I ended up in every short line.

我每次都排到最短的队。

Just like I always end up on the shortest line at the bank.

就像我在银行排队时 总在最短的那条。

Then we'll come back and see if the line's any shorter, yeah?

然后回来再看看队伍有没有变短？

I get into the shortest line and the cashier rings me up.

我挑了个最短的队伍，收银员叫我过来。

Lucy gets " into the shortest line and the cashier rings up" her sale - she rings her up.

露西“排到最短的一队，收银员叫她结付”她的东西——叫她结账。

Of course, you want to get in the shortest line, but normally, most people are in the longest line.

当然，你想排最短的队，但通常情况下，大多数人都排在最长的队伍里。

Her poems had very short lines and sometimes didn't even have a title (a name).

她的诗行很短，有时甚至没有标题（名字）。

Lucy is lucky and she gets in " the shortest line and the cashier, " " cashier, " rings her up.

露西很幸运，她排上了“最短的队”，“收银员”，“收银员”叫她。

Small firms naturally tend to do well in the first category since they have fewer layers of management and thus much shorter communication lines.

自然地，小公司倾向于在第一个指标上表现地很好，因为小公司有更少的管理层，所以沟通更为便捷。

Then we went on other things, but then other things weren't open or things have what seems like a short line, but it's short-staffed, so it's a little bit slower operations.

然后我们继续做其他事情，但后来其他事情没有开放，或者事情看起来排队很短，但人手不足，所以操作有点慢。