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LETTERS
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by:
Charles Draimin
Department of Accountancy
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Queuing theory
It is heartwarming to know that at Concordia you can meet a friend anywhere,
even while waiting in the cold for the shuttle bus. What is not so heartwarming
„ especially at -10 degrees - is to discover that you have been pushed back one
or two places in the shuttle bus line because a couple of people have bumped
into one of their friends in the queue and then, in the course of the conversation, have insinuated themselves into the line. It is not fun having to
wait for yet another bus.
Could I suggest that people who are visited by friends while waiting in the
shuttle bus line remind them, when it starts to move, that if they want to join
the line, they should go to the end. Sometimes, of course, friends are diffident
about making such a request. Then it is up to the rest of us, especially those
nearest in line, to remind the interlopers of their manners. Good queuing makes
good neighbours.
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