Queues

HOW is it that when are in a rush there is always a queue at the nearest cash point.

And when you have loads of time to spare there is no queue for a cash machine.

Last week, I had to be somewhere in the evening and went to the village to get some money out.

Unfortunately there were three people in front of me at the machine outside the bank.

Why do some people spend ages at the cash point?

Either they spend ages typing their code in or they take forever to decide how much money they want to take out.

Surely taking money out of the hole in the wall should be a simple operation, taking a couple of minutes at the very least.

Also when there is a queue, it always seems to be raining. Why are there not shelters at cash points?

Meanwhile I enjoyed watching the Australian Open tennis on BBC interactive. It is good to see that during a cold January day there was somewhere sunny, albeit on the over side of the world.

I didn’t realise the tournament was on the BBC, they hadn’t advertised it anywhere, so I missed the first week.

It was an interesting tournament, with some shock results, such as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both losing in the semi-final.

Finally one lucky winner took last Saturday’s triple rollover, the first of the year. Unfortunately it wasn’t me. Despite all the lottery draws over the years, I don’t know anyone who has won a big prize.