Good one KKOB. But sadly, they aren't alone. Just last winter in Andorra most of the kids (encouraged by their parents who were obviously guilty themselves) tried to get to the front of the queue for the ski lifts. I detected several southern & central European accents! (The Andorrans themselves, by the way, are among the most polite people on the planet IMHO). But I think that in the main its just poor 'manners' education and I would venture to suggest that it may be that none of the 'guilty' countries ever formed part of the empire. (Before I get pelters - all I'm saying is that good manners generally prevail in former empire & current commonwealth countries).