On 15/04/2013 19:03, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:20:27 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

On 15/04/2013 15:31, Jethro_uk wrote:


There's definitely some slightly less-than-obvious issues at play with
supermarket queues. My wife tends to plump for checkouts which look
like there's not too much on the belt. Myself, I would rather wait a
second for a crowded belt to become free with only one customer in
front, than have half an empty belt with 3 customers in front. That's
because in my experience, the overhead of queueing is predicated far
more on number of customers than number of items.

I also avoid queuing behind any single older ladies

I don't look at how many items are on the belt, I try to ascertain the
stupidity level of the people in the queue.

I agree with the principle. But sometimes you really can't judge a nutter
by the headgear

And sometimes assess who you'd rather stand behind on other grounds.

--
Rod