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tthew
Full MemberAnd by doing so, you ensure you ALWAYS get served next anyway, so nothing lost.
Every once in a while, it can happen that you do the "he's next" thing and then you DON'T get served next. And what we do in that situation is, we send that bartender and the person they served to guantanamo bay
With regards to THE queue. I wonder if people are trying to game it so they get to walk through whilst William and co are standing vigil.
an army of people and infrastructure and supplies spring up overnight to support people standing in a queue
I know that about 300 queuing have received medical assistant but what other support are they being offered?
Cups of tea and sandwiches?
If there's cake I might join the queue myself.
bit peeved that Beckham is queuing up, for a bargain 10,000 GBP I'd have happily queued for him, allowing him to jump in on the steps of westminster hall - when it gets exciting
Not read the whole thread, but I'd be surprised if the Queen is even in the box.
tomhoward - I love your description of the perfect queue in the barber's shop, however in no way does this help me, as I have never knowingly set foot in a barber's :0)
Re the pub situation. I must add that my experience of the rough and tumble and pushing in and lack of queuing in the pub was when I was very young (late 1970's early 1980's). However a sharp elbow and a high stiletto heel have come in handy with some drunkard no queuing idiot in the past.
Do people really tip at the pub? In my yoof I would proffer "one for yourself" in my local but that's as far as it went. Are those of you who tip drinking in proper pubs or "bars"?
I had to go to London Bridge for a meeting this morning so I walked along the river from Waterloo so I could marvel at the queue. It was a bit of an anti-climax if I'm honest.
The perfect queue is a barbers shop. You walk into a room, you acknowledge who is in there. They go before you. Anyone who comes in after, after you.
This is the Spanish way of queuing at the butchers/fishmongers/etc. You walk in, ask "¿Quién es el último?" (who's last?), said person will reply "Yo", and that's your position sorted. Even the old women respect the system.
Do people really tip at the pub?
Keep the change wasnt unknown but not really large tips aside from sometimes yanks buying food. Even then we generally failed the good service test since they (plus quite a few Europeans) tend to expect table service. So they sat down looking at us and we stood behind the bar polishing glasses.
I miss table service. Carry on chatting to your mates, or the randoms at the next table. Get the drink brought to you. And, yer, I was tipping when the pubs were doing it, anything to help.
Used to be "one for yourself" in pubs, which meant a 50p tip (yeah, old man)... then that disappeared and communicating the size of tip to staff behind the bar in a loud pub just become too much bother. "Keep the change" only really works with cash... which I use to buy beer just about never.
I for one will not be joining the queue and I have caught the occasional and repetitive news on THE Q, whilst on holiday in Peebles (cycling, and TweedLove)... The beeb cannot get enough.
I have to say, it reminds me of the sudden urge Brits had for toilet roll during the pandemic. Didn't need it, but felt the urge to join in with the hysteria.
Notwithstanding my underlying opinion of the Firm, I have to say I feel for Charles. He's lost his mum, can't grieve becaude he's being ferried around the country, and gets shipped into speak to the public intermittently. Give the guy a break. I, for one, think that coffin needs to be put in private for the family to mourn.
Tomorrow is going to be big. Today was small fry. Lots of family and friends of mine have (obviously) been working today… the weekend is different, they’re all aiming to get in the queue early tomorrow morning. The weekend is likely to be crazy. Good luck to anyone joining in.
I, for one, think that coffin needs to be put in private for the family to mourn.
To my mind that would be the most respectful, seemly, human, thing to do.
But that’s the whole point,the pomp and ceremony sort of goes with the territory.
They aren’t ‘normal’ people and this has to be perpetuated as part of the game.
He’s sort of been groomed for this from the day he was born,
Good luck to anyone joining in.
I am debating whether to head into London on Sunday to go to one of the indoor climbing walls. Cant be arsed dealing with packed trains and definitely having to rule out a couple of the walls which needs me to head through the centre and have also ruled out a bimble round either of the tates first.
Question is how much heavier the traffic at the main stations would be.
I thought today would have been busy since the royal presence was advertised yesterday so people trying to turn up for around this time.
My lad's mate starts uni next week, going down to his accommodation in Central London on Sunday.
Might be interesting.
Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield now enemies of the people for using press passes to skip the queue, especially after his Beckhamness queued up proper.
Yep Becks sure scored a few brownie points.
tomhoward
Full MemberHolly Willoughby and Philip Schofield now enemies of the people for using press passes to skip the queue, especially after his Beckhamness queued up proper.
It's a classic 2 minute hate this- they were there to film a section for the program.
I mean, i'm ambivalent on the whole, but this is a bit weirder than i thought it was going to be.
We all sort of knew that it was going to be boring, and it is, but i'm not sure i was properly prepared for it to be boring in quite the way it has been.
I thought i might be able to avoid it a lot more than i have been able to - quite apart from everything else, my darling wife has developed an unhealthy fascination with THE Queue.
I am unable to even.
