But waiting is also a fact of life in Toronto, even if you’re not trying to get in on the latest trends. But whether it’s by choice or unavoidable, what does it say about us that we’ve become a city permanently biding our time? “Toronto loves waiting in lines,” Tinmouth says. “First in Canada to get the Cronut or whatever it is.”There is a kind of self-imposed order to a Toronto line, Tinmouth notes, even though there aren’t any real consequences to butting in. Orderly queues are something Torontonians form when waiting to board TTC shuttle buses on days when there are system-level meltdowns.

Source: thestar December 20, 2019 09:56 UTC