Okay, I 'get' that long times means people get involved in other things and then miss the pop, but that's simply creating a self-fulfilling prophecy, surely?

I've only every played healers in this game, apart from a short-lived tank which I quickly learned isn't my forte , so haven't faced queue times of any great length so haven't had to figure out what I'd do in case of extended queue times .. I was just curious as to why this happened, and yes I have seen the tank not accept once or twice but that has been pretty rare in recent times.