Seriously?

Let me tell you about one thing that I hate. I hate when you go to a store, or a bank, or anywhere, and there are two lines of people waiting for service. You pull up (or walk up) and both lines have one person in them. You choose a line, which undoubtedly will have a woman in it with two thousand coupons, a price check and a carton of broken eggs. As you are standing there, someone comes up and gets in the other line. Now, even though you have been standing there for (possibly) a lot longer than they have, they are served first because the person in front of them finishes first. In fact, they are out the door and you are still standing there waiting on the clearance item and a new carton of farm fresh.

For this scenario, I have a solution. Although there are two cashiers, form one line and when a cashier is free, the next person goes. Fair for all, right? Now, it is a little different when there are 3.6 million people waiting for service, but in the case of a Walgreens at 9pm, you would thing it would be the perfect way to achieve fairness!

So, I get my laundry detergent and head to the checkout. Two lines - one person in each. I hang back, because I am the only person waiting, and I figure whichever one opens up first, I will go to. A woman walks up behind me.

Her: Are you waiting in line?
Me: Yeah, I was just waiting for whichever one is done first.
Her: ::rolls eyes:: ::stands there, hand on hip:: ::waits...::
Her: ::sighs and chooses a line, which, of course, ended up being the shorter of the two.::

Nice, and nice. That's all I can say.