Originally Posted by
ajax
I do not agree. If you step out of the queue briefly with the full intent of coming back into it momentarily (this is assisted by mentioning something to those around you in the queue, like "I'll be right back," or "Hold my spot? I'm just going to check the board.") then this is not queue jumping in the slightest. It is normal and rational behaviour. Remember, no one behind you is any worse off when you come back than they were before you left.
Except, from what I can tell, that there was no one behind him when he left, so the new arrivals would be worse off since he would be just butting in; to me, he left the back of the queue, went away to check boards , came back and there were now people in the queue and he tried to enter in front of them
Hardly surprising that the people that had arrived treated it as someone trying to jump ahead from what I can tell
Even so, if someone chooses to leave a queue , they have left it; if I go to a supermarket and then realise I want to grab something else, I would not expect to jump back in the queue
If the person had already been there behind him and then went to check the board, there may be a good chance that he would have quite happily let him back in