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Sep 15, 2026
Ep. #032: 'The Line That Pays' — Keith Carpentier, QBuster
4:33
But what is that? What do shoppers expect when they're queuing up? What do they expect? What kind of experience do you think they really want?
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4:42Keith CarpentierGUEST
I think, well, I know part of our ethos or one of our mantras is the notion that satisfaction of a guest really is the experience minus the perception.
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4:57Keith CarpentierGUEST
And those are two very, very critical details, right? The operations teams, they love to measure things and they love to dig into reality, right? And then the customer experience teams are really focused on perception, which is a little harder to measure.
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5:18Keith CarpentierGUEST
So what do customers want? They want a fair line or queue, right? They want it to be efficient.
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5:27Keith CarpentierGUEST
They want it to be equitable, meaning somebody who came maybe later isn't being served before me, right? They want to know that they're moving forward.
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5:38Keith CarpentierGUEST
One of the principles of waiting that we often reference is, you know, an occupied wait is just feels shorter than an unoccupied weight.
8:25
What about automated checkout? What's the story? Sko, self-checkout? Self-checkout, yeah.
