Polish word for 'queue'

I guess we are running over the same old ground, but I am afraid our Polish friends are getting worse at queuing.

I flew out from Wroclaw airport in Poland last week, and what a sight. What a mad scramble for boarding. What a surprise, that the few English people were gasping with horror at the lost lambs attempting to form a 'queue'.

I think lessons should be introduced at school - and I am deadly serious. It is getting embarrassing.

yes it is.

Maybe if you told them to 'get in line' instead of 'queue' it would work?

But seriously I don't understand the problem, doesn't everyone have an assigned seat at that time?
If they're rushing on board just let them, then you can board when it's empty. Of course I haven't seen it
but is it really that bad?

Personally I was gasping with horror when I saw English not washing their hands after walking out of toilet. I guess it's a matter of cultural difference then. Diversity.

No, not on budget airlines.

The mainstream word for line is kolejka.

One reason Polish people don't like waiting in line has to do with the communist past, when scenes like the one below (for toilet paper) were common.

Also, Polish people have never used lines for getting on public transport. Suck it up and deal.

That's not really turn now is it?
Polish people will queue for anything and they seem to feckin love it

The best thing is simply to tell them: 'Tu jest kolejka, prosze pana/pani.' (There is a queue here)
with a voice that could shudder a thousand ships and with a look that says 'I'm just waiting... bring it on'.
I notice the very same thing every time I'm in Krakow, but then again, it's every man for himself.

I'd be pretty shocked too, as it certainly isn't a cultural thing (I know hardly anyone who doesn't do it). Maybe it's that the state of some public toilets in Poland they thought it safer not to chance washing their hands.

As for queueing, my "favourite" is when there is a whole line of people and one person says, "I\ve just got a question..." and the assistant stops serving to deal with that one person!

me too, if I noticed some Polish weirdo hanging around in the mens toilets watching what British men do.......
Queueing in Poland,sod it,when in Rome, I just develope very sharp elbows.
At least the Poles are better than germans at this. generally Poles will see a queue and try to work their way to the front in a full on assault, germans meanwhile will see a queue and presume it is for the lower orders and walk straight past it with a sense of self importance :)

I know this is not the main topic here, but I hardly ever see anyone wash their hands after using the toilet in the UK. The most they do is put their fingers limply under running water for about 5 seconds and that's it.

If a Polish person accidentally bumps into you on the sidewalk they apologize. If an American bumps into you (and you're American) you both apologize. If a German person bumps into you they'll harumph about your nerve for getting in their way....

Mafeketis you just brought me back. Wow! That pic says it all.


I didn't see it when I was back. Hmmm.

Sissies... :)

There is no such thing as a queue in Poland only trying to enable everybody to do whatever it is they are trying to do as quickly as possible without causing the process to slow down.

I love when a Pole pronounces the word queue for the first time :) quee ;)

youtube.com/watch?v=F-Ak6oZYM64
- There is a queue here!
- I'm not blind!
- But perhaps deaf?! I say that there is a queue and you walk in and without ...I'm talking to you!
- Mister, why do you pat me so, are you a doctor!?
- You were not standing here!
- Mister, I tell you what - take a bus 125, exit at the Old Town Square; there is a column of Sigismund the Third, so go there and tell him: "You were not standing here!"

Brilliant! :)

These days the Po;ish word for queue is opłata.