Reply to: Pick the queue on the left

[Eirikur]

I check the amount of pensioners and load in trolleys before deciding which queue. Oh and avoid at all times a queue where the checkout girl is in training or way above 65

[original PM]

:sigh:

If you are in 1 of ten queues there is a 10% chance your will be the fastest moving

and a 90% chance it will not be.....

jeezus

[WTFH]

I join the queue with the most men in it. They tend to know where they keep their money/credit card when it comes to paying and are capable of packing while things are being rung through the till.


No waiting round while the child is put down, then the hand bag, then the phone, then the handbag is emptied very slowly until the purse is found, then the last 5 years of grocery receipts are pulled out to see if there is a £20 note in the back, then there isn't so that all gets put away to find the credit card, no, not that one, the other one, then the purse gets zipped up and put away, the credit card is used to pay, the purse comes out again, another quick check for the £20, and then the packing starts.


[ /rant]

[FatLazyContractor]

I never queue. My butler does my shopping

[administrator]

Same with Lidl here. They chuck your goods through at a rapid rate of knots, no time for slackers.

[NotAllThere]

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

Take a big enough sample and you'll find that it what I said is the case.

I don't know how it is oop north (or in the UK), but the southern German check-out peeps at Lidl and Aldi are super fast, so it doesn't matter which queue you're on. You're still through at breakneck speed. Perhaps the grannies are better trained here?

[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.

[xoggoth]

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

[BigRed]

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

[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.

[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

[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.

[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.

[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

[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.