I was shopping for clothes in M&S in my local Stirling branch using a birthday gift card. I was "miles away" in dreamland and wandered up to a pay point where just 1 lady was being served. I stood there for a matter or seconds and from over my shoulder came a chorus of "excuse me, there's a queue!!!" Turned in horror to see about 6 angry looking women waiting behind a cordoned off area which I hadn't noticed. I grinned and apologised and quickly walked to the back of the queue. The other ladies smiled and joked and all was well. Never try and queue jump in Scotland, you might not live to tell the tale!! :D
[i'> As I am on duty and I don’t have time to frequent the Police Station, I have decided to pardon him. This is Ramadan time and people should have patience.[/i'>
Ironic that the non fasting victim had to mention that Ramadan is about patience while the attacker who was probably fasting didnt know that...
I couldnt help notice how this incident reflects the arrogant mentality of people who break queues:
A driver breaks a queue in a petrol station
On being questioned, he attacks the other driver questioning him
He ends up saying he was in a hurry so it was ok to jump a queue and [i'>he had no choice [/i'>but to punch the other driver for arguing with him
He ends up scot free because the victim lets him go
Personally i noticed one guy break a queue, when the people behind got angry he went and started kicking their car.
http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/frayed-tempers-and-fist-fights-at-petrol-station-2011-08-11-1.412817
[i'>When a customer completed filling his car and left, another motorist jumped the queue from the next row, reversed his vehicle into the newly vacant slot and virtually blocked the next-in-line car. When questioned, the driver who blocked the way got furious, got out of his car and hit the driver behind him,” the eyewitness added.
"He hit him so severely that the second driver sustained a serious injury just above his eyebrows. He was bleeding for about half an hour. The manager of the petrol station, called Dubai Police and an ambulance rushed in," said another witness.
Speaking to Emirates 24|7, Tariq, the driver who attacked his counterpart, said: “I was in a hurry to go and found a space to fill petrol. However, the driver behind me started an argument and even verbally abused me. I had no other option but to hit him. Now I regret this incident and felt sorry for him.”[/i'>