Malaysians and the Obsession With Queue Cutting
Malaysians and the Obsession With Queue Cutting There are many things Malaysians are proud of: our food, our multicultural society, our ability to complain about the weather while eating nasi lemak. But there is one cultural talent that rarely makes it into tourism brochures — the Olympic-level skill of queue cutting . Yes, queue cutting. The national sport nobody admits playing, yet somehow everyone seems to participate in. You see it everywhere. At the bank. At the LRT station. At the hospital. At the airport. At the supermarket. Even at the mamak when ordering roti canai. There is always that one genius who believes the laws of physics, morality, and social order simply do not apply to them. Apparently, the queue is for other people . Let us observe the typical Malaysian queue cutter in the wild. He approaches the line slowly, pretending to check his phone. He casually drifts sideways like a confused crab. Then suddenly — poof! — he materialises at the front as if summo...