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The science of the grocery store line

Checkout delays stem from shopper behaviors like coupon use, label reading, and cashier distractions, illustrating a humorous 'universal law' observed by many physicists.

If you’re like me, you spend a lot of time in the grocery store. In fact, sometimes I think it would be easier to just have my employer forward my paycheck. We both know it’s going to wind up there anyway. I must admit that I am a man of science. I believe that science is all around us. Even in the grocery store line. The science of the grocery store is one that many physicists have long suspected of obeying a hidden universal law, which says th…

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The Advocate-Messenger broke the news in on Tuesday, March 3, 2026.
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