How To Appear Spanish: In A Queue

I hope that the Spanish know that I love them, really.  I'm just quite amused, sometimes...

'British' Vs 'Spanish' Queue, although apparently this was from a Galician blogger, who found queues in Asia very disorderly.

1. Enter the building.
2. Greet everyone.
3. Ask '¿Quién es el último?' (Who's the last one?)
4. Take note of who says 'yo.' (Me.)
5. Stand wherever the heck you please.
   
6. When the next person comes in, and asks '¿Quién es el último?', say 'yo.'
7. Talk, very loudly, to your long-lost friend, whom you have just noticed in the 'queue.'
8. Keep an eye on that 'yo' who was before you. 
9. Once they have been served, approach the desk, and do whatever you came to do.

This is applicable to almost any queue, but especially in the bank, and at the post office.

While searching for the images, I came across this (much more informed) blog entry on the subject.

Upshot of it all: 

"At first blush, to an outsider, it may seem that Spain is hardly a country with strong norms about lining up ("hacer cola"). One rarely encounters here the orderly, single-file lines in Anglosaxon countries, the distinctive "queue culture" for which the British are famously fastidious."

You're likely to be asked:

" "¿Quién es el último [en la cola]?" (Who is the last person [in line]?)

     "¿Hay que coger número/turno?" (Does one need to grab a number/turn?)

These represent the two ways in which Spaniards form their virtual queues, and are why they thus feel no compunction about physically lining up, and indeed are more likely to clump together in social groups in what appears a completely disorganized manner."

"So, yes, Spaniards do know how to queue, they just do so virtually."