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On 19/02/2012 10:56, tim.... wrote:
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On 18/02/2012 13:59, tim.... wrote:
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On 14/02/2012 06:29, Neil Williams wrote:
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The Royal Mail has undertaken a redesign of its branches. Instead
of
queuing in a line, you take a number from a machine for the type of
service that you require and approach a counter when your number is
called.

The Swiss do that, and it's a good system as it means you can prepare
paperwork more easily while waiting.

Neil

I think that the Dutch and Germans also do that.

They do it flipping everywhere they can think of in Sweden. I even
used
to
make the joke that it was so prevalent they did it in the supermarket
when
you queued up with your trolley to pay - until one day I visited a
supermarket that did exactly that!

tim


I would think that they are using automatic checkout points now, as they
do here in England.

Yeah there was some of those on my last visit.

They were as poorly used as they are in GB

tim


I actually see some pretty large queues for them here in London, at least.

between 12:00 and 14:00?

At my local Tesco there's a queue for them a mile long then.

the rest of the time you are often the only punter using them

tim