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Skipping the queue

guess like not waiting in line for the bus I say skipping in cu's people in the UK like take queue and very seriously the typical one of course is is curing I mean we're used to...

Course: Inside British cultureSection: Everyday manners in the UKSubtitles: en

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do I

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guess like not waiting in line for the

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bus I say skipping in cu's people in the

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UK like take queue and very seriously

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the typical one of course is is curing I

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mean we're used to curing in this

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country country um abroad maybe not so

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much queuing is quite a

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English thing to do quite highly on rude

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things I think so I say I think Skip um

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keep to the keep yeah we're great CS we

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love standing in a queue we're terribly

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polite I like my pleases and thank yous

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there's a lot of hand gestures okay can

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you can you give us a you got this one

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that's not very nice to do to people

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okay

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um yeah I feel like holding doors open

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and things like that cuz English people

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are very uh traditional yeah just like

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basic manners but manners I just think

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it takes 2 seconds and it is actually

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just like okay common courtesy and

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people like you like in instantly you'll

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see like your conversations going better

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if you remember that not letting people

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off first as

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well General bus and train etiquette

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what what would be the kind of

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punishment

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then if you were to break the queuing

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system in UK definitely oh yeah tting

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yeah so off before

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