Comments on: Cutting in Line

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 14 May 2010 02:54:30 +0000

There’s this kid at my school whom I see every day at the lunch line and he has this nasty, compulsive habit of line hopping. Today, he cut in front of me, and I let him slide until we reached the front of the lunch line, where I edged back in front of him. As he went on sputtering profanity, my face turned red and I walked away in silence feeling half-guilty and half-victorious.
I’d really like to know if this was a justified display of social behavior, or if it was overly assertive and a larger failure on my part for having not stopped him earlier. Or am I just thinking too much about cutting in general? Should I be more lax with cutters? And what should I do in a very likely future confrontation?

By: James

James — Sat, 08 May 2010 20:28:01 +0000

In my school during lunch, it isn’t called a line anymore. It’s called a circle. A big fat circle near the cafeteria. I liked kindergarten better.

By: JoeA

JoeA — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:25:43 +0000

This has been very useful, I’m writting an essay on line jumping/cheating in life for a class. Thank you for all your comments (even the 4 year old ones :)

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:49:10 +0000

So you are standing in line at a calling/viewing at a funeral waiting to pay respect. Would it be appropriate to cut in line ( a very very long line) because you and your friend just get there, and another friend that has been waiting in line for 30 min and wants you to join her when you arrive?
If you were standing in this long line and two people cut in front of you would it bother you? My friends have been discussing this issue and no one agrees on what is appropriate

By: Karthik

Karthik — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:41:34 +0000

Kinda late to the party, but the best way to cut a line (by personal experience) is to identify the person with least resistance, cut it in front of him/her, turn back, smile and offer them a spot ahead of you. Works most of the time.

By: DCMAX

DCMAX — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:06:39 +0000

Wow hughes, I never thought line cutting was the basis for a political rant but, hey, if only conservatives are line cutters then it seems you would know best. Im pretty sure line cutting only exists in this country anyway. Hell Ive never seen a rich line cutting democrat, they must not exist. But aside from that I just wanted to say FUCK line cutters! they fucking suck! isent that what this is about? Shit, did I get the wrong room again? like time I was supposed to go to AA and walked into the driving lesson room instead… what a trip….yeah….

By: Hughes

Hughes — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:52:50 +0000

I was taught to be kind and considerate, to respect other people and their time and efforts. I thought that this was the way society was supposed to work. Granted, I was taught this by way of working at Bergdorf Goodman, Barney’s, Charivari and The Four Seasons Restaurant in Manhattan, but shouldn’t we be civilized about this. This is what kills me about the Conservative nut-bags in this country. In addition to being deeply unpleasant creatures: selfish, judgmental, intolerant, hard-hearted, foul-mouthed and lame-brained.. they aren’t just without manners, they’re positively animal-like in their incivility. Is this the consequences of unrestrained, amoral capitalism? It used to be that a stern look or a stern statement would thwart them, For humans, as well as for other social animals, such treatment was usually sufficiently painful to enforce conformity to the ‘‘appropriate’’ information processing strategies and consequent behavior. But today these people maintain an attitude of ‘‘high indifference.’’ From what I have been told, there remain small pockets of civilization, not so far from Manhattan.

By: DoctorG

DoctorG — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:05:17 +0000

Hughes, I applaud your aggression towards line cutters. Last night I was waiting in line to enter a crowded restaurant. It was rather slow moving because the bouncer was checking IDs and everyone that was not fortunate enough to leave town was at this restaurant. A couple casually walks up and cuts my friend and I. When we got to the front of the line, I shoved my ID in front of the girl’s to give to the bouncer first. She verbally objected and said ‘Why does it matter’ in regards to her cutting. I must have forgotten that the ape-faced freshman and her vagina-faced boyfriend (he was in desperate need of a good shaving) are so much more important than me and are entitled to cut in front of me. People like this make me wonder why I have devoted the last 5 years of my life preparing for medical school so I can help people, when douchebags like that exist. If they ever end up in my emergency room, in v-fib and hemorrhaging, I’ll tell them that the triage policy does not apply to them and that they should go to the back of the line, behind the kid with a papercut. Wait your turn, ass nuggets.

By: Hughes

Hughes — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:38:08 +0000

People who cut in line should be killed and are.profoundly disturbed. These people are morally reprehensible, disconnected narcissistic unpleasant creatures. Your time means nothing to these people , nor do your feelings or sense of fairness. Beating the crap out of these hard-hearted, foul-mouthed and lame-brained assholes would put the fear of god in them and make them think twice before committing such atrocities in the future.A beating would be sufficiently painful to enforce conformity to the ‘‘appropriate’’
information processing strategies and consequent behavior. These “Line Cutters” aren’t just without manners, they’re positively animal-like in their incivility. Their behavior is the consequences of unrestrained, amoral capitalism. Nothing I can say seems sufficient regarding the daily suffering that all those innocent people are enduring because of Line Cutters. Yes I have an acute sense of line justice

By: Ronald

Ronald — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:10:20 +0000

People who cut in line should be aked to leave by the management if a customer complains about an alleged cutter. The management should verify from others in line that someone has cut in line and take appropriate action, (throw the cutter out).