/ 11 July 2006

Britons waste four days a year in queues

Britons, famous the world over for queuing, waste four days, or 96 hours, each year waiting in line, according to results of a study released on Monday.

But far from being polite in the process, more than 40% admit to having lost their cool, with the airport check-in queue cited as the most hated by 65% of the respondents, the ICM poll for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines suggested.

According to responses from 1 000 adults, what has jokingly been called the national pastime is put to more constructive use by 18% of people who have used the time at the check-in queue to “chat up” fellow travellers. The results of whether they were successful was not known. – AFP