Well that is the point of solving a CS problem right? Figuring out how to get to the desired result by using some sort of data already provided to you. Cheers!

I think there needs to be a summary sentence in the example paragraph. The total wait time is 26 minutes becuase customer1(4 minutes), customer2(9 minutes), and customer3(13 minutes). It took me a while to figure out how to the total was 26 minutes.

Given a number, find the permutation with the smallest absolute value (no leading zeros).

What was the input value? It seems your number has indeed leading zeros.

11588 should equal 1001588

just tell me why, something wrong in this kata

Feel free to propose a better one, although almost 1000 people solved it.

sorry but it doesen't make any sense the description