Supermarket shoppers across the country are all too familiar with the frustration of choosing the wrong queue.
It seems like a universal law that the line you decide to join is always the slowest to move.
To make matters worse, there is always that one customer who has picked the only product in the store with no price tag.
And don’t even get us started on the checkout operator who decides to close their lane right before it’s your turn.
The same hurdles can be found at the cashpoint, where it feels like you always end up behind the person who has decided to print out and check a monthly statement, check the balance on all four of their accounts, and print out a receipt for each transaction.
The internal debate of whether or not to switch queues is something we have all faced.
Despite knowing that as soon as you move, your original line will miraculously speed up, the temptation to switch is often too strong to resist.
And, of course, as expected, your original queue starts moving quicker than you can say “unexpected item in the bagging area”.
So, next time you find yourself stuck in a slow-moving queue, just remember that you are not alone in your supermarket struggles.
And maybe, just maybe, your next trip to the store will be the one where luck finally decides to smile upon you.