Why do people like to be so close to another person in line (at any store)? RRRGGGGG!!!!?
487355
Different people have different ideas of 'personal space'.  If you grew up in a crowded area, you would feel comfortable with less space than someone who had not, and so might not realize that your proximity was making someone else uncomfortable.  If the other person in the line does not seem aware of the proximity, it might be because it doesn't bother them; you can try politely asking for a little more room, and they'll likely give it to you.  And maybe look at you weird, but meh, most people aren't cultural relativists.
204126
Maybe they have as hard a time approaching the person as you do. Why not cut out the middle man and do it yourself.
1076412
Imagine this scenario:\n\nYou're in a shoe shop, second in the queue for the till.\n\nBehind the shop assistant on the till is a pair of shoes which you have seen and which you must have.\n\nThe female shopper in front of you has seen them also and is eyeing them with desire. Both of you have forgotten your purses.\n\nIt would be totally rude to push in front of the first woman if you had no money to pay for the shoes. The shop assistant remains at the till waiting.\n\nYour friend is trying on another pair of shoes at the back of the shop and sees your dilemma. She prepares to throw her purse to you. If she does so, you can catch the purse, then walk round the other shopper and buy the shoes.\n\nAt a pinch she could throw the purse ahead of the other shopper and, whilst it is in flight, you could nip around the other shopper, catch the purse and buy the shoes.\n\nAlways remembering that until the purse had actually been thrown it would be plain wrong to be forward of the other shopper.\n\n\nDoes that help?
387921
Well strangers are mean, usually they are in a big rush and they are thinking of a million things and can be quite rude..\nBut family and friends usually take out external problem's and internal stress on the ones they love. Don't know why but that's human nature.\nAnd allot of people, that work for peanuts are mean, cause they don't know if they can make ends meet or not.And they are tired and hungry and miserable...\nTry to imagine the next time someone is mean what it is to walk in their shoes for a minute and you might understand more...'\nAnd sometimes they are just down right mean through and through..
941752
Hey, you are correct!  That person may just around the corner or a friend of a friend.  Most of all "BE YOURSELF and THINK POSITIVE".  No one wants to be around a complainer or a fake!
835016
Agreed - I work in retail and get customers asking me what to buy for their loved ones. I just feel like saying " how the fuck should i know"!\nSometimes think that people buy presents (expensive ones)to make themselves look good rather than think about what the recipient would want.
679117
Yup, there are times that is just do not want to touch someone else's hands, nothing personal, just a want.  You know like the 3 feet of personal space some people insist on.  It just night feel like your invading that space.  Who knows?
572533
i know. its related to psychology, and its simple. by following one another, people feel a sense of belonging. if you're fashionable, people will like you [thats what they think] and if you're not, the wont.these "principals" make a human want to be like everyone else.
1155913
Im a cashier and at my job, people who use the self checkout do the STUPIDEST things!!  When Im thinking to myself how stupid they are and are laughing at them in my mind they are so sweet to me as they leave and say have a nice day and stuff.  Makes me realize I shouldn't judge people and be mean to people like that, even if they can't hear my thoughts.  I feel kind of guilty
718696
being between them in a buffet line?
1156054
Nah! I would just wait and be late....cuz I can't stand changing in front of people. I mean, think about it...would you want someone else to change in front of you? Nope! So I wouldn't change in front of them. I'm shy too, so I would feel really awkward.
299441
in my opion you friend isnt kidding you are in line for what she wants.?
945621
OH YEAAAA!!! I would stand in line for almost anything. I like to be in the line with others like myself, excited about the same thing. . It's soooooo fun.
1066181
Yes when weird things like that happen I keep walking too.  Some people make it a practice to learn everyone's name around them even when there is no good reason too.  Maybe they want to befriend you for strange reasons.
1166347
I try to not let them have their way too often. It is good for them to know that they are not the only dare you kind of people in the world.\n\nAs a matter of fact if someone is complaining and just plain old making all manner of stupid commotion over some picky thing,(this is the ultimate in rudeness to me) and I find out it bothers them I will do it all the more to see if I can make them leave.\n Who needs somebody who can't bend a little bit and let the world have its own way of flowing.\n\nI also hate the rudeness of standing in line and the people in front of me know the cashier or  teller and they are visiting about a personal matter and letting everyone behind them shift from foot to foot and if you are supposed to be somewhere at a certain time they are causing you to be late. I used to just smile and wait and not say anything, now that I am a grown up and know that they are absolutely the ones in the wrong, I will say ma;am excuse me is there someone else you could call to open another register or pehaps you could take a break now and visit, while another person checks us out. I have things to do today and I do not know who these people are you are talking about, but I do know I have to pick up my kids in about 5 minutes and I am now late because of you and this other person chatting.\n\nThey get red in the face and either call someone else or they get rid of the relative before I have the chance to get management over there.
1104651
Some customers think too highly of themselves, look down on clerks, and verbally abuse them because it makes the snobs feel better about themselves.  They're probably the same type who were in the popular cliques in school, picking on those who they didn't think were quite as cool as they were.
604715
I heard from someone once that every person we meet up with in life we are destined to meet for some reason, no matter how small.  That same person told me if we randomly meet twice it's not such a small reason so I should at least say hi to the person.  I have made some really good freinds that way.