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Week 7 Quiz

Checking whether this week's queueing-and-threshold-litter reading landed.

Week 7

Four questions across this week’s two commons cases: queueing and threshold litter.

1. Structurally, what does the lecture say a queue actually is?

Nothing but an agreement among strangers about whose turn it is, enforced by mutual glaring
A legal contract enforced by venue staff
A physical barrier like a rope or turnstile
A numbered-ticket system used at every counter

2. What property do queueing and threshold litter share that justifies studying them in the same week?

Neither is tied to a single physical space — both recur wherever strangers share public space
Both are illegal in most jurisdictions
Both only happen at store counters
Both require a witness to be classified as a violation

3. Why does the course call littering an "audience-less nuisance"?

The person who benefits from the act is rarely watched doing it
It is the only case study that is illegal
It never carries any social cost
It always happens indoors

4. In this week's Bad manner / Good manner pairs, what does the good-manner version actually cost the person doing it?

Very little — asking "who's next?" or a few extra steps, smaller than the effort just avoided
A formal apology to everyone nearby
A fine or other legal penalty
Nothing changes between the two versions

Related

Week 7: A Phenomenological Inquiry into Queueing and Threshold Litter in Unmarked Commons
Week 7 Tutorial: Two Commons, No Fixed Venue

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