[spoonjim]

Why do you want that guy to die? Kind of messed up.

[FreshFries]

Not so much wanting the other to die, but knowing / wishing it will be the only / first opportunity to make a bid / acquire the object.

People have been doing this since forever to buy real estate too.

[egberts]

It’s a polite way of waiting for the car and hopefully first in line.

Although it can get problematic for those who do this technique if he gets murdered.