Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Queuing (13 Apr 2005) The queue has been a visually redolent image for decades. From queuing for rations during World War II to the dole queue of the seventies and eighties, the queue has been exploited for its political capital and social importance. But why are the British so obsessed with queuing and what does this social norm reveal? Article URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/thinkingallowed_20050413.shtml   28.59    (Thinking Allowed)   Read 200 more articles from BBC Radio 4 sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Young, gifted and talented     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy