The third entry for National Standinaqueue Day (hooray), comes from our friend Spike who is currently studying queues to, and I quote, change and enhance the inevitable queuing experience by engaging the public using playful intervention.
More on that here.
She writes:
seems i have spent most of my day observing the cashpoint queue on the corner of gray’s inn and clerkenwell. (i’m sure i looked quite suspicious…a mohawked bird taking photos
from across the street for 2 hours)
it was getting good and busy, till the cashpoint ran out of money!
anyways, i DID spend about 4 minutes in the hackney central tesco queue – which is a shock in itself, cos usually its much longer than that. and yesterday, a fight almost broke out among 2 customers in the queue next to me.
my favourite bit about grocery store queues is checking out the combinations of items you see on the counter. i’ve attached my assortment of the day.
November 9, 2006 at 11:25 pm
That’s a really interesting shot. I might try it one of these days. I love to see what people are buying.
November 10, 2006 at 12:29 am
That’s a lot of lemon juice.
November 10, 2006 at 12:45 am
Pancakes can be eaten all year round William.
November 10, 2006 at 9:20 am
You people’s pancakes are nothing like “real” pancakes.
(Don’t forget I’m Californian.)
November 10, 2006 at 6:44 pm
i just like the cute plastic lemons the juice comes in. i don’t really need it for anything
also, i agree with Hsien Lei. there’s nothing like a stack of american flapjacks. no lemon please. just hot maple syrup!