August 2012
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Why Waiting in Line Is Torture
This story hints at a general principle: the experience of waiting, whether for luggage or groceries, is defined only partly by the objective length of the wait. “Often the psychology of queuing is more important than the statistics of the wait itself,” notes the M.I.T. operations researcher Richard Larson, widely considered to be the world’s foremost expert on...
Rumours are generally a good thing in technology. They get people talking about a company’s upcoming product, and in most cases, the same people end up buying whatever the new device is once it hits the shelves. But rumours can also be a bad, bad thing. Especially when not only the small(er) websites write about them, but when major publications like the New York Times chime in.
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French Canadians singled out as bad tippers in Vermont
“A few times a week, we get tables that will eat for $100 and leave, like, three bucks or $5. And 100 per cent of the time for stuff like that, it’s French Canadians. Not all French Canadians do that, definitely not, but when it happens it’s always French Canadians. Basically, it’s large bills that get loose change as a tip.”
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