Who... I'm not going to say, but I'm still kick'n. ^.^
Anyway, working in retail as I do, I work with a lot of people who are annoyed at the length of time they have to spend in the line... -_-;
You know them, you may have even been one at one time or another. (I haven't, 'cause I'm just perfect like that. ^.~) They yell at you as they come through the line, or if they're especially proficient, they do it while still in line. I forget who said it in General Conference... But they said something like this about angry drivers, "They act like you've insulted their mother, father, aunt, uncle, friends, dog, and all of your ancestors all the way back to Adam." I think that summarizes it pretty well. ^.^;
Anyway, rather then trade horror stories, I was thinking about the different reactions people have to different lines.
1. retail lines
2. grocery lines
3. theme park lines (ex: MM)
1- Well... I kinda already talked about these. You're willing to wait a little. But when it comes down to it, you're not going to wait more then about 15 minutes.
2- Groceries. Very similar as far as I've been able to compare. But I think people are a bit more willing to wait longer since, y'know... you kinda need food. Y'know... To live. To make it easier, I'll say 30 minutes, although it's probably more like 20.
3-Theme parks... For this, I'm gunna use Magic Mountain. ('cause I've been there recently-ish. And y'know... MM rocks!) ... (*ehem*) Now the average line there is about an hour, right? Longer? Maybe two if it's really popular? Probably three or four in the peak season.
So... We're willing to wait up to 8 times longer for a two minute thrill then we are for life-sustaining nourishment?...
I do it too. Don't get me wrong. But why???
I have no answer, but I just thought I'd throw that out there.
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Picture!! ^.^ A quicky pic, but it gets the point across.