Mid-1970s.
Swings still do not exist.
Trampolines are only found in theme parks, not in your back garden.
In our back garden stands a huge cherry tree. Every year, huge dark red, sweet cherries hang on it.
To entice us to play outside, my father hangs a swing from one of the branches.
I think that's great. Swinging, the higher the better. Swinging so hard that your feet touch other branches.
My little sister loves the swing too.
And my little brother too.
And the neighbour's boy too.
That’s going to cause a row. And not a small one, either.
When no one is looking, I just yank my little brother off the swing.
Can I swing again myself.
But yeah, little brother rats on my action to my dad, of course.
So my dad hangs another swing in the tree. And another one.
But that doesn't help.
One swing remains the most popular. It swings the best.
Everyone wants in on that.
So more swings weren't the solution.
What then?
Essentially very simple: divide the swing time on the most popular swing by the swing time on the other swings.
This is how we try to distribute the most popular cars among people who want to rent a car.
The busiest moving day is the Saturday of the month. That's when everyone wants to move.
We can, of course, keep buying more buses.
That doesn't solve anything, though: at some point you'll have enough buses that are only rented out on Saturdays, and stand idle the rest of the week.
Would you like to see how we solve that? Call us, and tell us when you want to move. We'll make sure it happens, without you having to argue with all the other people who also want to move that day.
