I hate waiting, no, I mean I REALLY hate waiting.<\/p>\n
Waiting for trains, waiting in lines, waiting to find a car park, anything to do with not being able to do, what I want to do, when I want to do it, got it?<\/p>\n
You will always know when I\u2019m waiting, the black cloud over my head, the one with the lightning bolts flashing, and the thunder rolling, that\u2019s me, when I\u2019m waiting.<\/p>\n
Why is it that God made two kinds of people, ones who are early, and ones who are late. I don\u2019t mean once or twice, or if the car breaks down, these inconsiderate wretches are always late, but not just a minute or two here or there, no, we\u2019re talking fifteen to twenty minutes, every damn time!<\/p>\n
How many times have you heard, \u201cSorry I\u2019m late,\u201d all from the same person. I\u2019d like to have a pocket full of AA batteries, I\u2019d hand them one and then wait for the question, \u201cWhat\u2019s that for,\u201d and my answer, nicely wrapped in vitriol would be, \u201cFor your alarm clock!\u201d<\/p>\n
But sadly, it\u2019s more than likely, after that one act of sweet revenge, they would be late again, the very next day.<\/p>\n
It was my father\u2019s fault I think. Dad would be early for any and everything, sometimes embarrassingly so. There is a family story that he drove to work with a flat tyre, refusing to stop, as he was unwilling to cause someone to wait for him at a shift change, while he changed the wheel. It would have taken maybe five minutes.<\/p>\n
Poor mum, how many hours did she have to wait outside a shop, a doctor\u2019s rooms, or any planned activity. I never saw her as a patient woman, but she must have learned patience the hard way. Of course, she invariable rode her push bike, that would explain a lot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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