Impatience
I’ve been sitting in this waiting area for over an hour now, and I’m starting to get impatient. When is my name going to be called? The sign on the wall says “patients may not be called in order of registration”—a warning to not complain when the person in line behind you gets their name called before yours. How long must I wait before mentioning it to someone on the staff?
I usually have a stitching project in my bag to help pass waiting time, but for some reason today I do not. That annoys me; if I had my stitching in hand I wouldn’t have given the length of the wait a second thought! But it isn’t to be, so I work on two letters for the A-Z Challenge instead (at least I made productive use of my waiting time!).
That’s it. I get into line and wait my turn to its front. Finally I’m there, ready to say—nicely—that I’d been waiting over an hour and when would my name be called? And wouldn’t you know, that’s when I hear my name getting called. Finally!
It's so funny and true that we don't mind waiting if we have something to do...but when we don't, it's the worst!!! Hilarious that you were called just as you were able to ask!!! Must have been a doctor's office?! Thankfully here we don't have any such signs...it's usually first come, first served...so better get there on time! And you found a great way to spend yours...! Loved it!
ReplyDeleteThat kind of stuff makes me furious. The other day I turned down work b/c I had to take my mom to an eye doc appointment. As it turns out he was running 2 hours behind. I could have taken that job instead of sitting around in his damn waiting room. My mom was as angry as I was, as were the people in the waiting room too.
ReplyDeletei have a terrible time waiting---i am not even able to read cause i'm so nervous!
ReplyDeleteWaiting does not bother me unless those I am waiting for think their time is more important than mine. Then, I can be a little ugly. The Department of Motor Vehicles comes to mind.
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