Do any of you experience people cutting your queue or you cutting people's queue? Do not talk about driving. Only applies to human queue.

Such as when buying food or tickets or queuing for rides.

I find that in China, people will cut queue because a lot of these people come from uncivilized part of China. They even have to put queue police in McDonald's to make sure people queue up. Despite that, people are still cutting queue in McD. Anyway, that is China.

What about in Malaysia? Anyone of you think Malaysians are also uncivilized bunch of queue cutting morons?

Education level in Malaysia are pretty high. I am sure people are aware that cutting queue is not right but they still do it. Is it a Malaysian culture thingie?

From religious point of view, religion only emphasize on things that are more serious such as killing or rape or stealing. But petty things like queuing is not enforced in religion. But the thing is, queue cutting is such a small matter that it is no even considered sin? So a man can go cut queue all he wants and still go to heaven (when he die)?

For example, a recent experience I had. I was queuing for a ride in a themepark. There was this man with 2 daughters behind me. Then this man pretend to want to see what's ahead and cross over me to front. Then he started standing next to me. While the queue continue to move, his other two daughter started to walk past in front of him and soon it ended up his family of three standing in front of me. I am sure this guy (and his daughters) know they have cut queue but they acted like nothing. Shouldn't queuing be a mentality thing rather than physical? That means mentally, I know I am behind you. So I just stand where I should and even if I happen to be in front of you, I should be "courteous" enough to let you pass first because I KNOW I am behind you. Instead of physically squeezing in front of people and then thinking...yeah yeah..I am now in front of you...

People who cut queues, don't you have any manners? Or you just do not care because you can get away with it from authorities or from your god?

I am those type that won't let things like this spoil my mood. They want to cut go ahead. I usually have this laid back mood where I am not in a rush to go anywhere. This tend to create less stress. Instead of those rushing to do something to eat rushing to go rides, go watch something...rush rush rush...that is not "holiday" for me.

Reason this is in PhD, is because I also want people to talk about queue mentality from the point of education and religion. Especially do not want /k/ people to reply with their stupid one liners.

This is clearly a queue line. Everyone there is queuing. You know...those themepark rides where they have clear definition that it is queue for that ride. Yes..people wth etiquette will not do petty things like cutting queue. Only morons who are like staying in caves do that. The bad thing is, he is setting bad example for his child.

I do believe all these bad influence and bad role model does contribute to the bad upbringing which in the end causes bad morality in the society. Things like teen pregnancy and fighting and vandalism all comes from these parents who are irresponsible with teaching their kids. They instill things like education and religion into the kids and put the responsibility in school teachers or god. They themselves are showing bad example.

yes..yes...good example of people do it, I do it kind of mentality. The no remorse is because of the upbringing. Their parents did not teach them about manners.

i am fine with people "cutting queue" by having same family member queuing in different line. That is not really cutting queue to me because they do have people queue up for the line.

What I don't like is how people find every hole they can squeeze into and then come out in front of someone and they still think it's fair and square method of queuing.

Thus in third world country, people have to stand very near to each other or else someone else will try to cut queue. That is why sometimes you see those aunties (especially aunties) stand so near to you that you can hear her breathing, that's because they scared people cut their queue. The thing is, most of the time, those people who stand so near in queue are those who cut queues.

This post has been edited by abubin: Sep 7 2010, 05:39 PM

yes...elevator also another good example. These people just enter only. Don't care if people are coming out. Got one time, I made a sound of dissatisfaction when a girl just rush into the lift when the door open. I had to let her in only I can go out. After that, I think I heard some noise from her. She is saying something that sound like "what's the problem with me". Like she do not think she did anything wrong.

That's the malaysian mentality...even if you are at fault..you still say others are wrong.

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Added on September 7, 2010, 6:16 pmBTW...any comment from religion point of view? Is cutting queue a sin? I know religion teach people on doing good things. So is cutting queue something bad? What will god think about you if you cut queue?

This post has been edited by abubin: Sep 7 2010, 06:16 PM

Well..I do not totally agree with you on this. At school it's only 50%. Another 50% need to be taught at home or role modeled by the parents. You see, parents have VERY big influence on their kids. What the do, the kids will subconsciously pick up. For example, if the parent always use foul language when talking with someone else on the phone, in front of the child. The child will pick up those attitude and start to yell at people even if they do no use foul language but the attitude is already there.

Same thing apply to cutting queue. What the parent do, the child do it also without feeling remorse because the parent is giving signal that it's okay to do it. Manners still have a long way to go in creating a better society in malaysia. But I do hope we are heading the right direction. However, with all the thinks I am seeing, this will be much longer than I would like it to be. I do not come from rich family nor am I religious person. But I am doing what I can to create a better society. I do not expect 100% moral society but close to that will be nice.

haha..yeah...I have seen some cases where elderly people cut queue. They are old...so most people will let them be. Most would think these old people doesn't know the queue cause they are old. Well...respect the old like some said...

yes, i agree it happen to everywhere in the world but a lot less in advanced countries like europe or US or SG or AU.

What you are saying is high level of cutting cue. It is different from the kind of queue cutting in my mind. There are those who are not bothered to queue because of their low mentality. Most of the times these are people who are not civic minded. In another word, ignorant-selfish-uneducated-a-hole. Yeah...that's one word....

Ah...good example. Let me ask you then...since this is a sin, is there such things as big sin or small sin? Like killing people compared to cutting queue? Will religious people be thinking..this is only small sin..don't care.