The line forms here

It’s the holiday season, which means one of the greatest holiday pastimes is back again, and that of course is standing in line.

Yes with Christmas comes the expectation that anywhere we go – whether it be Best Buy, Target, or PetSmart – we are going to wait in lines.

PlayStation 3 is being released this week, and people are lining up everywhere possible to get their hands on the hot release. So I think it’s time we dissect the line-waiting scheme.

People seem to loose all sense of courtesy when approaching a counter that has more than one cashier. For example…

• TARGET – When at Target, each cashier has their own area equipped with a rotation belt, so there is no question about where to stand, which is easy enough.

• ABC LIQUOR – Sorry for this poor example, but that is all I can think of at the moment. There is the store Bath & Body Works but that is much too feminine for me to admit that I do there. What’s that? I just did? Damn. Anyway, there is one lone counter with many registers. With this situation, form one line. It is the most fair way to approach the situation, this way everyone will get through in a fair amount of time and no one is more fortunate to get through first just because they picked the better line.