I learned something important the first time I joined a line outside an Ohio restaurant, and nobody complained, checked a watch, or even flinched.
In Ohio, waiting your turn to eat is not a hassle; it is a shared hobby, complete with sidewalk conversations, menu predictions, and strangers offering unsolicited but highly confident ordering advice.
I have happily stood in more of these lines than I can count, shifting my weight from foot to foot while locals explained exactly why this spot was worth every minute of standing still…