Before we did it at the doors of the shops in March 2020, the art of queuing, this courteous, civilized queue, at regular
and respected intervals, seemed to us to be the prerogative of the British, whom we admired at the same time as we mocked the spontaneous discipline at bus stops.
We tried to learn, during the pandemic, by tapping floors crossed out with tape every meter.
Almost three years later, all is forgotten.
In France, yellow bands are needed to enforce “courtesy spaces” in front of the counters.
The queue, very little for us.
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And yet, we always do it, the queue.
In the physical world and
in the virtual universe, expectation is our companion.
It's nothing new,
but it's definitely getting worse and worse.
The post-Covid decongestion of supply chains is slow.
Take your momentum if you want to equip yourself with a wood-burning stove: it will be delivered to you at the end of 2023 at best.
Public services also put…
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