You have been waiting in line for ten minutes. Someone cuts the line in front of you./Vous faites la queue depuis dix minutes. Quelqu'un passe juste devant vous dans la file d'attente.
doing nothing
Posted by Meg on March 5, 2004
In this situation, several responses on the American side seem to involve annoyace at the person but unwillingness to confront them. I think a reason for this is that Americans tend to avoid confrontation, and no one can be sure how the person will react if you criticize them. This discrepancy in the willingness to confront someone appears in a few other situations too. Are people always so direct in France, or are there people who would react the same way these Americans would?
cutting them back
Posted by Isaac on March 8, 2004
Several French students wrote that they would step in front of the person who stepped in front of them. Is that to make a game out of it, or is that a serious way to tell them that it annoys you?