Queue Theorist Mugs

"Maybe you should go make sure we're in the right line."

All of our representatives are busy right now. Stay on the line and someone will be with you in a few miles.

"There must be a place we can wait on line for an hour before eating."

The First Commuters

'Not only am I a frequent flyer, I'm a frequent waiter.'

'We'll have a bed for you in a couple of days.'

Impatient queue of people. The signs read queue here,sigh heavily from here, and Tut Loudly from here.

"Two minutes, 40 seconds. Next ... Two minutes, 53 seconds. Next ..."

TSA Lines

With the Inflatable Pocket Potty, you'll never have to wait in line again at the stadium.

"I've got a lot of stuff, a ton of coupons, and I pay by check, so all you behind me...get comfortable!"

Seven males, ranging in age from a baby to an old man, wait in a line monitored by a uniformed guard.

Bureaucracy (Murphy's law)

"If I ever feel that life's moving too fast, I just stand in the prescriptions queue..."

Patience Tested While You Wait.

Congestion Eases Inexplicably

Limbo services: 'what gives...this line hasn't moved for hours!'

Three people waiting in a queue.

"Still, I'd rather be here than at the office."

"I want to complain about how long I've had to queue to make my complaint."

"Latte for a guy you're sure ordered after you."

"We'd like to begin by boarding all passengers who feel impatient."

Stand in the Q.

"I'm going to try and get an outpatients appointment, I may be some time!"

Elderly couple bearing a sign: '...We take ages.'

"You know I hate queues, let's wait for the next one."

"Who's next?"

'No, I'm still standing in this stupid line looking at the back of somebody's stupid head.'

'We're not actually full, we just keep a line outside to make the place look good...'

'So close! If only you hasn't cut in line here!'

Man wetting himself in a toilet queue.