tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15545356.post113930431565538249..comments2024-02-14T16:57:45.608+00:00Comments on The Vol Abroad: ViL: We're too polite...Vol Abroadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07083054947673242940noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15545356.post-1139440341984184722006-02-08T23:12:00.000+00:002006-02-08T23:12:00.000+00:00Sailer's point was about cultural variations; in s...Sailer's point was about cultural variations; in some cultures people are more disinclined to face the unspoken opprobrium of their peers, so that eg a dirty look can send a queue-jumper to the back of the line. His examples were Japan and Britain. I certainly think this is a real cultural variation. In other cultures a queue jumper simply gets pushed to the back of the line. I'm not sure one is necessarily superior to the other.<BR/><BR/>BTW the Polish immigrant workers play loud music but they're very nice if you actually knock on the door & ask them to turn it down. :)Vol-in-Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547275023499511000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15545356.post-1139425730246220372006-02-08T19:08:00.000+00:002006-02-08T19:08:00.000+00:00I'm sensing racist overtones here. I remember a co...I'm sensing racist overtones here. I remember a conversation I once had with a woman in Ohio who was very disturbed by queue jumpers in Florida. <BR/><BR/>I guess it happens everywhere, doesn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15545356.post-1139342246367821212006-02-07T19:57:00.000+00:002006-02-07T19:57:00.000+00:00You might want to include in your listing of queue...You might want to include in your listing of queue jumpers the tiny mama-sans who, though two feet shorter, will flat run over you if you don't physically stand your ground.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15545356.post-1139312924934790512006-02-07T11:48:00.000+00:002006-02-07T11:48:00.000+00:00You are so right. When we lived in Europe, we cou...You are so right. When we lived in Europe, we could sense the decreasing lack in civility the further south and east we went. Istanbul was the worst. Though I never made the connection, queue jumping was a visible manifestation of the phenomenon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com