United Kingdom: Strict — Highly Orderly, Take It Seriously.
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Strict — Highly Orderly, Take It Seriously. Orderly queuing is a well-known, genuinely strong cultural norm — cutting in line is a real faux pas that other people in line will notice and may comment on.
United Kingdom: Strict — Highly Orderly, Take It Seriously. Orderly queuing is a well-known, genuinely strong cultural norm — cutting in line is a real faux pas that other people in line will notice and may comment on.
In United Kingdom, orderly single-file lines are a strong norm, and cutting is genuinely noticed — take it seriously.
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.