Even though you may have arrived first to a water tap, you are obligated to offer your place in8 line ta any friends of your father, seniors in the family or acquaintances if they arrive after you. This is natural in a patriarchal system because all such people are either senior or considered superior to you. However, Koreans do not give up their place in line to those who belong to other groups. Koreans place priority on the social and emotional bonds they have with others rather than the rational concept of order. In other words, they judge situations by feelings rather than rational thinking, and this is likely one reason why there is such high rate of accidents in public places