What do you call a line of men waiting to get haircuts?

setup: What do you call a line of men waiting to get haircuts?

[Line Manager] qua TSA-style polo, walkie-talkie, retractable belt stanchion Sir, please step behind the yellow line. The barberqueue is forty-five minutes deep.

[BILL] qua five-day stubble, growing-out hair, paperback book What’s the holdup?

[Line Manager] We have three barbers. We have forty-one men. We have one customer who wants a fade with a specific number.

[BILL] What number.

[Line Manager] Two on the sides, one on the top, with a faded zero around the temples and a part on the left exactly seven millimeters from the cowlick.

[BILL] And he’s been in the chair for —

[Line Manager] Two hours. He brought reference photos.

[BILL] Of whom.

[Line Manager] Of himself. From college.

[Shakes] qua receptionist behind a desk, smiling This is the best of all possible salons.

[BILL] Can I just get a trim.

[Line Manager] Everyone here just wants a trim, sir.

[Manyfeek] qua aging electric clippers plugged into the wall behind the counter ((BUZZING)) I have not been changed in three months. I am running on memory. I am cutting hair from the year 2024.

[Line Manager] ((WITHOUT TURNING)) Quiet, Mort.

[BILL] Can I sit?

[Line Manager] The chairs are part of the queue. Standing is also part of the queue. Everything you do here is part of the queue.

[BILL] How long is the line for the line.

[Line Manager] That’s another twenty minutes.

[BILL] ((SITS ON FLOOR))

[Line Manager] Sir, please.

[BILL] I’m queueing horizontally.

punchline: A barberqueue.