^ We all know Matt is the thread killer.

I think I handle waiting pretty well. I have alot of patience...as most of you already know. And the ones who have been on the receiving end when my patience has run out know, too! I prefer to call it "anticipation" instead of "waiting".

 

I enjoy waiting to a certain extent...it's enforced down-time. If I know ahead of time that I'm going to have to wait, I'll take a book or some paperwork that I can't otherwise get to. My favorite place to wait is at the airport, but here I have a dilemma. I always have a book to read (or pick up something by an author I don't normally read at one of the airport shops), but my other favorite waiting game is people watching, and reading definitely interferes with that.

I don't enjoy waiting when it involves an emotional issue, though (ie. family health, other family issues, finances, etc.)...then I just spend time worrying....

 

Val - I think at this point, you're supposed to ask him if something's bothering him

 

Well, I'm waiting for a Jerry vs. Darlene jello wrestling match...

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[quote name='rjosey8385' date='Feb 1 2005, 08:40 AM'] Val - I think at this point, you're supposed to ask him if something's bothering him

 

I think "unexpected waiting" is worse than when you know you'll have to wait.

Yesterday just before closing, I realized UPS had not shown up at my office for a pick up.

So I started making phone calls and ended waiting pass closing time for the driver. It wasn't a long wait, but enough to aggravate. It was one of several recent UPS screw ups, which makes me think I should be calling FedEX.

On the way home, I had to stop at the local post office. Usually a quick trip. Yesterday there was a line to the door.

I did not "wait well" yesterday.

 

I go out of my way to avoid waiting in lines. I have the luxury of hitting stores during the weekdays when people are at work so that removes a lot of waiting in lines.

Last night we went to the Olive Garden for dinner, on a Monday night. They said the wait would be 15 minutes but it was more like 45 minutes. I was pissed. We have another little hole-in-the-wall Italian restaurant we could have gone to and walked right in, with better food, but I wanted the nicer decor at Olive Garden. Last night I said, "I will never come here again!"

 

This is the one that often gets me 'on the road' You know, the miles long tie-up on the expressway....that makes you suspect an accident But you get to the point of impasse and......nothing

 

I do a lot of solo travel for work. I end up spending gobs of time in airports and restaurants with nothing to do and no one to talk to. This has made me into a compulsive reader. I almost never leave the house without a book or magazine to pass the time.

You sometimes get the strangest looks from restaurant staff when you ask for a table with better reading light.

 

I always have a magazine in my briefcase, and also a copy of Automobile stuck down beside the passenger seat.

Even on my 1/2 hour commute into CC Philly in the S, I pick it up for a 15 second 'read' at every stop light

I can't stand to waste time b/c I never have enough of it...