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You can pay someone to stand in line for you

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In major cities, you can literally outsource your own boredom by paying an hourly proxy to stand in an agonizing queue for you. They brave the elements and the crushing monotony, only stepping aside when you stroll up to claim the reward at the very last second.

You can pay someone to stand in line for you
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