We're supposed to learn from our own mistakes that other people's errors can be instructive

too, from efforts to control the weather that went disastrously awry to the untimely death

of the Segway boss. History is a treasure trove, mishaps and meltdowns that can teach us

all. I'm Tim Halford, host of cautionary tales, the podcast that mines the greatest fiascoes

of the past for their most valuable lessons. Listen to cautionary tales on the iHeart Radio

app, our podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeart Radio. Good morning. This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is to have a few fallback options for having

more fun in line. Lines can be incredibly frustrating. They feel like a waste of time on

this planet. And in many cases they are just that. Torments created because of someone's

mismanagement. But if you can't do anything about the line's existence, at least you can

tolerate the time instead of wishing precious minutes away. Sometimes we can predict lines

and sometimes we can't. On my family's recent vacation to the Virgin Islands, my family

was warned repeatedly that for the homebound leg of the trip we needed to get to the airport

in St. Thomas three hours ahead of time. Even my frequent flying husband who likes to show

up at precisely the moment when the plane boards and no earlier thought the warning sounded

ominous. So we got there early and then proceeded to get through customs and security in about

20 minutes. And that includes waiting for my bag to be searched. But then the next day

when my husband took our eldest kid to camp, they got stuck in a two hour line just to check

in. Who would have thought? These days we do almost always have our phones with us, which

can make waiting in line mildly more tolerable. You can consider it a guilt free time to

scroll around online, looking at pretty pictures on Instagram or reading the snarky comments

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