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The take-a-number ticket machine has run queues for decades. But for a small shop, a QR queue does the same job without the hardware, the paper, or making people stand and stare at a screen. Here is an honest side-by-side.

Most customers start walking out of a line at around eight minutes, and usually it is not the wait that loses them, it is the not-knowing. Here is what the 2026 data says and how a simple message when it is their turn keeps people around.

A plain decision guide for small shops weighing appointments against walk-ins: the honest trade-offs, what fits barbershops, salons, clinics and cafés, and why running both in one queue beats picking a side.

A practical comparison of queue management options for small businesses: paper tickets, booking apps, deli dispensers, and QR virtual queues, with clear guidance on which fits a walk-in shop.