Today I've been to a local DMV office, to pay the reinstatement fee to get my license back. I paid my fines on the due date and because of that I was suspended. I had to do that the day before I was due. So I went there, and what I saw was nothing unusual. A huge amount of people dealing with their own license issues. A line. So, I got my number and took a seat. 47 minutes. That's the exact quantity of time I spent over there to get my chance to give up my money. I'm not using "to pay" for when you pay you're getting something back. And I wasn't. Instead: boom, here's your chair!
There are couple more places which are ready to see you waiting to get the service.
The House of Courts (judges are always late!)
USPS (monopoly?!)
Emergency room (there was this child I remember. He had his arm broken. He was waiting almost 3 hours for his turn)
Are there more that offer a line before the service?
Are all of them government-ruled?
Do they use their monopoly position?
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In all of our advances as a society, we still have massive lines and waiting rooms.. for the sake of waiting. People feel more important when you are waiting on them, I suppose.
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that definitely is true, about the feeling of importance. and for those who wait it's more miserable, feels like you are begging for something
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