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Good “ordinary” joke just now on Royal Pains. The Divya character is standing in a slow line at a cafe (presumably slowed by frappucinnoistas) waiting to order a black coffee and complains “why can’t there be a line for us regular people?” Ironic but actually good queuing theory
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Ordinary = simplest = shortest processing time = prioritized handling = mass unit economics This set of equivalences (not always true) is almost the basic logic of industrial normalcy.
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Semi related - at our kids school summer fair I increased takings 3x by having a line for bottles only (vs making pimms or pouring mojitos). Also was not invited to help run the bar again. Pretty sure at least 2 important lessons
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