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Post by gar on Jul 9, 2018 15:34:19 GMT
You get given one of these leaflets   |
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Post by joteves on Jul 9, 2018 15:35:19 GMT
What?
That's funny!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2018 15:37:12 GMT
You get given one of these leaflets I wish someone would hand these out at bus stops  |
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Post by bc2ca on Jul 9, 2018 15:38:38 GMT
How polite to provide instructions for the foreign visitors not born with the innate ability to line up.  |
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Post by SweetieBugs on Jul 9, 2018 15:38:40 GMT
What does it say inside? I must know the proper way to que (is that correct?)? I'm American so I only know how to "wait in line".
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Post by tiffanyr on Jul 9, 2018 15:40:21 GMT
I have heard it is an art...Americans just wait in line and most of the time not very well!!
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Post by lesley on Jul 9, 2018 15:44:18 GMT
What does it say inside? I must know the proper way to que (is that correct?)? I'm American so I only know how to "wait in line". It’s to queue.  And that leaflet is a damned fine idea! |
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Post by wellway on Jul 9, 2018 16:04:05 GMT
Haha. It begs the question, did people have to queue to get it?
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Post by RosieKat on Jul 9, 2018 16:29:22 GMT
Quite simply, this just tickles me. I love it!
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Post by Linda on Jul 9, 2018 16:47:45 GMT
 And I think it would be lovely if someone would produce one for Americans ...
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Post by Merge on Jul 9, 2018 16:50:45 GMT
I'm now worried that I've been lining up incorrectly all these years. As an elementary school teacher, I'd like to think I know a bit about what a good line should look like.  |
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 9, 2018 16:57:37 GMT
As if you would need to be told how to queue, gar!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2018 17:03:44 GMT
 It is mainly for all those that would trample everyone under foot to get day tickets. We need to keep order Here's a PDF of the rules !! from last year incase someone is thinking of attending at some time.
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Post by 950nancy on Jul 9, 2018 17:14:16 GMT
I'm now worried that I've been lining up incorrectly all these years. As an elementary school teacher, I'd like to think I know a bit about what a good line should look like. Do you think the British use the Hugs and Bubbles method? My favorite time of the year was seeing kindergartners walking down the hall silently with their hands wrapped around themselves and their mouths pushed out into a blowfish face. We spent a few weeks in England and France and other than the subway cattle call, I thought they were quite similar to the US. Maybe the Midwest is just good at lining up. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2018 17:23:32 GMT
Oh my word, that is hilarious!!!!! Missing my sweet British people!
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Post by anniefb on Jul 9, 2018 18:00:12 GMT
Ha ha love it |
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jul 9, 2018 18:05:22 GMT
I'm now worried that I've been lining up incorrectly all these years. As an elementary school teacher, I'd like to think I know a bit about what a good line should look like. Do you think the British use the Hugs and Bubbles method? My favorite time of the year was seeing kindergartners walking down the hall silently with their hands wrapped around themselves and their mouths pushed out into a blowfish face. We spent a few weeks in England and France and other than the subway cattle call, I thought they were quite similar to the US. Maybe the Midwest is just good at lining up. This is one of the few times when I DON'T think it's geared to American visitors. We're actually pretty good at the whole line thing - some other countries - seriously DO NOT UNDERSTAND what a line is and how to wait YOUR TURN! |
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Post by 950nancy on Jul 9, 2018 20:09:07 GMT
Do you think the British use the Hugs and Bubbles method? My favorite time of the year was seeing kindergartners walking down the hall silently with their hands wrapped around themselves and their mouths pushed out into a blowfish face. We spent a few weeks in England and France and other than the subway cattle call, I thought they were quite similar to the US. Maybe the Midwest is just good at lining up. This is one of the few times when I DON'T think it's geared to American visitors. We're actually pretty good at the whole line thing - some other countries - seriously DO NOT UNDERSTAND what a line is and how to wait YOUR TURN! When I was in France, the only guy I saw acting up did not speak American or French. The subway guy got so pissed at his behavior that the shut his window and wouldn't open it up again until the guy left his line. The customer apparently was not always right. |
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Post by janeinbama on Jul 9, 2018 20:52:02 GMT
I was reading some of last year's booklet. I can see where day of purchase tickets, one per person, could cause quite a queue.
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Post by zella on Jul 9, 2018 23:36:39 GMT
Don't know if it's changed now, as this was way back in '77 and '78, but we moved from England to a village outside of Paris. Parisians were awful about queuing. Specifically they would push in front of people they knew weren't French. Like us. I could have said something, my French was good enough, but I was way too shy. My mother would say things sometimes. They were really very rude in many ways. They'd also say things about us sometimes, assuming we didn't understand. I did. So did my sister. But she was just a little kid and also too shy to speak up.
Now this wasn't true of the people in our village, or our neighbors from Normandy, or the lovely people in the South of France. But it was also true of the Bretons we met (from Brittany).
No one queues like the British. It's one of our very best attributes. And though I'm now 40 years removed from my homeland I still am a staunch advocate of correct queuing!
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Post by dewryce on Jul 9, 2018 23:42:34 GMT
So what are the finer points of queuing? All I can come up with is 1) Start at the back. 2) Don't cut. 3) Pay attention. 4) Be ready when it's your turn. What'd I miss?
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And that leaflet is a damned fine idea! 
It is mainly for all those that would trample everyone under foot to get day tickets. We need to keep order 
