Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.
Speaker 1: Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Speaker 1: Today's tip is to avoid wasting time in lines. Some
Speaker 1: things are definitely worth waiting for, and some lines are unavoidable.
Speaker 1: But often you can do something more satisfying with your
Speaker 1: time then wait, and if that is the case, well
Speaker 1: see if you can get out of line. I have
Speaker 1: been contemplating lines a lot lately as the world opens
Speaker 1: back up after COVID. I have been waiting in plenty
Speaker 1: of lines myself. For instance, I brought a few kids
Speaker 1: to an amusement park recently. Now you can be strategic,
Speaker 1: but ultimately lines are just part of the package at
Speaker 1: places like that, and that is okay. We chatted a
Speaker 1: lot while we were in line, and we still had
Speaker 1: a blast. Same with the line for a food truck
Speaker 1: that my eleven year old son and I like to visit.
Speaker 1: Those are some really good lobster rules, and for us
Speaker 1: they are worth the weight. But there are plenty of
Speaker 1: other more questionable lines. For instance, I drive past a
Speaker 1: fast food restaurant frequently where cars are piled up for
Speaker 1: the drive through. The parking lot itself is pretty empty
Speaker 1: leave aside the question of whether the food itself is
Speaker 1: worth waiting for. I'm sure some people find it is,
Speaker 1: but you could just park, walk in order and be
Speaker 1: back in your car in far less time than you
Speaker 1: would wait in that drive through line. I am also
Speaker 1: flum mixed by the lines I see at the airport, where,
Speaker 1: at least for my US listeners, t s a pre
Speaker 1: check which puts you in a very short line, has
Speaker 1: been available for years. If you plan on flying in
Speaker 1: the next year or so, go get pre check now.
Speaker 1: You can pause this podcast. I will still be here
Speaker 1: when you get back. Even lines that feel obligatory may
Speaker 1: not be. Do you need to sit in the school
Speaker 1: car line every day? Or could your kids take the
Speaker 1: bus some of the time. My kids elementary school allows
Speaker 1: you to pick up kids on foot, so when I
Speaker 1: do pick them up, I park at a nearby playground,
Speaker 1: walk over and enjoy the fresh air and a much
Speaker 1: shorter weight not in the line, rather than inching forward
Speaker 1: in my car. In any case, the next time you
Speaker 1: are in line, ask yourself, why is what you are
Speaker 1: waiting for worth the wait? Is there another option you
Speaker 1: could try? Maybe instead of waiting in line to get
Speaker 1: breakfast before work. You could eat at home and sleep
Speaker 1: fifteen minutes later. Maybe you can order your groceries online
Speaker 1: instead of waiting in those weekend afternoon checkout lines. Maybe
Speaker 1: some mornings you make your own coffee and consider the
Speaker 1: coffee shop a treat for mornings when things are a
Speaker 1: little slower. The point is to put a higher value
Speaker 1: on your time. There are other breakfasts, so if you
Speaker 1: are giving up a chunk of your one limited life
Speaker 1: waiting in line, make sure it is worth it, because
Speaker 1: I know you have a lot of other things you
Speaker 1: could be doing in the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks
Speaker 1: for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,
Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me
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