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Showing posts with label Waiting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Waiting. Show all posts

Monday, June 13, 2011

#839 Seeing the bus pull away as you approach the bus stop

Let loose that sigh of dissapointment and grab a seat, you'll be waiting a while.

It's just slightly annoying.

Monday, May 23, 2011

#842 Getting out of the parking lot after a concert or sporting event

You know you can walk faster than you'll be moving in your car. In fact, hey, there's someone walking faster than your car right now. The pros will park near exits of parking lots, but sometimes it's just not an option. It happens. And when it does...

It's just slightly annoying.

Monday, December 27, 2010

#929 Having to wait even when you got in the 10 items or less line

I feel like I'm doing some sort of service by keeping my shopping list below 10 items. It's a service to the cashier, the grocery store and the world. I always think "oh, the cashier will be so happy that they only have to check out my 10 items or less and not some shopping cart full of stuff."
Judging by the pictures on this express lane,
this seems like a fun place to shop.

By purposely limiting the grocery list, simply not needing a lot of groceries, or even having few items by chance, there should be some sort of gratification you receive in return. That gratification should come in the form of an extremely brief waiting time. Waiting in line isn't something you'd expect to do in the 10 items or less line. If everyone actually does have 10 items or less, there shouldn't be a long line, if any at all. This is the express line, let's keep it express.

It's just slightly annoying.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

#956 Lines

We live in a world of instant gratification. We live in a world where you can usually get what you want fairly quickly. But somehow, we also live in a world of lines. What's up with that? 

When you get to the front of the line, you should be making an effort to move the line along. Have exact change ready, don't write checks, know what you want, don't rob the place, stay off the phone and move about your business quickly. If we avoid these time consuming ordeals, we can become a better world, like a world without lines or a world where the Dallas Cowboys have an embarrassing season, every season. Get your act together slowpokes, you're holding the world back. And no, I don't actually know what the word "slowpoke" means either.

It's just slightly annoying.

...except when this happens!