Althalus Posted January 31, 2003 #1 Share Posted January 31, 2003 LONDON (Reuters) - People are losing patience with forming an orderly queue, an academic has found in a four-year study. David Stewart-David spent a total of 92 days standing in 2,000 queues to discover why the British so readily stand in line. In his report "The Stressful Queue" he said the old British reserve in accepting queues was disappearing. View: Full Article | Source: Yahoo News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarro Posted January 31, 2003 #2 Share Posted January 31, 2003 that dude needed 92 hours of standing in line to figure that out? i don't even live in the UK and i could relate that tidbit of information for ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmy Posted February 1, 2003 #3 Share Posted February 1, 2003 Where I work the idea of forming a queue does not cross the mind of some people and if they have to wait a micro second they would riot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarro Posted February 2, 2003 #4 Share Posted February 2, 2003 i don't know why but the way you word things, Emmy, is so british that it kind of excites me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Althalus Posted February 2, 2003 Author #5 Share Posted February 2, 2003 see, i told you people'd like you emmy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmy Posted February 2, 2003 #6 Share Posted February 2, 2003 i don't know why but the way you word things, Emmy, is so british that it kind of excites me Oh my sir, please spare my blushes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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