To enumerate your viewpoint: if there are five checkout lines at the grocery store, your odds of picking the fastest line are 1/5 (20%). The more grocery store lines there are, the lower the odds are of you picking the fastest line.
They added "express lanes" back in the 80s to somewhat address this, but then you have the person who ignores the sign and gets in the line with a full cart.
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The only thing to understand - and accept - is that you will always pick the wrong queue. So will everyone else. Always.
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I appreciate that this truism has nothing to do with the article.
To enumerate your viewpoint: if there are five checkout lines at the grocery store, your odds of picking the fastest line are 1/5 (20%). The more grocery store lines there are, the lower the odds are of you picking the fastest line.
They added "express lanes" back in the 80s to somewhat address this, but then you have the person who ignores the sign and gets in the line with a full cart.