Are you a patient person?

[Ronni]

I am a patient person by nature, and I am slow to anger. But when I recognize I'm heading towards that precipice, I try really, really hard to take a moment to gear down so I'm not just throwing out reactionary, hurtful words.

Because when I tip over that precipice into full blown anger, I feel like I'm throwing poison-tipped spears aimed towards my loved one's heart, and there's not a damn thing I can do about it because now I'm out of control.

I hate that. HATE IT, which is why I try so hard to stop myself from getting there. Those spears hurt, and that poison is toxic, and those inflicted wounds are so slow to heal, if they ever do.

What about you?

 

[IFortuna]

I have been patient for 20 years now I am free of those chains. Life is too short. No anger. No expressions of anger, just free.

 

[Pinky]

There have been times in my life that I've had too much patience. On the other hand, if I hadn't exercised the level of patience needed, I would still have regrets.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I'm quick to anger in the face of ignorance and stupidity, but I have the patience of a saint with the few innocent people that cross my path.

 

[Lewkat]

Now, that is the joke of the century when it comes to me.

 

[SmoothSeas]

I've learned the art of patience from the many cats I've had in this lifetime...

 

[Wren]

I’m a lot more patient than I used to be pre covid when it comes to queuing and waiting !

 

[Gaer]

Yes, This is one of the lessons I learned this life. I am slow to anger,
maybe I don't even HAVE any anger, and am extremely patient!
I wait.
I don't understand people who "fly off the handle" and are so quick
and vicious to anger. I stay far away from them.

 

[dseag2]

I am, by nature, impatient because I can't stand inefficiency.

When I was working I was extremely impatient because I always felt under pressure to get things done quickly so I could get back to work. Now that I am retired I am much more patient because no one is emailing or texting me and I can play Wordscapes on my phone while I am passing time. Not working has made such a difference in my life.

 

[Fyrefox]

My father used to say, “Beware the anger of the patient man.”

 

[hollydolly]

I am, by nature, impatient because I can't stand inefficiency.

When I was working I was extremely impatient because I always felt under pressure to get things done quickly so I could get back to work. Now that I am retired I am much more patient because no one is emailing or texting me and I can play Wordscapes on my phone while I am passing time. Not working has made such a difference in my life.

Pretty much the same... I;m naturally very impatient, typical Aries... and like you I cannot stand inefficiency or people deliberately wasting my time.. it gets me irritated and even annoyed but not angry.. that takes a little more doing..but when I do get angry..I absolutely blow, and like Ronni.. things are said or done that can't be forgotten... and yes I hate that part of me too, but sometimes I believe I would be taken very much advantage of if I didn't show how upset I was, so in that way I need to get it off my chest sometimes ..

 

[Della]

My father used to say, “Beware the anger of the patient man.”

I just watched an episode of "Fear Thy Neighbor" about a man like that. His neighbor was always yelling at him and calling the police on him for things like machine noise or too long grass, and he would always just shrug or ignore him. Until the day he got a rifle and expressed himself.

 

[Alligatorob]

Are you a patient person?

Sometimes, I try to be anyway. Patience can be, and often is a good thing. However for me the borderline between patience and procrastination can, at times, be hard to manage.

 

[victorian gent]

I have found that by having a calm personality, not as often do I become impatient.
However, I do become impatient when my patience is taken advantage of. Then I am more than just bothered, I am downright annoyed. When I talk to them about it and is shrugged off, then relationship and conversation dwindles to minimal while being respectful.
Even though a person I do not know, may annoy me I do not show my impatience with them. They may just be having a hard day!

 

[Jeni]

It is hard for me to answer as it depends on the situation .......I am fine with everyday annoyances or situations

I do however see many whom take advantage especially if they assume older folks have nothing else to do
I do speak up and do not let many use false excuses or expect people to just take patience for granted.

 

[Irwin]

I'm trying to be more patient because blowing my top doesn't seem to be effective... at home, that is. Blowing your top out in public can be enormously effective. People will give you what you want just to get rid of you.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Am I patient? Absolutely NOT. At the checkout, I might be smiling as the person before tries to use 312 expired coupons, but I'm plotting to get 'em in the parking lot.

 

[Tish]

It depends on the subject at hand.

 

[Trish]

Apparently, my nearest and dearest seem to think I am quite fiery which, of course, is nonsense

 

[hollydolly]

I'm trying to be more patient because blowing my top doesn't seem to be effective... at home, that is. Blowing your top out in public can be enormously effective. People will give you what you want just to get rid of you.

I wouldn't want to blow my top in public in the USA.. I might end up carrying some metal in my body that I never knew I had

 

[David777]

It depends on the situation. None of us like waiting in lines or needlessly sitting in traffic. Consider making a left turn on a traffic light from several cars back where a yellow light is sure to appear unless all vehicles move forward without breaks. Then one driver is oh so so so so slow for their turn that leaves every car behind them looking at a red light. Of course the person in a fog playing on their smartphone only began moving during the end of the yellow. After such my patience is gone at least long enough to feel some frustrated anger.

That noted, as a senior where every day I wake up is Saturday with the government paying me SS $ to do nothing, am nowadays rarely in a rush anywhere. So I don't mind waiting a bit say in supermarket check out lines. Can eat something delicious slowly savoring modest sized bites at a time without swallowing large mouth full bites like a dog gulping down a tyke's hamburger in an instant after the kid dropped it on the ground.

I'd bet we can draw the line of relative impatiences at least for urban folks between those that generally drive on highways, freeways at moderate traffic flow speeds versus those impatient that most every time they get into their vehicle take on their annoying to the rest of us impatient aggressive, speed pressing, tailgating, driving habits. So am suggesting those that drive so are also likely to be those that act impatiently in other matters too regardless of how trivial.

 

[Irwin]

Waiting in line is a lot more bearable now than it was just a decade ago thanks to smartphones where we can peruse SFs while waiting, or read the news, or a book. So it's a lot easier to be patient.

 

[win231]

My father used to say, “Beware the anger of the patient man.”

Smart father.

 

[Lavinia]

No, I wish I could wave a magic wand and have everything done instantly.

 

[Ruthanne]

Sometimes yes and sometimes no but most of the time I am. Waiting on the customer care people is sometimes hard for me..