&gt;The entire point of a waiting queue is to ensure equality.<p>Only in the absence of other methods of organization.  If you pay for a better ticket you usually don&#x27;t have to wait in the same line.<p>And if you remove the social expectations of lines, there&#x27;s no big deal about paying other people to do easy but boring tasks or whatnot.<p>Sitting in line is still a waste of time.