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The Target by my house implemented global queuing at the registers and honestly, it’s the nicest store to shop at. Similarly, I’m not sure the global queue add
by FakeComments 8y ago
The Target by my house implemented global queuing at the registers and honestly, it’s the nicest store to shop at.
Similarly, I’m not sure the global queue adds more than a step or two to routing, since you have to walk to the register either way, and it replaces a complex mental task, picking the optimal queue then monitoring if you should switch, with a simple one, waiting in a line while looking for a wave. In my experience, a global queue is less taxing than having to queue in lines would be.
- scott_s 8y agoYes, agreed, this is what I meant by “basically zero-cost queue synchronization”. Global queues tend to lead to more balanced systems, but at the cost of constant global queue access. But in grocery store checkouts, that cost is basically zero.