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The number of open service windows at banks, post offices, airline counters, etc., always equals [n/2 - m], n being the total number of windows and m being a random number between 1 and the total number of windows minus 1.
This law belongs with Murphy's Commerce Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.
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