| ▲ | throw7 5 hours ago |
| Queueing culture is hilarious. Indians > Italians (ok, Italians are probably more entertaining), brits (I imagined them trying to bring queueing to indians and gave up... although india does have a semi-line culture in limited ways nowadays). As an american, grocery checkout queueing always angered me. |
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| ▲ | bsder 3 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| > As an american, grocery checkout queueing always angered me. It should, because practically everywhere in the US does it wrong. There should be a single entry queue that distributes to the multiple handlers. Instead, you wind up with multiple queues so that people get hung up behind someone causing slow handling. The one that infuriates me are bank queues. Look, folks, both queuing theory and experience show that you CANNOT have a single handler without your queue time going to infinity. So, how many active tellers do I always see on the unusual times I have to go into the bank? Exactly one. Always. And a queue that's backed up 6 deep. |
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| ▲ | jazzpush2 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Queuing culture is just baseline respect from my POV. Same with not littering, respecting shared (public) resources, etc. Actually quite unbelievable to see it considered hilarious. |
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| ▲ | jchanimal 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Certain workflows prefer non-queueing, for instance the throng empowers the bartender to load balance different groups, delay drinks to over consumers, etc etc. So other cultures can have those workflows in places we might not expect, that is not necessarily a matter of respect. In pub culture, queueing disrespects the bartender. | | |
| ▲ | jazzpush2 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | You're conflating efficiency norms with respect norms. Never mind that the core reason for no queues in bars is space efficiency and historical norms, allowing the bartender to select regulars, better paying customers, etc. without being stressed for time. But in any case, your edge-cas applies when someone exists to manage the queue. That's not the case for e.g. elevators, self-checkout lanes, DMV lines, or, I'd argue, that vast majority of queues encountered regularly. | |
| ▲ | ajb 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | It depends. Many places in the UK have a tradition of "virtual queuing" at bars; they don't stand in a line because that would usually block the space, but everyone remembers who was before them. Usually the barkeep remembers as well, but sometimes they ask "who's next" and people defer to those ahead. But load balancing also happens. | | |
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| ▲ | profsummergig 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > Queuing... not littering, respecting shared (public) resources Well, Indians are the pits in all 3, so your definition computes. Source: am Indian. |
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| ▲ | pmarreck 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I hear the Chinese don't even have a word for it >..< |
