There's a famous experiment called the Xerox Study which was conducted back in the late 1970's. The idea was to understand how easy it would be to cut in front of someone who was waiting in line to use a photocopy machine. Three requests were used (with different people at different times): "Excuse me, I have five pages. May I use the Xerox machine, because I'm in a rush?" "Excuse me, I have five pages. May I use the Xerox machine?" "Excuse me, I have five pages. May I use ... Read More