Thai's Cutting In Line

[retarius]

I yelled at one in True last week.The girl serving us who turned to serve him first after we had waited about 15 minute, nearly s**t herself. I told him to get a ticket like we did.

The pusher-in went very sheepish and we got served first. I shout in a very, VERY LOUD voice. 

[Nick Carter icp]

4 minutes ago, retarius said:

I yelled at one in True last week.The girl serving us who turned to serve him first after we had waited about 15 minute, nearly s**t herself. I told him to get a ticket like we did.

The pusher-in went very sheepish and we got served first. I shout in a very, VERY LOUD voice. 

 

  There is absolutely no need to shout and make people "s**t themselves* , just politely ask them to get a ticket as well , no need to embarrass people

[scubascuba3]

Doesn't happen to me, maybe something about you?

[Nick Carter icp]

5 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Doesn't happen to me, maybe something about you?

 

   Why do you think that its doesn't happen to you ?

Do you look really hard and fearsome and no one wants to mess with you through fear ?

[retarius]

6 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  There is absolutely no need to shout and make people "s**t themselves* , just politely ask them to get a ticket as well , no need to embarrass people

That might be your tactic, mine is to shout really loudly so I can't be ignored. Each to his own. My precious wife is very good and explain to the staff that I am not used to people pushing in. 

[JimTripper]

7 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Doesn't happen to me, maybe something about you?

I doubt it. There is never any negative interaction beteeen me and the principal. The only thing I could think of is that I'm pretty easy going and slow and the person cutting in is typically rushed and erratic, so the principal may think I'm Ok with waiting while the other person is served.

[Yellowtail]

2 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

I doubt it. There is never any negative interaction beteeen me and the principal. The only thing I could think of is that I'm pretty easy going and slow and the person cutting in is typically rushed and erratic, so the principal may think I'm Ok with waiting while the other person is served.

Well, if you let people cut in, people cut in. 

[scubascuba3]

2 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

I doubt it. There is never any negative interaction beteeen me and the principal. The only thing I could think of is that I'm pretty easy going and slow and the person cutting in is typically rushed and erratic, so the principal may think I'm Ok with waiting while the other person is served.

ok sounds like it's because you're slow, people don't like waiting for a slow person

[scubascuba3]

11 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Why do you think that its doesn't happen to you ?

Do you look really hard and fearsome and no one wants to mess with you through fear ?

Are you slow like Jim? it's most likely that reason so speed up, stop faffing about

[Lacessit]

24 minutes ago, retarius said:

I yelled at one in True last week.The girl serving us who turned to serve him first after we had waited about 15 minute, nearly s**t herself. I told him to get a ticket like we did.

The pusher-in went very sheepish and we got served first. I shout in a very, VERY LOUD voice. 

Which is quite likely to get you into trouble in Thailand.

 

Pushing in front of me very rarely happens. The words " mai supahp " ( disrespectful ) accompanied by my best death stare, seems to work for me.

[Nick Carter icp]

15 minutes ago, retarius said:

That might be your tactic, mine is to shout really loudly so I can't be ignored. Each to his own. My precious wife is very good and explain to the staff that I am not used to people pushing in. 

 

   I would get too embarrassed to shout and bring all that attention to myself , I would feel a bit of an idiot shouting in shops, or anywhere else for that matter 

[JimTripper]

7 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

ok sounds like it's because you're slow, people don't like waiting for a slow person

They may not like waiting, but they still need to wait. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[steven100]

1 hour ago, stoner said:

 

you could always speak in thai. 

nonsense ...  everyone understands courtesy in any language. 

[stoner]

4 minutes ago, steven100 said:

nonsense ...  everyone understands courtesy in any language. 

 

steven its 7pm you are far too into the chang to be making rational comments. 

[steven100]

5 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

steven its 7pm you are far too into the chang to be making rational comments. 

ok ... cheers..    actually 3/4 bottle of G&T's today ..  no Chang.

 

 

 

[Woof999]

1 hour ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   How often does that happen to you ?

 

Enough for it to bug me. I'd say perhaps 3 or 4 times per month - guesstimate.

[NoshowJones]

2 hours ago, JimTripper said:

Is this getting worse or am I just noticing it more?

 

Counted 3x so far today buying something or service oriented interactions where my transaction is already in process and someone (Thai) walks up, orders or requests while I'm standing there, and the person I'm with immediately serves them first and ignores me, sometimes with a drawn out conversation before they conclude, while I'm standing there waiting.

 

Is this disrespectful here in Thailand? I thought it was 🤷🏻‍♂️. Feels like a racist Thai first thing.

and you just stand there waiting?? Why do you allow this to happen? In the 17 years I have lived in Thailand no one has ever cut in front of me although many have tried, and got away with it.

