Poll Requested by xochitl42

[gnomi]

And, yes -- I will do language polls on request. :-)

[Poll #814496]

Comments

[cbpotts.livejournal.com]

It's only Narf because everyone in my community could line up to see the postmaster and it wouldn't take 15 minutes to process us all. The whole concept is sort of incomprehensible. Wait for the postmaster?

We only do that if Julie's in the bathroom.

{/culture shock]

[perpet.livejournal.com]

As I work on campus, and live in a semi-college town, I feel the pain of sudden long lines at places that have been wonderfully quick over the last few months. I also miss the driving ability of the people who were on the road when the students weren't. It's a turn signal, and you *do* use it when changing lanes!

[xochitl42.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm curious to see the breakdowns after all is said and done.

And I absolutely echo your city primer for incoming freshies. We get our share of similar in NYC (and I will readily admit I contributed to the problem--but only for that one, first year).

[seborn.livejournal.com]

If a student is waiting for the postmaster but instead of standing patiently they're rollerblading back and forth, are playing some networked game on their cell phone, and are being rude and disruptive, are they in-line, on-line, or out of line?

[xochitl42.livejournal.com]

They're on-the-floor after I clothesline 'em.

At least, that's how it plays out in my sweet, sweet daydreams.

(Yay! An excuse to use the evil-me userpic!)

[llennhoff.livejournal.com]

I get on line, I wait in line.

[estherchaya.livejournal.com]

I chose "in queue", but that's not entirely correct. What I would have said was that I get "in the queue."

[zsero.livejournal.com]

Same here. I chose "I queue up", but I'd have chosen "I get in the queue" if that were an option. Because I don't queue up, all of the people waiting queue up collectively. There'd have to be rather more of me for me to queue up all on my own.

Digression: on a tour of the Jewish East End of London, the (non-Jewish) guide told the story of how Benjamin Disraeli's father refused his turn to be a "parnassim" of the snoga on Bevis Marks, leading to his estrangement from the community, and eventually to his son's apostasy. I informed her that unless he was a very large person indeed, he was more likely to have been invited to be only a single parnas, or to join the board of parnassim. If they really wanted him to be more than one parnas at the same time, I can understand why he refused.

[caryabend.livejournal.com]

What if you grew up in PA/NJ with a strong NYC influence?

[lisafeld.livejournal.com]

I use in line/on line interchangeably, but I'm wondering if you know how good you have it, thinking a 15 minute wait is an inconvenience. I'd call it lightning speed.

[angwantibo.livejournal.com]

Isn't that how long it usually takes? Oh yeah, I live and work in a small town with only 1 teller.

I find waiting in line enjoyable. There's in-depth people watching time and you can time the speed of the tellers.