My commute (by car) takes me through a toll-gate every day. You can pay cash at the gate or buy a monthly pass. If you have a pass, the guy at the toll-gate has a look at the pass and waves you through. You just have to slow down to a crawl, you don’t have to stop. Paying by cash naturally takes a few seconds more than showing a pass, as the attendant takes the money, gives change if necessary and hands over a receipt. <\/p>\n
Naturally, it is frustrating for the regular pass-holder to get stuck behind a person who is paying cash. To avoid that problem, they have marked one lane (the right lane) as “Monthly pass only”. But unfortunately they do not enforce that rule. Given what sticklers for rules we Indians are, you can guess what happens. Non pass-holders routinely ignore the rule and choose whichever lane strikes their fancy. Naturally, their fancy tends to favour the lane that has the lowest traffic. <\/p>\n
Which lane should a pass-holder take? <\/p>\n
This is a somewhat cryptic question and I cannot make it any clearer because that will give away the answer. So you will have to accept that I haven’t given sufficient information and make reasonable (and eminently guessable) assumptions. <\/p>\n
All I can tell you is, if lots of non pass-holders read this post and came to know the answer, the answer would no longer be valid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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