Here is a summary of how businesses around me handle short bursts of work:

• When i go to the doctor:

  • find an empty seat in the waiting room
  • observe who’s before me
  • wait untill all those people have been seen by the doctor

• When i go to the supermarket:

  • join the queue at the end
  • wait untill al before me have been helped

• When i go the the bakery:

  • get a number from a ticketing machine at the entrance
  • wait untill a seller indicates he’s willing to process my requests

• When i go to my car dealer:

• hand over car keys

• give my mobile phone number

• relax in the loung untill they come find me (or send me an sms)