KISecretAssociate

Take it from someone who occasionally works rides like Beast and Diamondback - when I'm in the greet position, I tend to sort of "eye" the line and update accordingly. Accurate? Somewhat. For instance, working greet at Beast, I always eye the Q inside the station before leaving for the greeter post and then I eye the lower Q's. From that, I can estimate the wait and update the sign. Generally, in the 45 minutes you are stationed there, the line changes very little - so on rides staffed by greeters (and not all greeters care or even update the signs) it can be pretty accurate. That is why I always suggest asking the greeter, simply, "is the wait time accurate". Sometimes they just don't think about updating the sign. Even though I always feel like saying "look at the sign!!!" when someone asks me that, I know that - deep down - I would do the same.