[Quix]

At the end of the year photo op at the University . . .

the top leaders exchanged variations on that back and forth regarding the highest honored central front row position

. . .

for 45 MINUTES at least . . . while all the rest of the entire faculty were not so patiently waiting . . . though with patience quite routinely and markedly above that of Americans LOL

[Roy Tucker]

Some societies are more heirarchical than others.

I like your tag line.