In 2016, residents of Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, queued to withdraw cash from a bank. A Reuters photograph caption identifies both the place and the purpose of the line. A balance in an account does not become usable household money when notes are unavailable at a teller or ATM. The queue formed to bridge that gap. People gave up hours in order to collect money that was already theirs, waiting to learn whether cash would reach the branch before their turn. In a country marked by memories of hyperinflation, a shortage of notes also carried a longer history of uncertainty about currency. The order outside the bank shows that the final step between a financial system and daily life is often made of human waiting time.