Originally Posted by
tentseller
It is an Asian Confucian culture of gifting, part of the 禮"li" with a long history and tradition that many outside the culture would/could not understand.
If you are implying that gift giving tradition could not be understated outside of Asia, well, you are grossly mistaken.
My point was rather on a point to have 7 hour line. There are and should be the ways to organize the process such a way which does not cause phenomenon like this.
Think about inefficiency of the process.