Do you ever queue up for hours??

[RDMcG]

I see that people have spent hours waiting to get into Clarkson’s new pub. Previously there were lineups to get to his farm.

I cannot understand this. I will not wait for a restaurant with no reservations, stand in a line for anything other than getting on a plane or the like.

The cult of celebrity has passed me by completely. No instagram account,,no visiting of places that appeared in films, would not pay extra for a perfectly normal car that was owned by someone famous, ( though I would for a car with competition history)


Why spend hours waiting for a pint when you are jammed in like sardines?

[paulguitar]

RDMcG said:

I see that people have spent hours waiting to get into Clarkson’s new pub. Previously there were lineups to get to his farm.

I cannot understand this. I will not wait for a restaurant with no reservations, stand in a line for anything other than getting on a plane or the like.

The cult of celebrity has passed me by completely. No instagram account,,no visiting of places that appeared in films, would not pay extra for a perfectly normal car that was owned by someone famous, ( though I would for a car with competition history)


Why spend hours waiting for a pint when you are jammed in like sardines?

Agreed, I would not consider queuing for anything like that, barking mad. I think I remember people lining up in the UK when 'Wendy's' opened up a new branch. I might be willing to queue to get away from a Wendy's!

[AB]

I don't get it either.

Only time I've been forced to queue is Disney, even then I'd pay whatever the fat headed thieving mouse asked for to get a Lightning Lane pass.

I'd rather do without whatever it is than queue. I know I'm partly responsible for the death of the high street.

[Monkeylegend]

Only if trapped on a motorway with no way off, otherwise never.

You get less tolerant of queuing as you get older I find, there is nothing worth queuing for that can't wait for tomorrow.

[Ryyy]

AB said:

I don't get it either.

Only time I've been forced to queue is Disney, even then I'd pay whatever the fat headed thieving mouse asked for to get a Lightning Lane pass.

Takes the mickey doesnt it .

[Puggit]

I'd like to visit the pub and the farm shop. Will I queue to do it? Put up with parking chaos? No...

[Spudgunassassin]

I don’t understand it either. I certainly wouldn’t queue for hours for a pint of crappy Hawkstone lager.

[essayer]

I ended up waiting two hours at the barber
You’d think three chairs, four in the queue would be a reasonably quick visit, right?

No. Every single fker waiting wanted the full beard trim, hot towel experience. Once I was half an hour in, I was fully committed. Looking forward to the beard era ending…

[98elise]

Puggit said:

I'd like to visit the pub and the farm shop. Will I queue to do it? Put up with parking chaos? No...

Same here. If I was passing (literally) and there was no queue I might stop.

[Kwackersaki]

Puggit said:

I'd like to visit the pub and the farm shop. Will I queue to do it? Put up with parking chaos? No...

Step mum went to the farm shop a few weeks ago and the queue was that long it was estimated 2 hours to get in! They gave it a miss.

[MitchT]

I have avoided most waiting and queueing all my life by getting up early if I'm going somewhere. Easy to find a parking space, get sat down for lunch straight away because you're hungry earlier than everyone else, etc. But in my experience most people are lazy and disorganised and haven't got their arse into gear until nearly lunchtime.

As for the cult of celebrity. No. I will not make more effort or pay more because a celebrity is involved. The value, for me, is in the substance of the experience. Classic car? Buy on condition, age, mileage, etc. Celebrity owner in the history? Couldn't care less.

Edited by MitchT on Saturday 24th August 11:11

[Jasandjules]

Nope. If I am stuck in traffic then yes. but otherwise nope. If I go somewhere and there is a long queue, I go somewhere else.

[Rich Boy Spanner]

I refuse to voluntarily queue for anything.

[Baldchap]

If you don't queue up for hours what do you put on your socials to show you're 'living your best life'?

It's bks. I see it in a lot of young adults where the entire motivation behind a behaviour is to show everyone on social media what a great life you are having.

Example: We went to a wedding in Ibiza. As part of the week's proceedings, the group (mostly being a bit younger than us) went to Ocean Beach, a 'club' run by Wayne(ker) Lineker. There were vapid tarts everywhere looking miserable right up until they got the background for the perfect selfie, at which point the bleached teeth came out and click click click. Then back to looking miserable and trying to fight through all the other vapid tarts to find the next picture for their Instagram. We left after being there long enough to be polite and went to the port for a nice lunch.

[Baldchap]

Spudgunassassin said:

I don’t understand it either. I certainly wouldn’t queue for hours for a pint of crappy Hawkstone lager.

They have started selling it in a pub local to me. Don't need to travel.

I haven't tried it but I'm willing to bet it tastes like all other lager on the planet. I'll stick to a nice IPA thanks.

[vixen1700]

Queued up round the block to see Grease back in 1978, but that's about it, can't think of doing it for anything else as an adult.

[J6542]

Baldchap said:

Spudgunassassin said:

I don’t understand it either. I certainly wouldn’t queue for hours for a pint of crappy Hawkstone lager.

They have started selling it in a pub local to me. Don't need to travel.

I haven't tried it but I'm willing to bet it tastes like all other lager on the planet. I'll stick to a nice IPA thanks.

They make an IPA as well, a long with lager and exploding cider.

[Jamescrs]

Baldchap said:

If you don't queue up for hours what do you put on your socials to show you're 'living your best life'?

It's bks. I see it in a lot of young adults where the entire motivation behind a behaviour is to show everyone on social media what a great life you are having.

Example: We went to a wedding in Ibiza. As part of the week's proceedings, the group (mostly being a bit younger than us) went to Ocean Beach, a 'club' run by Wayne(ker) Lineker. There were vapid tarts everywhere looking miserable right up until they got the background for the perfect selfie, at which point the bleached teeth came out and click click click. Then back to looking miserable and trying to fight through all the other vapid tarts to find the next picture for their Instagram. We left after being there long enough to be polite and went to the port for a nice lunch.

It’s very much ingrained into Youth culture now, I witnessed it first hand with my 12 year old daughter just this week, she was miserable and grumpy all morning, saw her take a couple of pics for Snap Chat where she was posing and smiling then back to being grumpy again. I asked her about it and was told I wouldn’t understand.

[hyperblue]

Generally won’t queue for anything longer than 5 minutes and only then if really necessary! Some people seem to be drawn to a queue just because others are queuing, the queue becomes self perpetuating. Baffles me.

[The Mad Monk]

essayer said:

I ended up waiting two hours at the barber
You’d think three chairs, four in the queue would be a reasonably quick visit, right?

No. Every single fker waiting wanted the full beard trim, hot towel experience. Once I was half an hour in, I was fully committed. Looking forward to the beard era ending…

Don't you go to the same barber as me?

Book up online, fixed time, in and out.

Another job jobbed.