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The most confusing thing about the line at Franklin's is you can just order it to go and skip the line entirely. Granted, you have to plan ahead a bit, but who's deciding at the spur of the moment to go eat lunch at Franklin's anyway?


I believe there is such a thing as "queuing culture."

I don't know if it's driven by Disney resorts and cruises, but it seems as if people like standing in line for some reason.


It turns things into an event. Which is most of what happened at Franklin.


yep, I have a friend who went and stood in line to buy the new apple phone because it was "part of the experience". whatever makes people happy, I suppose.


You've never been to England.


See also Shake Shack..


It's like how a night club with no line is stupid, lame, and not worth going to, but one with a long line is forbidden fruit and so you must line up too.

So many clubs make people line up for no reason other than to have a line.




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