Netherlands: Orderly — Lines Are Respected.
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Orderly — Lines Are Respected. Queuing is respected and generally orderly, including at shops, transit stops, and ticket counters.
Netherlands: Orderly — Lines Are Respected. Queuing is respected and generally orderly, including at shops, transit stops, and ticket counters.
In Netherlands, queuing is the norm and generally respected in everyday settings.
Formal contexts tend to be more orderly everywhere, regardless of the destination's general reputation — and where a ticket-number system exists, always take a number rather than relying on a visible physical line.
This reflects general norms across everyday settings — shops, transit, counters — not every specific situation. Formal contexts (banks, government offices, immigration) tend to be more orderly everywhere, regardless of the destination's general reputation, and ticket-number systems where present should always be followed.