I am so bad at waiting for things.
I totally have that mindset of “I want it now.” I know that it is not a good mindset, but our culture has certainly made it possible to get things right away.
I find that most people have trouble waiting for things nowadays. Something that I recently had to wait for was my new air conditioner. It was so terrible. I ended up having to wait about two weeks for it. I was told that it would only take about a week to arrive in the mail, but there was a supposed delay, and it did not end up coming for another whole week. My husband can tell you just how impatient I was when it came to waiting for that air conditioner. Looking back, it was sort of ridiculous. I whined about it almost every single day. Of course, we did not have air conditioning for two weeks, and it was super hot outside. Our house got up to eighty-five degrees at one point, so it makes sense to be a little unhappy about the wait, but I really did take it too far. I called the company about ten times asking why it was so late. The poor people that I talked to could not do anything about it. They just listened patiently as I rambled on about how upset I was. I really wish that I could go back and apologized to each individual that I talked to. I finally got my air conditioner in the mail yesterday, and I am super happy. I do regret complaining, but it truly was miserable not having air conditioning for those two weeks.