Originally Posted by
Saint4805
Some of my favourite queuing etiquette:
1. A clear line of people standing is formed and others who have been sitting until boarding feel they are entitled to stand up and join the part of the queue closest to where they were sitting
This set me thinking. Every now and again I will end up getting to the gate early and take a seat next to the barriers. Over time, a queue will form including people standing right in front of me. When my group is called I am one of those people who will just get up and present my documents.
I had always thought that this was reasonable as I have been waiting by the barriers just like the people who arrived later than me and chose to stand in a line, rather than taking one of the further away seats. But maybe I'm wrong. Have never thought of myself as a particularly DYKWIA type of a person, so if I've been behaving badly today feels like a good day for new resolutions.
Would welcome a judgment from the FT hive mind.