Why does the other line always move faster? the myths and misery, secrets and psychology of waiting in line
"How we wait, why we wait, what we wait for-waiting in line is a daily indignity that we all experience, usually with a little anxiety thrown in (Why is that the other line always moves faster?!?!). Now it's the subject of smart, quirky, compelling nonfiction treatment that has made Malcolm Gladwell...
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New York :
Workman Publishing Company,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- The taming of the queue: a life in line
- The birth of the queue: bread lines, assembly lines, lunch lines
- Man, the animal that stands in line: on the psychology of waiting
- Queuetopia: the body politic waits its turn
- Billions served worldwide, one cheeseburger at a time: a study in cultural contrasts
- Lessons from an underground bunker: science in the magic kingdom
- Coda: how to avoid standing in line completely.
