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The Brian Lehrer Show

Long Lines of New York City

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

Arts, Lerer, Radio, York, Wnyc, News, Media, New, Npr, Nyc, Bryan, News Commentary, Politics, Daily News, Public

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Listeners call in to share when they've waited on a really long line, what it was for and whether it was worth it.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Brian Ler on WNYC, and as we head to our last 15 minutes or so this morning and head

0:10.0

toward the weekend, we will lighten it up a little bit for our last few minutes.

0:14.7

We're going to open up the phones with a call in on what you've stood in line for.

0:20.3

Do we say online or in line?

0:22.4

Well, if you're on the internet, it's definitely online.

0:24.7

But if you're waiting for something, depending on what part of the country you're from, it could be either.

0:29.8

So we're going to say in line.

0:31.6

Call in on what you've stood in line for and whether it was worth it.

0:37.1

212-433, W-N-YC, 212-433-9692.

0:40.8

212-433-9692.

0:44.9

Why do we ask?

0:45.6

Well, maybe you saw the New York Times recent update of its list of the best pizza places in New York,

0:53.1

and they had to follow it up with why one Brooklyn

0:55.7

establishment failed to make the list, despite the fact that many people think it's worth standing

1:00.8

in hours-long lines for. So we'll do a best pizza call in again, I'm sure, someday, but today

1:08.3

the question is, did you ever stand in line for hours for pizza or for

1:15.3

a relatively long time for the slice of your choice because so many other people wanted

1:19.8

one to, 212, 433, WNYC, 212, 433, 9692, or what have you stood in line,

1:29.8

online, for

1:31.5

not so much to pay a fine,

1:34.1

maybe you have to do that sometimes

1:35.7

too if you go to one of the

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