When it is your turn at a bakery or deli counter, should you buy only one item, then go to the back of the line and wait your turn again? Or is it acceptable to order several items and let people behind you wait?
Anonymous
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Think about how much time you'd waste by ordering one item and then going back to the end of the line to order something else. You waited in line just like everyone else.
drip
You wait your turn then order everything you want to buy.
susan
It is acceptable to order multiple items. To be considerate, decide what you will order before your turn comes. If it is almost your turn, and you know you (or someone ordering with you) is not ready to decide, it is nice to offer to let the next person behind you go in front of you so you can finish deciding while they take their turn.
JuanB
it's not rude to order all at once. It is rude if you haven't decided yet, and take your time figuring it out when it's your turn. Figure it out while you wait in line.
linkus86
Not at all. Everyone waits in line to be waited upon and then gets all that they intend to purchase.
IMHO the rude person is the one who doesn't know what they want when it is their turn and wastes time figuring it out or gets chatty with the person behind the counter while figuring it out. That person I mentally smack on the backside of the head.