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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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Speaker 1: Today's tip is to avoid wasting time in lines. Some

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Speaker 1: things are definitely worth waiting for, and some lines are unavoidable.

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Speaker 1: But often you can do something more satisfying with your

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Speaker 1: time then wait, and if that is the case, well

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Speaker 1: see if you can get out of line. I have

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Speaker 1: been contemplating lines a lot lately as the world opens

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Speaker 1: back up after COVID. I have been waiting in plenty

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Speaker 1: of lines myself. For instance, I brought a few kids

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Speaker 1: to an amusement park recently. Now you can be strategic,

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Speaker 1: but ultimately lines are just part of the package at

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Speaker 1: places like that, and that is okay. We chatted a

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Speaker 1: lot while we were in line, and we still had

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Speaker 1: a blast. Same with the line for a food truck

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Speaker 1: that my eleven year old son and I like to visit.

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Speaker 1: Those are some really good lobster rules, and for us

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Speaker 1: they are worth the weight. But there are plenty of

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Speaker 1: other more questionable lines. For instance, I drive past a

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Speaker 1: fast food restaurant frequently where cars are piled up for

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Speaker 1: the drive through. The parking lot itself is pretty empty

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Speaker 1: leave aside the question of whether the food itself is

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Speaker 1: worth waiting for. I'm sure some people find it is,

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Speaker 1: but you could just park, walk in order and be

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Speaker 1: back in your car in far less time than you

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Speaker 1: would wait in that drive through line. I am also

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Speaker 1: flum mixed by the lines I see at the airport, where,

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Speaker 1: at least for my US listeners, t s a pre

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Speaker 1: check which puts you in a very short line, has

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Speaker 1: been available for years. If you plan on flying in

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Speaker 1: the next year or so, go get pre check now.

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Speaker 1: You can pause this podcast. I will still be here

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Speaker 1: when you get back. Even lines that feel obligatory may

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Speaker 1: not be. Do you need to sit in the school

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Speaker 1: car line every day? Or could your kids take the

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Speaker 1: bus some of the time. My kids elementary school allows

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Speaker 1: you to pick up kids on foot, so when I

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Speaker 1: do pick them up, I park at a nearby playground,

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Speaker 1: walk over and enjoy the fresh air and a much

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Speaker 1: shorter weight not in the line, rather than inching forward

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Speaker 1: in my car. In any case, the next time you

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Speaker 1: are in line, ask yourself, why is what you are

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Speaker 1: waiting for worth the wait? Is there another option you

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Speaker 1: could try? Maybe instead of waiting in line to get

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Speaker 1: breakfast before work. You could eat at home and sleep

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Speaker 1: fifteen minutes later. Maybe you can order your groceries online

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Speaker 1: instead of waiting in those weekend afternoon checkout lines. Maybe

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Speaker 1: some mornings you make your own coffee and consider the

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Speaker 1: coffee shop a treat for mornings when things are a

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Speaker 1: little slower. The point is to put a higher value

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Speaker 1: on your time. There are other breakfasts, so if you

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Speaker 1: are giving up a chunk of your one limited life

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Speaker 1: waiting in line, make sure it is worth it, because

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Speaker 1: I know you have a lot of other things you

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Speaker 1: could be doing in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me

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Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with

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Speaker 1: me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at Before Breakfast Pod.

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Speaker 1: That's b E the number four, then breakfast p o D.

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Speaker 1: You can also shoot me an email at Before Breakfast

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Speaker 1: podcast at i heeart media dot com. That Before Breakfast

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Speaker 1: is spelled out with all the letters. Thanks so much,

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Speaker 1: I look forward to staying in touch. Before Breakfast is

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