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> but this is the kind of line-waiting that literally makes no sense at all to me This is a cultural thing :) put a couple of us brits together and we will for
by ErrantX 16y ago
> but this is the kind of line-waiting that literally makes no sense at all to me
This is a cultural thing :) put a couple of us brits together and we will form a queue. And we will do it with minimal fuss and lots of solidarity.
We are damned good at it - and very proud of that.
(my "best queue" was 8 hours for a Leeds Festival ticket :))
- eru 16y agoEast Germans were also quite good at queues. But they had to be.
- dotcoma 16y agoyeah, but I'd rather queue with you guys for an admission ticket to the Championships (Wimbledon) than for an iPhone...
- qq66 16y ago8 hours for a Leeds Festival ticket is borderline understandable. It's a possibly one-time event (for that particular lineup), and you can only get the ticket if you wait in line. But standing in line 8 hours so that you can have twice the pixels on your phone a week before all your friends?
- jolie 16y agoOh, I totally get lining up for an event. It's a one-time thing, and you literally HAVE to line up to get a ticket/get in. But a phone? It'll last a year or so, depending. And it's not necessary to queue. If I could sum up my thoughts in one word, that word would be "GAH."
- ErrantX 16y agoPish. Who cares what it's for, you can't beat the beauty of a good queue. :-p