One year at Sidmouth there was a big queue to see Ralph McTell. As I remember I got such an uncomfortable seat that I left after the support act.

I agree we do tend to queue too readily. We don't resent it as much as we should.
I was in St Petersburgh a few years back and the Russian guide told me how everybody hated Gorbachev because he made them queue for bread, whereas they thought Putin was an okay bloke - local boy made good.