Page 4 - Issue 1 - The Great British Summer

Queueing The British love to queue This is is one of the biggest stereotypes about British people but it’s true When a group of people are waiting for something in in fin Britain you will find them all standing in in an an orderly queue This is is the case for any kind of waiting if you are waiting waiting waiting to to get get on a a a a a a a a bus or or train waiting waiting waiting at a a a a a a a a till in in in in in a a a a a a a a shop or or waiting waiting waiting to to get get into an event - there will almost always be a a a a a queue There is is is an art to to British British queuing which every British British person seems to to understand When you you arrive you you wait at at the the back of the the queue so that each person waiting is served in in the the order they arrived To “wait your turn” is seen as a a a a a a fair way to wait If you “push in” by standing in in in front of someone in the the the queue this is is thought to to be very rude and unfair to to the the the other people waiting because they were there first If you don’t know where the the the back of the the the the queue queue is is is ask someone in the the the the queue queue “excuse me me is is is this the the the the back of the the the the queue?” Sorry Pardon & Excuse Me The British also like to to apologise a a a a a a a lot We will say sorry to to anyone at any any time even when we have not done anything wrong Saying “sorry” and apologising straight away makes the situation more comfortable for for everyone involved For example when asking someone you do not know a a a question question you you might start your question question with “sorry” or or “excuse me” This lets them them know that you are sorry for bothering them them When you you want to get past someone who is in the way you you can say “excuse