Post office solves long lines by removing clocks

By Cory Doctorow at 5:40 am Saturday, Mar 3

The US Post Office has removed clocks from 37,000 postal outlets in order to alleviate the problem of people feeling like they're waiting in line for two long. A clockless atmosphere will apparently encourage a state of meditative interest in the workings of the postal service, without distracting with the sense of time's fleeting passage. Consumerist's Meghann Marco nails it:

Um, correct us if we're wrong here but:

* People carry timepieces.

* The post office is not a casino. People aren't going to lose themselves in the fun and mail more letters than they'd originally intended.

Is this the best they can come up with?

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