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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, it’s cultural. Some people just don’t stand in lines. It’s a foreign concept. They don’t know they are being rude. [/quote]

What culture doesn’t stand in line?[/quote]

asians[/quote]

NP - I was at Target in Gaithersburg waiting in a huge line and as I reach the register, an Asian lady walks in front cutting in line.  I say, ma’am, the end of the line is back there.  Then a couple of women in the line yell at me that she doesn’t understand our cultural norms, so I should just let her go. WTH?  If you move here, it’s time to learn our social norms.[/quote]

You sound racist. 
I'm an asian lady and I often walk up to the front of those types of lines because stupid people are waiting for one person to finish on a self checkout register when there are several available registers that people are not using.

I don't cut in line but I tell the stupid people waiting that there are other check outs available to help the line move.[/quote]

If it's one line for many registers, the cultural norm here is to alert the next person to go next. We very much honor the "next person" here. You will get called out by anyone else paying attention.

Same thing when a new register opens in a multi-line system. The cashier is very careful to call people over who are "more next" and folks with etiquette will alert people ahead of them. Everyone benefits because the line is shorter. Only those in selfish cultures would try to spy it as a vulnerability and take the spot. It's very un-American. It's a small but effective way to "fit in" here if that's your goal. [/quote]

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