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May 10, 2005
Queues
Just a quickie. I've just been to the Post Office to get a new E111 form. I stood in a queue of about 10 people, for about 4 windows, and got to the front in about 7 minutes. Not bad.
The gratifying thing was that as I left, the queue was slightly longer than when I arrived. I realised that this is an absolute measure of queuing happiness. When I finally get to a window, and notice that no-one has actually joined the queue behind me, I get a bit annoyed as the time spent in the queue could just as easily have been spent on the pavement outside enjoying the sunshine, with a quick dash in at the last minute to get to the teller. When I join a short queue, and have to squeeze out of the door past hordes of heaving pensioners who have just arrived, that's a perfect visit.
Posted by se71 at May 10, 2005 03:26 PM
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