Pick the queue on the left

[BrilloPad]

Why do all the other supermarket checkout queues always move faster than yours? - Telegraph

How to choose the best queue:
Veer to the left most people are right-handed so we have a natural inclination to turn right. Do the opposite, queues on the left may be emptier

HTH

[stek]

Why do all the other supermarket checkout queues always move faster than yours? - Telegraph

How to choose the best queue:
Veer to the left most people are right-handed so we have a natural inclination to turn right. Do the opposite, queues on the left may be emptier

HTH

Works on motorway too in traffic, people move to middle to avoid mergers from slip road but what it in fact does is free up the left lane.

[darmstadt]

Why do all the other supermarket checkout queues always move faster than yours? - Telegraph

How to choose the best queue:
Veer to the left most people are right-handed so we have a natural inclination to turn right. Do the opposite, queues on the left may be emptier

HTH

Or its an indication of the way the political spectrum is shifting in the UK

[SpontaneousOrder]

Why do all the other supermarket checkout queues always move faster than yours? - Telegraph

How to choose the best queue:
Veer to the left most people are right-handed so we have a natural inclination to turn right. Do the opposite, queues on the left may be emptier

HTH

Entrance is always almost on the left. Therefore exit on right.

[NotAllThere]

The slowest queue is the one with the most people in it. You are more likely to be in the queue with the most people in than any other queue. Ergo, you are most likely to be in the slowest queue.

[darmstadt]

The slowest queue is the one with the most people in it. You are more likely to be in the queue with the most people in than any other queue. Ergo, you are most likely to be in the slowest queue.

Unless you're in Germany because you're behind the old granny who insists on paying with the exact small change and therefore spends an inordinate amount of time going through her purse and counting out every bloody cent

[SueEllen]

The slowest queue is the one with the most people in it. You are more likely to be in the queue with the most people in than any other queue. Ergo, you are most likely to be in the slowest queue.

Not necessarily.

If you are behind an old person, even if the people in the queue next too you have two full trolleys of stuff you will be through the checkout quicker in their queue.

[BigRed]

All the supermarkets I use require you to turn left to exit after the checkout. Queues normally seem longer to the left.

[xoggoth]

I always join the queue with the least people and least amount of shopping. I must be irrational.

[unixman]

The slowest queue is the one with the most people in it. You are more likely to be in the queue with the most people in than any other queue. Ergo, you are most likely to be in the slowest queue.

Good point. But when you joined the queue, chances are it was shorter than the others.