So, today in Shinjuku we thought, let's pop by the KK and have a dough hole! However, upon arrival, we encountered this:
5 months later, and the line is still going long! And on a monday afternoon at that! Note the estimated line time: 1:10 min. Answer me this: why would people line up on a blustery cold day for over an hour to eat some donuts from a shop that's already been around for 5 months. Is there nothing better to do? It can hardly be fashionable anymore, and I mean, come on: donuts. It's not like they're giving out free diamonds or cheesecakes or handjobs or dionsaurs or cash or plane tickets. Just donuts. Krispy Kremlin: what's really in those donuts?
There is a fascinatingly frustrating habit of people in Tokyo standing in lines; yes it's crowded, but I've seen countless instances where people seem to prefer standing in a cue than not. Maybe I'm just impatient. Probably.
I didn't get a donut...
5 comments:
when Brent was showing us around Tokyo, he took us to line up cos that seems to be the 'in thing'. hey, people lining up, let's do it! um, what for?
must be one of those journey-is-the-prize things. why would we want donuts if we didn't have to wait an hour for them?
wish we had a donut place here :(
If only the journey wasn't a cattle corral... Though I like your optimism, and some things are indeed better when waited for, but I'm still pretty baffled.
Good story. As a brit I can relate. The British people seem to love queuing. Its that politeness etched into everyones' DNA. I hate it. I was queuing at the counter in a supermarket today, leaving a gap for people passing through to get by. I man came and jumped in front of me. I challenged him - "Excuse me, but I was queuing here." "where?" he says. I very nearly lost my rag. Queing is one of the most dissapointing traits of the human species.
Carl
hmm, i feel awkward when there's no designated place to start queueing and i'm the only one doing so (eg. mcdonalds, medical centres, China). maybe we should be given a personal sign "queue here" at birth.
Indeed, standing in a line is unpleasant, but line-jumpers are worse. And then when there's no line, but you have to wait, and you stand there innocuous like a potted plant, and then someone walks up and you have to give them the 'I'm standing in line by myself' nod, even though you were clearly looking at magazines--that's funny, and there's no real protocol there, indeed. In some cultures though, people don't line up, they crowd around; that's funny too, and seemingly very honest: 'we're all standing here for the same thing?? Me first!'
But then, there must be some inane joy in lines for some people, otherwise they wouldn't possibly stand in one for the brief and mediocre pleasure of some donuts (or am I missing something still...?).
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