Picture this: You are on your way to the airport to catch a flight to a wedding where you are in the wedding party only to become stuck in traffic. When you finally get to the airport, you have only minutes left to check in. Unfortunately, there's a long line at the airline desk and you know there is no hope of getting to the front of the line in time. Do you:

A. give up and say, "Oh well, they'll just have to go on without me"?
B. march up to the front of the line, push people out of the way and say, "Get out of the way. I'm going first"?
C. walk to the front of the line and say to those standing there, "Excuse me, but my flight's about to take off. Would it be all right if I went ahead of you?"

Some of us might choose option A, and just give up, but assuming we weren't giving up that e…