Editing Queue area (section)

=== Mobile ===
All of the above methods, however, suffer from the same drawback: the person arrives at the location only to find out that they need to wait. Recently, queues at [[Department of Motor Vehicles|DMVs]],<ref>[http://treasurer.jocogov.org/tre/doc/qlessonline.pdf DMV’s New Line Management System is Available Online] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726205839/http://treasurer.jocogov.org/tre/doc/qlessonline.pdf |date=July 26, 2011 }}.</ref> colleges, restaurants,<ref name="vator1">{{cite web|url=http://vator.tv/news/show/2010-01-14-exit-waiting-in-line-enter-qless |title=Exit waiting in line, enter QLess |publisher=Vator.tv |date=2010-01-14 |access-date=2010-09-23}}</ref> healthcare institutions,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.aafp.org/fpm/noteworthy/entry/could_your_practice_s_waiting |title=Could your practice's waiting area become obsolete? : Noteworthy – A Family Practice Management blog |publisher=Blogs.aafp.org |access-date=2010-09-23}}</ref> government offices<ref name="vator1"/> and elsewhere have begun to be replaced by mobile queues or queue-ahead, whereby the person queuing uses their phone, the internet, a kiosk or another method to enter a virtual queue, optionally prior to arrival, is free to roam during the wait, and then gets paged at their mobile phone when their turn approaches. This has the advantage of allowing users to find out the wait forecast and get in the queue before arriving, roaming freely and then timing their arrival to the availability of service. This has been shown to extend the patience of those in the queue and reduce no-shows.<ref name="vator1"/>