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by alister 2914 days ago
In Montreal, people line up in a neat straight long single file to board a bus, or for other kinds of queues. In many other parts of Canada/US, people either huddle around the entrance ready to push in or reluctantly make a disorganized line.

Switching to Brazil, I have a long list of things that people from the US or Canada would think of as normal, but don't exist in Brazil or are very rare (like garburators, limousines, and bathtubs -- not kidding about bathtubs!):

http://brazilsense.com/index.php?title=Common_in_the_USA_and...

2 comments

This doesn’t seem to apply at busy metro stations, sadly
Brits to the same.
We will queue for anything. However we won’t generally complain openly if someone jumps the line... just mutter under our breath.