And customers spend hours standing out in the cold to buy fixings for their holiday feasts. For some, a trip to Ingebretsen’s is a multigenerational pre-Christmas ritual akin to hitting up Holidazzle ...

Some New Yorkers, though, have found a shortcut, hiring folks on Taskrabbit to outsource the tedious task of waiting ... New Yorkers are paying people to stay in line for.

One of the most famous places to get it is Franklin Barbecue in Austin, where people wait in line for hours to order ... and didn't need to worry about the food running out before we ordered.