I anticipate a mall-ful of people forming long lines this weekend. I'd have to wait longer in the line if I go. That's what I don't like.
Probably I'd go watch the movie some time later. I don't see much merit in viewing the movie earlier. But certainly I don't mind some people see some prize in early viewing. I just don't have to be an early adopter in every aspect of my life.
If you are a shopkeeper, long line is good for your business, of course. It even adds sense of premium. A restaurant with long line is a state shopkeepers want to create. It has good appeal to people, or so they believe.
However, in my science business, the state of "many people working on the same thing" is not necessarily a good thing. "This is an important issue, so we allocate many people and funding"...the approach certainly has merits, but has proven to reach a performance peak quickly. Over-allocation of the limited resource can even be a problem rather than a solution. Like ecosystem, many subjects being investigated by many niche researchers is actually a good and healthy state of science.
Influenced by the overcrowd-disliking attitude, I have this mindset, "If I have to join a long line to do something, I may not be doing it very smartly".
Well, whatever my reasoning is, I don't think I am going to join the line any time soon, not this weekend. I'll be doing something else. I don't mind being contrarian.
You people, enjoy the line and movie and have fun.
