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    Pick the queue on the left

    Why do all the other supermarket checkout queues always move faster than yours? - Telegraph

    How to choose the best queue:
    Veer to the left most people are right-handed so we have a natural inclination to turn right. Do the opposite, queues on the left may be emptier

    HTH

    #2
    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
    Why do all the other supermarket checkout queues always move faster than yours? - Telegraph

    How to choose the best queue:
    Veer to the left most people are right-handed so we have a natural inclination to turn right. Do the opposite, queues on the left may be emptier

    HTH
    Works on motorway too in traffic, people move to middle to avoid mergers from slip road but what it in fact does is free up the left lane.

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      #3
      Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
      Why do all the other supermarket checkout queues always move faster than yours? - Telegraph

      How to choose the best queue:
      Veer to the left most people are right-handed so we have a natural inclination to turn right. Do the opposite, queues on the left may be emptier

      HTH
      Or its an indication of the way the political spectrum is shifting in the UK
      Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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        #4
        Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
        Why do all the other supermarket checkout queues always move faster than yours? - Telegraph

        How to choose the best queue:
        Veer to the left most people are right-handed so we have a natural inclination to turn right. Do the opposite, queues on the left may be emptier

        HTH
        Entrance is always almost on the left. Therefore exit on right.

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          #5
          The slowest queue is the one with the most people in it. You are more likely to be in the queue with the most people in than any other queue. Ergo, you are most likely to be in the slowest queue.
          Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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            #6
            Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
            The slowest queue is the one with the most people in it. You are more likely to be in the queue with the most people in than any other queue. Ergo, you are most likely to be in the slowest queue.
            Unless you're in Germany because you're behind the old granny who insists on paying with the exact small change and therefore spends an inordinate amount of time going through her purse and counting out every bloody cent
            Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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              #7
              Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
              The slowest queue is the one with the most people in it. You are more likely to be in the queue with the most people in than any other queue. Ergo, you are most likely to be in the slowest queue.
              Not necessarily.

              If you are behind an old person, even if the people in the queue next too you have two full trolleys of stuff you will be through the checkout quicker in their queue.
              "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                #8
                All the supermarkets I use require you to turn left to exit after the checkout. Queues normally seem longer to the left.

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                  #9
                  I always join the queue with the least people and least amount of shopping. I must be irrational.
                  bloggoth

                  If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
                  John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
                    The slowest queue is the one with the most people in it. You are more likely to be in the queue with the most people in than any other queue. Ergo, you are most likely to be in the slowest queue.
                    Good point. But when you joined the queue, chances are it was shorter than the others.

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