First come, first served (sometimes first-come, first-served or simply FCFS) is a service policy whereby the requests of customers or clients are attended to in the order that they arrived, without other biases or preferences. The policy can be employed when processing sales orders, in determining restaurant seating, or on a taxi stand, for examples. A policy is a plan of action for tackling issues. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Consumers are individuals or households that consume goods and services generated within the economy. ... For Wikipedias policy on avoiding bias, see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. ... Sales, or the activity of selling, forms an integral part of commercial activity. ... Toms Restaurant, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld For other uses, see Restaurant (disambiguation). ... A taxi stand (also called taxi rank, cab stand, or hack stand) is a queue area on a street or on private property where taxicabs line up to wait for passengers. ...

Festival seating (also known as general seating and stadium seating) is seating done on a FCFS basis. See Riverfront Coliseum for details on a December 1979 disaster involving "festival seating" at a concert by The Who in Cincinnati, Ohio. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Stadium seating. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Stadium seating. ... Example of stadium seating. ... U.S. Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... The Who are a British rock band that first came to prominence in the 1960s. ... Nickname: The Queen City Location Location in Hamilton County, Ohio Government Country State County United States Ohio Hamilton Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Geographical characteristics Area  - City    - Land    - Water 206. ...

The practice is also becoming common among low-cost airlines in Europe where seats cannot be reserved either in advance or at check-in. These airlines allow passengers to board in small groups based upon their order of check-in and sit in whatever seat on the aircraft they wish to. On the basis of first come, first served, the earlier you check-in the earlier you board the aircraft to get the seat you want.

Southwest Airlines applies first come, first served seating in a manner unique to the airline industry. Passengers are sequentially (on a first come, first served basis) assigned into one of three "boarding groups." The passengers then are boarded onto the plane in group-order. Southwest Airlines, Inc. ...

See also

• FIFO (first-in, first-out) for the technical concept of the same policy

FIFO is an acronym for First In, First Out. ...

External links

• first come, first served as defined by NIST.

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