Originally Posted by sethb

I've done the queueing-theoretic analysis. If you want me to write it up formally, you'll have to pay for my time.

I see no reason to spend extra hours in airports in order that other people can be rude and block the aisle when there are 150 people waiting (and at least 50 of them ready) behind them to get off the plane.

On my planet, being "courteous" does not involve being nice to one person in front of you who wants to slowly get suitcases down from the overhead and rude to 50 people standing in the aisle behind you who want to exit the plane. Perhaps on Planet Solipsist, people you don't see don't exist so you aren't being rude to the people waiting impatiently behind you.