[refinnej10]

Seriously people, we've all been standing in lines our entire lives. Why do you act like you don't get it? HS girl: it was nice of you to drop your friends off while you parked the car, but that doesn't mean you get to jump in front of me in this line. Other Random lady: WTF? Sure, HS girl hesitated and waited for the teller guy to ask for the next person in line, but that doesn't mean you get to jump ahead of her and me and 4 other people.<br><br>
Why is the concept of a line so hard for so many people to understand?

 

[Gish]

White lines.

 

[jebba]

I thought this was going to be about panty lines.

 

[refinnej10]

I've never understood what the big deal was with panty lines. I wear panties and I don't really care who knows it. *shrug*

 

[maccabeth]

Ooh. Line etiquette is a pet peeve of mine. Not that difficult, folks!!

 

[jebba]

I'm with you. Sometimes when I see a woman wearing snug pants, and there's no panty line, I can't help thinking, "She's not wearing any underpants."

 

[jebba]

sorry for the hijack, btw.

 

[Buxtehude]

<i>Take my wife. please!</i>

 

[HighHeat]

Seriously people... I mean... there's SCIENCE behind it...<br><br>

 

[Buxtehude]

<i>Are your feet tired? Because you've been running around my dreams all night!</i>

 

[muzicgrl]

It all boils down to the "I am more important than you and therefore my time is more important than yours" mentality....it pisses me off!

 

[HighHeat]

Me too...<br><br><br><br><br><br>
wait...<br><br>
what?...

 

[Grizzly]

This is a major peeve of mine. Ask Martin, Montrealers are the world's BEST queuers. Must be a legacy of the '67 world's fair.<br><br>
At bus stops a second line forms behind the first for people who would prefer to wait for the next bus. Those people in the first line who don't get on the first bus automagically get a place at the front of the second line. How's that for regimented behaviour, eh?<br><br>
Here in Calgary it's a stampede for the door, and in inclement weather often the person who's been there the longest is the last on. Rude, rude, rude.

 

[diablita]

In the Latin countries I've visited, like Miami ( <img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"> ), the concept of line is a very, very subjective thing.

 

[Diane95]

Bux is cracking me up here. <img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif">

 

[refinnej10]

<br>
I don't see a consideration in there for lost revenue due to a fight breaking out when some idiot acts like they've never seen a line before, butts in front of me, and I issue a beat down.<br><br>
What kind of science fails to consider this scenario?<br><br><img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">

 

[HighHeat]

The progressive loss in efficiency as you approach 100% utilization is a logarithmic function, so the difference between a massive line, and a massive line with an issued beat down is minimal from a practical standpoint, since they're <b>both</b> pretty much useless in terms of productivity.<br><br><br><img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif">

 

[dg1]

Dude, thats way more than I want to know about waiting for my Big Mac.

 

[HighHeat]

Claiming ignorance won't help you when Backwards Jen beats your ass...<br><br><br><br><img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif">

 

[Alternative School Grrl]

I wish I could find a text version of Dane Cook's "Cutting In Line" piece.