Every Time You Go to the Grocery Store,you Try to Choose

question 3

Multiple Choice

Every time you go to the grocery store,you try to choose the shortest line.But all of the lines always seem to be the same length.Why?

• A) Everyone else is trying to choose the shortest line,too.
• B) The store manager tells the cashiers to speed up or slow down to maintain equal line lengths.
• C) The union tells the cashiers to speed up or slow down to maintain equal line lengths.
• D) The cashiers all work at the same speed.
• E) The cashiers do not have an incentive to work faster,

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