Comments on: Richmond Proper: On Waiting in Line

By: Will

Will — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:26:06 +0000

8. If you are meeting your friends and arrive late to find a long line, don’t think it is OK to butt in next to your friends in the front of the line. This rule seems context dependent in that it seems more OK to break for a movie and concert where one may need to do so to avoid losing their friends, and much much less OK in the line at Cafe Ole (you know who you are) or a lunch cart where it more purely involves “getting over”.
8a. Don’t stand near a line and slowly insinuate yourself into it so that you have some plausible deniability during the process. This seems much more unbearably creepy than just blatantly butting in line.

By: Tess

Tess — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:48:41 +0000

Thanks. I’m loving it too! And I’m glad you uphold #6. There’s nothing like seeing an authority figure (that’s you at the checkout counter) squash the ambitions of frenzied line-rushers!

By: thecheckoutgirl

thecheckoutgirl — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:43:36 +0000

I am a warrior for #6. When I see the lines backing up at work, I usually run over an open a register. My GREATEST PLEASURE is telling someone who jumps out of line and runs over to me, “Ooooooh. Sooooorry. I have to take the NEXT person in line.” By that time, they’ve lost their place back in the line they came from. Who the fuck are you to think that even though other people have been waiting in line longer, you are so important that you don’t have to wait?

Oh, man. Touched a nerve.

BTW, great job, Tess. I am loving the new gig.

By: Tess

Tess — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:05:52 +0000

Yeah, tell me about it. And it all goes back to #7. Everybody is in a hurry…not just you. When we revert to the strongest or fastest animal running over the smaller or slower-moving animals, we revert to a life of chaos. If you prefer it that way, then take off your clothes and walk back into the woods. And good luck!

I feel like there are other waiting in line etiquette items that could be mentioned, but I didn’t want to get too deep into other categories such as cell phone etiquette or the etiquette of bringing kids around in public.

By: Ross Catrow

Ross Catrow — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:46:48 +0000

Oh man, Catrow family for #6. I WANT TO PUNCH #6 VIOLATORS.

By: Valerie Catrow

Valerie Catrow — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:27:15 +0000

Number 6 is so true. I’ve been almost run over (while holding a baby, mind you) by someone who HAD TO CHECKOUT OMG.

I kept telling myself “Maybe she just really had to go to the bathroom” in order to excuse her behavior.