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<strong> One of the initial skills that my first grade teacher instilled in her students was the ability to “line up” quickly and quietly.</strong> No pushing. No shoving. No breaking in line. <strong> Some 60 years later, these lessons have come rushing back</strong> to me because…well…lines are a part of everyday life during COVID-19. Since March 2020, we have braved long, sluggish voting lines, registration lines, vaccination lines, toilet paper lines and store checkout lines alongside other masked and (hopefully) appropriately distanced individuals. <strong> My fellow earthlings and I have now become professional queuers</strong> who understand more than ever before the physical, social and psychological forces at play each time we shuffle through seemingly interminable lines. And as Mrs. A preached to me decades ago, proper queue etiquette is defined by courtesy, tolerance and patience.