On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 09:21:15 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>John Kuthe wrote:
>>
> <stuff about waiting in line>
>
>Fact of life, John. Say in a grocery store. Go stand in the
>shortest one person checkout line and it almost never fails that
>it will be the slowest one of all. By time you get checked out, 4
>people in the longer line have paid and left way sooner. It's a
>Mr.Murphy thing, I suppose. Mr.Murphy knows everything.

I think you're spot on, law of averages failing