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Andrews, David, 1982-
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Collective behavior.
Crowds -- Psychological aspects.
Waiting (Philosophy)
Social psychology.
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Andrews, David, 1982-
Collective behavior.
Crowds -- Psychological aspects.
Waiting (Philosophy)
Social psychology.
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Why
does
the
other
line
always
move
faster
? : the
myths
and
misery
,
secrets
and
psychology
of
waiting
in
line
/ David Andrews.
by
Andrews, David, 1982-
Workman Publishing Company, 2015.
Call #:
302.33 A565w
Subjects
Collective behavior.
Crowds -- Psychological aspects.
Waiting
(Philosophy)
Social
psychology
.
ISBN:
9780761181224 (hc.)
0761181229 (hc.)
Description:
200 p. ; 19cm.
Summary:
"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 and
Why
Do Men Have Nipples? international bestsellers. And the perfect cocktail party conversation starter: Did you know that the first lesson of boot camp is to teach recruits how to stand rigidly in
line
? That in Disneyland, the global center of line-waiting, queuing is managed from a bunker under Sleeping Beauty Castle? Or that the queuing is so ingrained in British culture, thugs rioting in London were observed taking their turns when looting a shop? Or that in 2007, the People's Republic of China began a series of National Voluntarily Wait-in-Line Days, in hopes that they could train their non-queuing populace to be more like Westerners before the 2008 Olympics arrived? Or that even though McDonald's and Burger King have
faster
counter service, surveyed customers are more satisfied
waiting
at Wendy's because the queue barriers assure that the first-come will be first-served? And that gets to the heart of this fascinating, witty book. Citing sources ranging from Harvard Business School professors to Seinfeld, dipping back to the first queue-during the French Revolution-to the state-of-the-art study of
line
management, it comes back to one underling truth: It's not about the time you spend
waiting
, but how the circumstances of the wait affect your perception of time. In
other
words, the
other
line
always
moves
faster
because you're not in it"--From publisher.
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