Heaven won't help us all, who will?
So someone tried to check if the queen was in the coffin (can’t blame them really) but no mention of it on the news or videos available on line
How would anyone know that they were trying to check what was inside the coffin? With about 8 guards armed with very pointy weapons surrounding the coffin they certainly wouldn't have got close enough to touch it.
It's all over the main page of the bbc....
Guardian has reported it.
As for cant blame them.
I think short of turning up with a full set of cordless power tools they werent going to get into the coffin anytime soon and certainly not before an array of weapons from the medieval to very modern were pointed in their direction.
Is this going to be one of the new conspiracy theories that she wasnt in the coffin?
It makes me realise that there are many people in the country that I will simply never understand
Plenty of videos of it posted online. (With the usual morons speculating)
It makes me realise that there are many people in the country that I will simply never understand
This is why it’s important to try to understand others as much as possible. It’s a major flaw of our society, that socioeconomic divisions prevent positive and progressive socialisation between people, and this is why we have such a fractured and dysfunctional society. Instead of just shaking your head and ascribing negative qualities in those who behave differently to yourself, why not take the time to understand? That would involve actually talking to their people though, and the British really aren’t very good at that.
I’m finding The Queue fascinating for myriad reasons. It’s not just ‘brainwashed sheep’ who are attending, it is a reasonably diverse collection. Although still overwhelmingly White, from what I’ve seen (admittedly limited). From that observation alone, we can extrapolate multiple explanations. But my main takeaway from it is that many people have experienced a sense of loss, and I don’t know if that void will be filled for them. So perhaps we should all be a little less judgmental and a little more empathetic.
2 women sexually assaulted in The Queue. That’s messed up. 😱
BBC claiming that a poll taken of The Queuee's, shows it to be a very diverse selection of UK citizens, regarding age, Brexit and political leanings.
I'm a bit cynical about that.
So perhaps we should all be a little less judgmental and a little more empathetic.
On here? Your avin a larf incha?
Well said though.
I think the bloke going to have a peep in the coffin was trying to check, if after 70 years of everybody singing it, God really had saved the Queen.
It’s all over the main page of the bbc…
Just read it. I'm amazed that they got close enough to touch it. I guess standing guard with heads bowed looking at the ground isn't ideal.
No ones got any money, yet all seem able to avoid working, fund the £60 ish open return train ticket.
Probably find another £20 for expensive London pannini and coffee
Bet that some of the queue will moan about the cost of living whilst frankly wasting alot of money on something that is not essential to their vacuous shallow, reality tv, facebook manipulated lives.
Better to donate the cash they have splurged to a charity the Queen was a patron of, save the corgis maybe, then it would do more good
But then they would not get a feeling good dopamine hit, not be able to humble brag on Facebook about their own mammoth 72hr journey and sacrifices to and from the shuffle of silence
Not my thing, i dont hero worship the descendants of bullies and tyrants andcwould rather not fund their already incredibly wealthy assets.
Flippin queue jumpers, MPs, Lords and four extras each!
BBC claiming that a poll taken of The Queuee’s, shows it to be a very diverse selection of UK citizens, regarding age, Brexit and political leanings.
I’m a bit cynical about that.
I’ve watched a fair bit of ‘the Queue’ and interviews of people in it (whilst watching others walk by without being interviewed). It has looked diverse to me.
Is this going to be one of the new conspiracy theories that she wasnt in the coffin?
Of course she’s not in that coffin…. 😜
Just read there is a live feed of the coffin. WTF - sounds exciting.
The queueing time has now reached 24 hours.
I’m sure that for some people, the opportunity to spend an entire day in a queue is the fulfilment of a lifetimes ambition
Well, family members have been sharing photos since 4am from the queue. Quite atmospheric really. I think they’re going to have a great day. Not for me, but they’re outside in a city they love with a community of others. Easy to make jokes, but is that really such a bad use of a day?
Wonder if they'll auction the potatoes off on ebay after; could be a great way to own a piece of history!
No ones got any money, yet all seem able to avoid working, fund the £4000 ish for a fancy push bike.
Probably find another £200 for expensive tyres and Rapha kit
Bet that some of the MTB ers will moan about the cost of living whilst frankly wasting alot of money on something that is not essential to their vacuous shallow, reality tv, facebook manipulated lives.
🙂
Not a royalist, and definitely wouldn't be queueing, but how other people spend their time/money shouldn't really be judged as long as it doe no one else any harm
Yep Becks sure scored a few brownie points.
Love the irony of Beck's being praised for his normality and man of the peoplness by those queuing to see The Queen.
singletrackmind - do you feel better after youe earlier outpouring which came with added vinegar?
Yep Becks sure scored a few brownie points.
ahead of the game. I’m sure there were plenty of PR managers yesterdays scrambling to persuade their clients to get in the queue…
Easy to make jokes, but is that really such a bad use of a day?
I didn't fancy waiting 10 minutes for my mum's coffin to arrive at her funeral.