What Are You Waiting For?

What Are You Waiting For?

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Standing in line represents a particularly sloppy - and frustrating - way for supply and demand to meet. Why haven’t we found a better way to get what we want? Is it possible that we secretly enjoy waiting in line? And might it even be (gulp) good for us?