone No Pah King
Our meeting is scheduled for next week Wai Yu Kum Nao
Staying out of sight Lei Ying Lo
He’s cleaning his automobile Wa Shing Ka
Your body odour is offensive Yu Stin Ki Pu
Great Fa Kin Su Pah
Chinese gold-medal winning swimmer "We Do Ping"
_________________ Wer tanzen will, muss die Musik bezahlen
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