The Myanmar people seem to have no concept on how to stand in a line. You must be dry humping the person in front of you or someone will try to step into that space.
I can't tell you how many times someone has walked right up and stood in front of me while I'm patiently waiting my turn in a line.
I just tell them "nope" and they go to the back of the line.
This was demonstrated again yesterday as I was waiting in line to use the restroom in a popular shopping mall. The line was out the door. Most of us standing and waiting, but a large number of people just walking up to the front and trying to use the toilets first. No one else was going to say anything, so I was the big bad American that told them "NO" and pointed to the back of the line. They all went without complaint. I'd already been waiting for quite a while, crossing my legs and I didn't want to wait longer.
Also, WTF are you women doing in the bathroom stall?!?!?!?!? Why does it take you 25 minutes to pee? Ok, I'm sure a few of you have shooting sick bottom, but not all of you!
There seems to be a lot of showering and going on as well. The stall will be soaking wet from the butt sprayer. Wet from top to bottom. I'm always mystified.
This line jumping also seems to apply to traffic. Everyone shoving their way to the front of a traffic jam, without any consideration to anyone.
The other day I was taking a taxi home. The traffic was backed up for a half an hour at one intersection because a number of drivers wanted to turn left and decided it was ok to block traffic from the oncoming lane, 2 cars wide. More cars trying to get by or be first in line and compounding the jam. People got out of their cars and I was kind of hoping someone was going to get a beat down.
My patience is wearing thin as we prepare to leave Myanmar.
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