Detail The waiting game.   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: Time Magazine vol. 170 no. 10 (Sep. 2007), page 54. Topik: Flash Pass; Rich; Waiting in Lines; United States Ketersediaan Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: T7 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel From airports to amusement parks, long lines are inevitable...unless you're rich Depending on whom you believe, the average American will, over a lifetime, wait in lines for two years (say National Public Radio) or five years (according to customer-loyalty expert Nick wreden, whose post-office branch you might want to avoid). Airports resemble France befire the Revolution:first-class passengers enjoy "elite" security lines and priority boarding, and disembark beforethe unwashed in coach--held at bay by a flight attendant--are allowed to foul the Jetway. At amusement parks, too, you can now buy your way out of line. This summer I haplessly watched kids used $52 Gold Flash Pass to jump the lines at Six Flags, New England, and similar systems are in use in most major American theme parks, from Universal Orlando to Walt Disney World, where the haves get to watch the hae-mores breeze past on their way to their seats, as if Space Mountain were Spango. Flash Pass teaches children a valuable lesson in real-world economics: that the rich are more important than you, especially when it comes to waiting. An NBA player once said to me, with a bemused chuckle of disbelief, that when playing in Canada-get this-"we have to wait in the same customs line as everybody else." Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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