German sports spectators used to have to wait in long lines at the stadium concession counter.
So entrepreneurs stand down, and the people of the Northeast wait in gas lines.
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For years, crowds eager to enter the nexus of American democracy have had to wait in long lines snaking around the building's scrubby gardens.
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Tromping across the show requires excellent footwear, extraordinary stamina, and a willingness to wait in endless lines for either a taxi que or monorail.
After all, it was Sunday, one of the last of the summer, and a lovely one at that - a good day not to ask people to wait in long lines to pass through security checkpoints.
For consumers, using M-Pesa beats visiting a Western Union branch on three counts, says Jones: the transaction fees are far less, there's no need to wait in huge lines, and the receiver knows instantly that the money has arrived.
Qantas won't disclose data on performance of the new technology, such as baggage-handling numbers or changes in average wait in airport check-in lines.
And by mingle, I mean wait in wildly long lines to pose with those stars for staged pictures.
Carriers, regulators and airport operators are eager to curtail pollution airliners spew out as they wait in frequently long lines to take off.
Long lines of cars wait in front of petrol stations rumoured to be expecting a delivery.
Over the weekend, there were flight delays, problems at check-in kiosks, airport lines and long wait times to reach reservations agents on the phone.
He cited the difference between what the airlines think will placate customers--prompt ticket refunds, quoting lowest available fares and retrieving lost luggage--and what's really annoying travelers: flight delays, long check-in lines and the 20-minute wait at the baggage carousel.
In my experience, the longer the lines and the longer the wait at the DMV, the better the economy.
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