Humans are fascinating creatures.
Take queuing, for example. It makes no sense at all. Not just sometimes, but most of the time:
- People queuing to get on an escalator when no one’s using the stairs. Especially when it’s the Eiffel Tower, like above.
- People queuing to get off an airplane. We’re here, you’ll all get out.
- People queuing to get on an airplane. It doesn’t matter if you’re the last one, they’ll wait.
- People queuing at a grocery store that has self-checkout. Scanning’s more fun than waiting.
- People queuing at a Shake Shack when there’s one with no line down the block. I know, I know, that one’s ‘popular.’
- People queuing to get off a train while it’s still moving. Same as on an airplane, except you’ll fall over too.
- People queuing at a restaurant that takes reservations. It takes 30 seconds to book a table, folks.
- People queuing to pay $700 for a new phone when it’ll still cost $700 a week later, but they can get it instantly.
- People queuing at a movie theatre when they have numbered seat tickets. It’s not a lottery ticket. Your seats are safe.
The biggest plot twist in the human art of queuing, however, is this:
People decide to waste all this time standing in line, only to then try and cut, skip, pay or cheat their way to the front if given the chance.
Humans are fascinating creatures.
