Saturday, March 3, 2007
Post office solves long lines by removing clocks
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:Link* 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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