I've a friend who recently spent some time in Beijing.
One of the things that struck her was the local approach to queueing. She, being a Brit, thought that leaving a gap of a foot or so between herself and the person in front was just about comfortable.
The locals saw this same gap, and took it as evidence either that she wasn't really in the queue at all, or that she was kind enough to allow a couple of people in before her.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 10:37,
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