There’s much fun to be had at an amusement park. You just have to wait in line for it.
However, a woman has questioned if she was wrong to adhere to queue etiquette after a mother attempted to cut ahead of her.
The recount of the ordeal comes from TikTok account lisa.divass, who is retelling her follower’s story.
“It was absolutely packed and there was queues and queues for every ride,” she begins explaining.
“They’re really tired so we’re gonna cut through”
After waiting an hour and a half in line for the ride, she noticed the mom trying to make her move.
“I saw a mum, with two kids, working her way through the crowd excusing herself as she passed through,” she explains.
“I couldn’t hear what she was saying so I assumed she was going to meet her partner further at the queue when she got to me she said ‘excuse me.’”
The woman asked why the mother needed to be let past.
“She said ‘oh waiting with the kids it’s hard work. They’re really tired so we’re gonna cut through,’ she explained.
“I politely said ‘we’ve been waiting a long time too. It wouldn’t be fair and lots of other people have been waiting with kids.’”
The mother made another attempt to plead her case: “I’m a single mum with these two all day on my own. The least you could do is let me cut through.”
“I said sorry, but no. She wasn’t getting past me,” the woman said upholding unspoken queue rules.
The mother did make an attempt to barge through but the woman, with her partner, stood their ground.
“She ended up staying behind us muttering the whole time and I could feel her eyes boiling into the back of my head,” the woman explained.
“When you’re a parent I hope nobody helps you out”
The mother was adamant on having the last word.
“Just as we’re about to get on the ride she turns and says ‘when you’re a parent I hope nobody helps you out,’” the woman revealed.
She wonders if she’d been mistaken in her ‘no cuts’ stance.
The comment section didn’t show much sympathy toward the mother.
“As a mum, not wrong. If they’re too tired to wait then don’t,” one mother suggested.
“As a single mother, there is no way I would have pulled that card. That’s just sheer entitlement,” a second agreed.
A third pointed out: “She should have paid for fast track!”
Some argued the woman could have been a little more understanding.
“I’m a mum and whilst not wrong it wasn’t kind. Some kids are particularly hard work and some parents cope better than others. I don’t think it’s a huge deal to have let her pass, but it isn’t a big deal that you didn’t. It just is what it is,” one user explained.
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