Pro tip: the guy at the DMV in Reno told me to grab a number before I even park, cut my wait from 90 minutes to 12
I was fuming in line for the third time this month when he waved me over and pointed at the ticket machine by the door most people walk right past. Now I want to know, what dumb little shortcut have you found at a place everyone else just suffers through?
The ticket machine by the door that most people walk right past is the real hero of this story, and it kills me that it just sits there while everyone fumes in line like it owes them money. That DMV guy basically handed you the cheat code and nobody else even looked up. I had something like that at the pharmacy where the drive thru moves twice as fast as going inside, and I felt like a genius until I told a friend and now we both sit in that line. Honestly these little tricks only work because most folks are too busy being mad to look around. The second too many people catch on it stops being a shortcut and turns into its own line, which is the sad part.