No waiting please.

Elevators

I often wondered, does re-pressing the button make it return faster, or delay the process and make it start all over again?
And, other than staring at the digital readout as to where it is now, what does one actually do while waiting?

The grocery line

Somehow, I don’t mind the grocery line.
It’s become my place to observe.
Yesterday, this lady laid out a ton of coupons
They were all expired
The manager was called, as she didn’t understand why
Once the expiry dates of 2015 were pointed out, she took it upon herself to stroll over to the ATM, across the aisle, and get some cash.
All while the line grew.
The cashier was beside herself

Fascinating

To think she’d carefully saved all those coupons all that time
 
That one lady in my Scrabble group who takes about 10 minutes every time it is her turn, searching for the perfect word.
 
Argh. Don't you love "those people" in a fast food joint who just arrived from another planet and have never seen the menu?? Instead of stepping aside to discuss the pros/cons of lettuce, they hold everyone up, reading the burger menu line-by-line.

Then they head over to get in front of me at the grocery checkout, so they can fiddle with 400 coupons and wait until their order is all bagged in the cart before digging around in their purse for the checkbook.

Yeah. I'm not good at waiting. :eek:nthego:
 

Me, too. I also don't believe in rolling stops even at 2:00 in the morning when I was just getting home and made a complete stop at the stop sign, and when I crossed the intersection, there was a hard-to-see cop car watching the road. Whew!
 
A question. Two or three o clock in the morning. You are at a red light. No cars on the road except you.

Do you wait for the green?

Yes. But if there is a detector loop in the pavement I might back up and then roll over it again to make it think another car has arrived.
 

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