Yes, exactly. It's hard for me to hold back from complaining about all the other...

Yes, exactly. It's hard for me to hold back from complaining about all the other terrible parts of the paper. But yes, that's the key.

TL;DR:

- if there's only one worker.

- and a worker immediately makes the last order they took.

- people wait less to get their order taken.

- when the worker consumes the entire "needs to order" queue before starting to make anyone's drink.