Very British Problems
Basic queueing rule number one, from a website that seems to have now disappeared about bizarre Britain. It's just not cricket to queue jump. You proceed in the order in which the line formed. Failure to stick to the unspoken rules could result in severe tutting. Today I witnessed the most British of dilemmas, that ended in the most British of ways. Our local Philpotts [sandwich shop along the lines of Coughlans for you Londoners] recently had a mini refurbishment. This sent it from being a busy but relatively sensible layout to every professional British queuer's nightmare. To queue at any of the four different areas of the shop you pretty much have to be standing in the same place, even if you want to get a quick pre-packed sandwich you have to go directly thought the centre of the shop and these four queues. It's awful, but there aren't any other places that close to get lunch on a Monday. So I pootled round the corner, and the place was packed. I joined the...