What kind of morons LINE UP to get into a shop?

[Skint Gull]

I would NEVER queue outside a shop just to get some clothes, not a hope in hell regardless of the brand or the deal.

What makes me laugh most are the nobheads who get up at 5am for the Next sales just so they can have first pick of their shite clobber they couldn't sell over the past 3 months

 

[Spider]

Muppets......

May 24: Rush for Albion play-off tickets
From the archive, first published Monday 24th May 2004.

Thousands of Brighton and Hove Albion supporters queued for hours to guarantee their seats at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium for Albion's promotion showdown.

Two-thirds of the Albion's 30,000-ticket allocation were snapped up on Saturday by fans desperate to see the play-off final against Bristol City on Sunday.

Many people queued through the night to get the best seats in the house while hordes joined throughout the day at Withdean and the club shop in Queen's Road, Brighton

I didn't think I could be the first to wonder whether the problem here is not with people queing to buy something but rather with them doing so for something you're not interested in. Anyway, the OP seems to suggest that he's never waited to pay for something - having been in hundreds of rammed bars I always find myself wondering "why am I standing here waiting to give them money?", but you do so because you want something!

 

[Gully]

I thought it was only the British who queued

Eastern Europeans used to queue a fair bit until the fall of communism, the Russians were particularly good at it, if only it had been an Olympic sport...on the other hand, the Germans are largely shite, they seem to lack the necessary patience required.

 

[public school boy]

Albion fans out side the club shop/ticket office for those big games., most of whom only attend 'glamo matches' and then complain that they can't get tickets

 

[public school boy]

Those who queue up out side Harrods for the first day of it's sale.

 

[goldstone]

I thought it was only the British who queued

Yup, here in the colonies its a line ... you line up for something, not queue.

 

[Gwylan]

Eastern Europeans used to queue a fair bit until the fall of communism, the Russians were particularly good at it, if only it had been an Olympic sport...on the other hand, the Germans are largely shite, they seem to lack the necessary patience required.

I remember staying in Prague in a self-catering place in the dying days of communism. Half the morning was spent queuing at various shops - there were no supermarkets of course. It was a bit like what happened in the war, if you saw a queue you joined it and worked out what it was for later. We only had to do it for a week, I just couldn't imagine doing it every day, year after year.

 

[34064 Fighter Command]

There is always a queue for the one in London, was going to go in there a few weeks ago but turned on my heels when I saw the wait. And, however said it is NOW a but gay must have had their head burried in the sand for the last decade.

I was also at Tesco last Sunday, not only was there a huge amount of people waiting but as the shutters went up people were stooping, ducking and gliding underneath them like India Jones to get in first, now THAT is dedication.

If they're anything like me they'll head straight for the ' reduced for quick sale ' section, a great way to re-stock the freezer !