Ordering the queue

Forming a queue: many establishments direct people where to stand without having to communicate in the manner of speech or written signs. The moveable barriers, seen above, can be found in many establishments, and serve as a means of informing people where they should line up for certain purposes. Due to security restrictions, other barriers of a similar nature could not be photographed, however, some barriers are deliberately set-up in a manner that ensures that people within a premises follow the barrier around, and so the queue of people from the front to the back can be controlled; with many such barriers not allowing space for people in the queue to bypass each other either forwards or backwards, as found in Post Offices and banks. The barriers that are used are normally similar to the above and they are not very solid but in fact very flimsy and could, if desired, be moved by anybody, but nobody does move them and the authority of the person that placed them remains upheld by those people using the services of the establishment. The barriers, in the photo above, really do not require to be placed where they are, because there is a counter that people will approach in order to do their business, and this is obvious when the building is entered; however, the main function they serve is to ensure that people do not crowd the counter, at specific points that require a certain degree of privacy between staff and customer, and that they remain in politely formed queues until they come to the front of the queue themselves.