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Learn how to queue if you want to be British
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Immigration Minister Phil Woolas says:
/// "The simple act of taking one’s turn is one of the things that holds our country together. It is central to the British sense of fair play and it is better for everyone".///
Where do these people come from?
Following the British etiquette of joining queues will help them integrate more successfully and smoothly, I doubt it.
No learning to take one's turn when it comes to hand-outs may help better.
Immigration Minister Phil Woolas says:
/// "The simple act of taking one’s turn is one of the things that holds our country together. It is central to the British sense of fair play and it is better for everyone".///
Where do these people come from?
Following the British etiquette of joining queues will help them integrate more successfully and smoothly, I doubt it.
No learning to take one's turn when it comes to hand-outs may help better.
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There is a large population of asylum seekers and refugees where I work, and the fact that they do not queue in shops or for buses is one of the main reasons resdients here get upset, and it breeds resentment.
Surley it is a good thing that newcomers to our country are taught about etiquette and so avoid this situation.
Surley it is a good thing that newcomers to our country are taught about etiquette and so avoid this situation.
The trouble is it is not etiquette in their countries and they don't know they are being rude. So the idea is probably quite good. Actually, once they have been here for a while they just start queuing like we do. We would be just the same if we went to live overseas. It would take us a while to get used to new ways, but we would in the end. Mr LL queues up with me and he's an immigrant!
I must admit there are some immigrants who are determined to live life as it was in their home country and I actually resent this and see it as being discourteous. But we aren't all exactly very courteous when we go overseas!!
I must admit there are some immigrants who are determined to live life as it was in their home country and I actually resent this and see it as being discourteous. But we aren't all exactly very courteous when we go overseas!!
The fact that Mr Woolas believes that the art of queuing is still practiced throughout the UK just goes to show that he is living in another land.
Whilst it may still be customary to form an orderly queue in the bakers in idyllic Gloucestershire villages (I nearly said in the Post Office, but remembered just in time that few idyllic villages still have such an establishment) he should try looking around a bus stop area as he is driven to Westminster.
He will see that the “queue” consists of an unruly crowd of people who congregate across the pavement at varying distances from the stop and in all directions. When the bus arrives these people converge on its entrance and it’s every man for himself. It takes twice as long for the throng to board the bus as it would if they had queued because of the jostling, bumping and boring that takes place as each person jockies for position.
No, queuing in London and most other cities and towns (including Mr Woolas’s Oldham) is old-fashioned, boring and is simply not practiced. Far better to form a loose ruck and elbow your way aboard. The fact that he believes “The simple act of taking one’s turn is one of the things that holds our country together...” demonstrates adequately what most people, politicians apart, already know – that it has already fallen apart.
There is absolutely no point in teaching immigrants how to queue as part of their “citizenship” skills. It is the people already here that need to be taught.
Whilst it may still be customary to form an orderly queue in the bakers in idyllic Gloucestershire villages (I nearly said in the Post Office, but remembered just in time that few idyllic villages still have such an establishment) he should try looking around a bus stop area as he is driven to Westminster.
He will see that the “queue” consists of an unruly crowd of people who congregate across the pavement at varying distances from the stop and in all directions. When the bus arrives these people converge on its entrance and it’s every man for himself. It takes twice as long for the throng to board the bus as it would if they had queued because of the jostling, bumping and boring that takes place as each person jockies for position.
No, queuing in London and most other cities and towns (including Mr Woolas’s Oldham) is old-fashioned, boring and is simply not practiced. Far better to form a loose ruck and elbow your way aboard. The fact that he believes “The simple act of taking one’s turn is one of the things that holds our country together...” demonstrates adequately what most people, politicians apart, already know – that it has already fallen apart.
There is absolutely no point in teaching immigrants how to queue as part of their “citizenship” skills. It is the people already here that need to be taught.
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So what you are actually saying is that if I agree with your strange outlook on things, then I would be an alright guy?
Well dream on Lottie it ain't never going to happen.
Now we all know that your partner is an immigrant, you obviously will have a slanted view on all subjects dealing with them.
That is your prerogative, but don't criticise others for approaching the subject.
Well dream on Lottie it ain't never going to happen.
Now we all know that your partner is an immigrant, you obviously will have a slanted view on all subjects dealing with them.
That is your prerogative, but don't criticise others for approaching the subject.
NJ,
I don't know if you're incredibly unlucky or just sensationalising. But the suggestion that queuing isn't practised in London is ridiculous.
This weekend, I queued at a cash machine, then queued to update my Oyster card, I didn't queue for the escalator because I prefer to walk, but several others did. I then queued waiting to be served in a shop, then queued for a table at Ping Pong (a restaurant). I queued for another cash machine later on and queued for the bar in a theatre (an actual line, rather than people bunching up at the bar).
Apart from the bar queue, none of these were out of the norm.
I don't know if you're incredibly unlucky or just sensationalising. But the suggestion that queuing isn't practised in London is ridiculous.
This weekend, I queued at a cash machine, then queued to update my Oyster card, I didn't queue for the escalator because I prefer to walk, but several others did. I then queued waiting to be served in a shop, then queued for a table at Ping Pong (a restaurant). I queued for another cash machine later on and queued for the bar in a theatre (an actual line, rather than people bunching up at the bar).
Apart from the bar queue, none of these were out of the norm.
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