Michael Moynihan: Long lines across the water and parsing the fine art of queuing

People have a tolerance for waiting in queues that is proportional to the complexity or quantity of service that they anticipate

Members of the public in the queue at Southwark Park in London, as they wait to view Queen Elizabeth II lying in state ahead of her funeral. Picture: Ian West/PA Wire

I’m aware that there was a queue across the water last week.

Or a Queue, which seems necessary, if not actually obligatory. I got the impression that a reference to the crowd waiting to see the late Queen’s coffin which didn’t involve a tactful capitalisation would result in transportation to Van Diemen’s Land.