which was now flowing like promises at a political convention. The check-and-coupon lady was long since gone, and people were moving through at a good clip. I’d be driving home, enjoying my candy bar by now if I hadn’t changed lines. † I always choose the wrong line. When choosing a line, I will sometimes say to myself, Normally I would choose line #1 but I know I always choose the wrong line, so I will go with line #2. Inevitably line #2 ends up being longer. So the next time I will say to myself,