本文是 London Life 节选，主要讲述英国排队文化，现在越来越多的改变，是什么促进了英国人不再喜欢排队了呢？

Queuing in London

Hello, this is London Life, Today's programme is about a very British habit, or something that we always think is very British. And that is the topic of queuing. Waiting in a line to pay for something,

The topic came to mind while I was waiting in a queue in the supermarket to buy my lunch. It was a very long queue that went all the way along one aisle and round the back of the shop. I wouldn’t normally wait in such a long queue but I know at this particular supermarket at this particular time of day they have a lot of staff at the check-outs and the queue moves very quickly

While I was waiting I thought how calm, patient and polite the people in the queue were and that is something that is often experienced in Britain and not always in other places. I remember once in a country that I won't name, I was at an airport to check in. I arrived early and there was a short queue waiting for the check-in to open. I was the second or third person in the queue and gradually a line of passengers arrived behind me. I was glad I had arrived early as the queue then was very long. However, as soon as the check-in opened there was a mad rush and all the people who had been behind me, pushed forward, all wanting to check in at the same time. I ended up more or less at the back of the queue.

The British are traditionally much better organized when it comes to queuing although a recent survey has revealed that our attitudes to queuing are changing and particularly in London we are getting less patient.

Greg Brown is Vice President of Visa UK who commissioned a survey to look into our attitudes to queuing. What reasons does he give for our changing attitudes?

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