Recent research shows how the relationship between alcohol consumption, queuing and crowds can lead to violent behaviour in city centres at night.
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Appeals to social organisation are about knowing one’s place, a particularly English preoccupation.
No one likes a long line. But privileging the rich and powerful – as has often been the case – may undermine trust in the vaccine rollout.
Don’t despair if, once you’ve gathered your shopping items, you’re met by a single line that looks a mile long. Queuing theory suggests this is likely the fastest way to get you rung up and moving on.
Businesses are weighing up the costs of queuing and using innovative ways to minimise these costs by doing away with queues.
There’s also one that explains why you always think you’ve picked the wrong queue.
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Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour, Queensland University of Technology
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