Actually, that sort of gets my goat, too (opening a new line and not ensuring the next longest waiting customer can order).
You would think MacDonalds, which invested millions to take 20 seconds off of car waiting times, would invest a few bucks to clean up their stupid non-queues.
"You would think MacDonalds, which invested millions to take 20 seconds off of car waiting times, would invest a few bucks to clean up their stupid non-queues."
A part of one of the courses I took in college was about queuing theory. It really exists, and once you've been exposed to it, a *lot* of retail lines are *real* stupid.