How to Cut in Line
A scientific approach
is a scourge of modernity. According to David Andrews’s book, , it wasn’t common until the Industrial Revolution synchronized workers’ schedules, causing lines that gobbled up lunch hours and evenings. Given that Americans are estimated to collectively waste tens of billions of hours a year in lines, it’s no wonder that some people try to cut, and others bitterly resentpossible. Below, some pointers, courtesy of social science.