[NoshowJones]

1 hour ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Just say to both of them "Excuse me, she is dealing with me at the moment and she will serve you when she's finished serving me "

I just raise my voice and say "Just a minute" in Thai.

[Nick Carter icp]

2 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

and you just stand there waiting?? Why do you allow this to happen? In the 17 years I have lived in Thailand no one has ever cut in front of me although many have tried, and got away with it.

 

  If I see a person who is busy and in a rush , and they just want to make a quick purchase , I don't mind them pushing in front of me .

   I've done it myself a few times when the clock says 11.58 PM

[Woof999]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

It's mainly by the better off Saudis who think they are "special". We are just infidels, so it's only right that they can q jump in front of us.

BTW, the "poorer classes" would be the "guest workers". Other than the Bedouin ( wonderful people ) I never saw a poor Saudi.

 

 

Before now, with a large basket of shopping, if someone blatantly cut in front of me and the cashier saw it and thought nothing of it, I've just left my basket right there on the floor, frozen goods and all, and walked out.

[stoner]

1 minute ago, Woof999 said:

I've just left my basket right there on the floor, frozen goods and all, and walked out.

 

boss level.

[JimTripper]

35 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

and you just stand there waiting?? Why do you allow this to happen? In the 17 years I have lived in Thailand no one has ever cut in front of me although many have tried, and got away with it.

It feels like it's up to the employee I'm dealing with to enforce it. Calling out the other customer feels misplaced since they are interacting with the employee and not me and the employee agrees to serve them. I could say something to the employee about how I was there first, but it feels like they have control of the interaction if I'm buying something from them in their place of business.

 

An answer could be to just dump the merchandise like someone suggested above and go somewhere else.

 

Now, if I'm at an Atm somewhere or a gas pump and someone cuts in I just say something. The difference is a third party there serving you who is effectively letting someone cut in.

[Nick Carter icp]

29 minutes ago, Woof999 said:

 

Before now, with a large basket of shopping, if someone blatantly cut in front of me and the cashier saw it and thought nothing of it, I've just left my basket right there on the floor, frozen goods and all, and walked out.

 

   Its up to you to say something and not to rely on the cahier (who may not have been aware of it or maybe not bothered ) , its rather petulant to storm off like that and it just means you have to go to another shop and do your shopping again 

[riclag]

2 hours ago, stoner said:

i used to let this happen when i first came here. now not a chance. i care not if it is an old or young person i call them out every single time. i find that younger staff are changing with this as well though. a few times i have had a younger thai tell a budding customer to wait as i was there first.

 

make your voice heard in these instances regardless of how thai feel. stand with your own convictions of what you feel is disrespectful.

 

this is plain rude no matter the culture or what the locals feel or believe. 

 

 

 

 

Spot on. I miss those , I’ll take next in line please!

 

[Lacessit]

59 minutes ago, Woof999 said:

 

Before now, with a large basket of shopping, if someone blatantly cut in front of me and the cashier saw it and thought nothing of it, I've just left my basket right there on the floor, frozen goods and all, and walked out.

The staff might remember you, and present you with a bill for the thawed goods next time around. They do have security cameras.

[stoner]

3 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

and present you with a bill for the thawed goods next time around

 

there is no legal basis for this. the products never left the store. it is not the responsibility of a customer to return unwanted products to a shelf or freezer. 

[riclag]

4 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

there is no legal basis for this. the products never left the store. it is not the responsibility of a customer to return unwanted products to a shelf or freezer. 

Spot on

[cdemundo]

2 hours ago, Mavideol said:

Assuming u never been to China as they are the masters at cutting lines, going to a bank whereby they provide a ticket number to each customer, they don't care, still push their way through and the majority of the employees let it happen

I was at immigration at Chang Wattana in the line for queue numbers and a Chinese man (he threw his passport at the attendant so I could see it was a Chinese passport) cut in front of me just as I got to the window.

The Thai attendant threw his passport back at him with zero hesitation and gave him a look, well if looks could kill...

Then she immediately returned to business without missing a beat, I guess they are used to handling line cutters at immigration.

[cdemundo]

1 hour ago, Woof999 said:

 

Before now, with a large basket of shopping, if someone blatantly cut in front of me and the cashier saw it and thought nothing of it, I've just left my basket right there on the floor, frozen goods and all, and walked out.

This is known as the "I'll show them, I'll flock myself" strategy.

[JimTripper]

17 minutes ago, cdemundo said:

I was at immigration at Chang Wattana in the line for queue numbers and a Chinese man (he threw his passport at the attendant so I could see it was a Chinese passport) cut in front of me just as I got to the window.

The Thai attendant threw his passport back at him with zero hesitation and gave him a look, well if looks could kill...

Then she immediately returned to business without missing a beat, I guess they are used to handling line cutters at immigration.

Can you see this happening if it was a Thai who cut in and chucked the passport?