How to Wait in Line More Efficiently and Effectively

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How to Wait in Line More Efficiently and

Effectively: The Q2 Style

Let’s think of these common places:

A bank

A dentist

A tax office

A grocery store

A post office

An airport

Now, let me ask you: what is the very common thing that you may have to do in all of these

places?

Yes, you are right: waiting.

Unfortunately, this what you have probably done a lot in the past and in fact, waiting your turn

makes you bored and even annoyed.You feel even more emotional about the waiting, if you have

a busy day going on: you really should be doing more important things than just waiting for

something. Time should be better spent than by wasting it by waiting.

You can’t always avoid it

We all face the waiting times, that’s for sure.But eventually what makes you feel emotional about

it is caused by the lack of preparation and planning.

First of all, you run into the waiting situation without giving it any thought in advance. For instance,

you decide that now it’s time to go to the grocery store, even if it’s rush hour and most of the

other people are doing their shopping there too.

Then, without any preparation and proper plan, you can’t take advantage of your waiting times.

This emphasizes even more of the feeling of wasted time and ineffectiveness. With these two

factors, waiting times feel plain useless, even though you could effectively take advantage of it.

What causes us to wait?