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Scientifically, You Are Likely In the Slowest Line
MojoKid writes "As you wait in the checkout line for the holidays, your observation is most likely correct. That other line is moving faster than yours. That's what Bill Hammack (the Engineer Guy), from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Illinois — Urbana proves in this video. Ironically, the most efficient set-up is to have one line feed into several cashiers. This is because if any one line slows because of an issue, the entry queue continues to have customers reach check-out optimally. However, this is also perceived by customers as the least efficient, psychologically."
See, you have three checkout lines to choose from. You can't see the register from where you are, but at two of the three lines the cashier is a goat...
The DMV does something right? I think we need another study. :)
For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
Its because Frys wants to get a bulk discount from the register repair guy. They wait until 50 of the registers are broken, then call them.