Here is an interesting article on 'lining up'. It's a Canadian article and it seems the only difference between Canadians getting angry about 'line jumpers' as opposed to Americans, is that in the USA, they shoot them. No surprise there, eh.

One other interesting comment in the article appears at the end where an Iranian now resident in Canada sees lining up as a 'luxury'. "Most Canadians, she noted, have never endured an eight-hour lineup for water, food or scarce medical supplies, situations where “if you start being polite, or if you stay at the end of the line, your child can die.”

Puts a whole different perspective on things don't you think?