The holiday shopping season has arrived in full force. You’ve made it in from the cold to the store (only to soon shed off your layers courtesy of the 97 degree interior).
Your cart is full with your deals and steals, gifts for family and friends, and that extra impromptu purchase (or two) you snagged along the way.
Now, the final battle in the shopping war. Checkout!
In under four minutes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Engineering Professor Bill “The Engineer Guy” Hammack gives us an easy explanation of Why the other line is likely to move faster: Queueing theory for the holiday shopping season.
If only EVERY store would follow this plan!
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I wonder if that theory about why the other line moves faster applies to what I wrote in this article pertaining to how to get off the airplane and through customs and immigration in 12 minutes: “This does not always work; but in addition to what the aforementioned article recommends — once you ensure that you enter the proper line as to whether you are a citizen or a foreigner — scope out the lines at the customs and immigration area. See which ones have a person, family or group which looks like they will need a significant amount of… Read more »