I discovered this year that there was an unspoken rule to get on the bus in the order you arrived at the bus stop at. I had never paid attention to this and just got on in order of proximity to the door when it stopped until I got yelled at. I thought the guy was just being weird but I’ve paid attention since and it is absolutely true, people will move away from the door to let people who have waited longer board first.
UK, home of the queue! Although we Americans inherited the tradition of the queue from you and skipping the line is very much frowned upon here, I don’t recall anyone caring about who gets onto public transportation first. I know I’ve never thought about it. Who’s paying attention to what order people arrive at a bus stop, anyway??
Not at all how it happens in Brazil, it’s free for all, especially as sometimes the bus might already be so fucking packed it won’t fit everyone trying to get in. I’ve had that happen to me several times and I also had the “pleasure” of being the last person to find a way to squeeze in more than once.
Some 10 to 7-ish years ago, it was also very common to have attention seeking idiots who’d put their phones on max volume and play their shitty music so everyone else had to listen, sometimes ending in a fight. This shit apparently died out, thank fuck
I discovered this year that there was an unspoken rule to get on the bus in the order you arrived at the bus stop at. I had never paid attention to this and just got on in order of proximity to the door when it stopped until I got yelled at. I thought the guy was just being weird but I’ve paid attention since and it is absolutely true, people will move away from the door to let people who have waited longer board first.
Not sure how universal this is, I’m in the UK.
This has to be a UK thing. Elsewhere I’ve only ever seen people with accessibility needs prioritized.
UK, home of the queue! Although we Americans inherited the tradition of the queue from you and skipping the line is very much frowned upon here, I don’t recall anyone caring about who gets onto public transportation first. I know I’ve never thought about it. Who’s paying attention to what order people arrive at a bus stop, anyway??
Yet, in other parts of the UK it’s mostly based on who is the most skilful at standing where the bus doors will stop.
Don’t wanna get on last? Git gud.
Not at all how it happens in Brazil, it’s free for all, especially as sometimes the bus might already be so fucking packed it won’t fit everyone trying to get in. I’ve had that happen to me several times and I also had the “pleasure” of being the last person to find a way to squeeze in more than once.
Some 10 to 7-ish years ago, it was also very common to have attention seeking idiots who’d put their phones on max volume and play their shitty music so everyone else had to listen, sometimes ending in a fight. This shit apparently died out, thank fuck
It’s a courtesy thing that some people will do and some people won’t, in my city people tend to do ladies first then by arrival time.
I’m in the UK and tend to do this. I don’t notice it done by most people though.
We do seem to have a learned behaviour to queue here, so it makes sense to me that some people maintain a virtual queue in their head.