Queues
When it was finally my turn I got so confused by the system that I wasn't sure if there was another queue I hadn't seen, or if there was some strange order to which number you were allowed to walk up to.
I realize how silly that was now, but it's so much easier to deal with big changes. These little changes to normal things like shopping always sneak up on me.
27th February 2013
28 Comments:
22 days ago #8807847
The british system happens to be what some malls here actually use. Especially SM.
The british system happens to be what some malls here actually use. Especially SM.
1 month ago #8796315
Doesn't it feel like you're standing in line for an eternity with the British system?
Doesn't it feel like you're standing in line for an eternity with the British system?
2 months ago #8763753
My first encounter with that system involved accidentally walking past the whole queue. They weren't happy.
My first encounter with that system involved accidentally walking past the whole queue. They weren't happy.
2 months ago #8762294
And them you have the USA, where some store use the Danish system and some use the British one...
And them you have the USA, where some store use the Danish system and some use the British one...
2 months ago #8759304
I've seen both systems simultaneously in the same store before. They were using the English system for the 20 items or less lines, and the Danish system for the rest of the registers.
I've seen both systems simultaneously in the same store before. They were using the English system for the 20 items or less lines, and the Danish system for the rest of the registers.
2 months ago #8751454
It depends on where you go here. I'm used to the Danish version though only two stores I've ever been to are like the English way and that it Fry's and BrandSmart USA.
It depends on where you go here. I'm used to the Danish version though only two stores I've ever been to are like the English way and that it Fry's and BrandSmart USA.
2 months ago #8745716
I think its part of being English: I think it is a lot quicker because you know when you have to go. Some places use the combined system, some use individual queues, some use a teller to say which till is next. Lots of variations!
I think its part of being English: I think it is a lot quicker because you know when you have to go. Some places use the combined system, some use individual queues, some use a teller to say which till is next. Lots of variations!
2 months ago #8745144
it works but i found it a bit weird first time i metthis que system in england
it works but i found it a bit weird first time i metthis que system in england
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Statistically this system is more efficient than having multiple queues, one for each station. Suppose you are in a queue in the "Danish" system and there is a problem with the transaction of the person in front of you. Changing queue will make you lose the spot, so You have to wait. With the single queue system if there is a problem at one station, you are just directed to the first available one. Basically it increases your station-pool while not affecting the average speed at which you will be served.