Are you impatient?

[Kronos]

A poll of 2000 people found we lose the plot after:

Waiting 10 seconds for a webpage to load. Yep annoying.
Waiting 5 minutes to get served at a bar. Yep.
Waiting 8 minutes to speak to a utility company. Yep then getting someone you cannot understand or who don't listen.
Train or Bus delayed by 13 minutes.
Date running late 17 minutes. Not that I have many dates these days I got paranoid if they were a minute late.
Person saying they will call you right back after 18 minutes. I just hate it when I am told that they will phone back and they do not which means rephoning and having to go through the whole, press this number then this number then having to tell a totally different person what you told the first you spoke to.

 

[Judgeneo]

If you find any of those things acceptable, you must either be stoned or simple.

 

[Ayahuasca]

Impatient with my GP this week, had a blood test last Monday was told results would be no later than a week, rang up Monday afternoon and was told he still hasn't had a look at them, in fact they hadn't even been taken from the hospital website. Puts you in really good faith with your doctor.

 

[Mat]

Nope, everything is in perfect working order, thank you

 

[russell664]

Waiting 10 seconds for a webpage to load. Drives me up the wall.
Waiting 5 minutes to get served at a bar. Don't know as I don't go to bars.
Waiting 8 minutes to speak to a utility company. Yes, then get diverted to a call centre where someone can barley speak a word of English!
Train or Bus delayed by 13 minutes. The times this has happened, has been when i'm in a hurry... Frustrating.
Date running late 17 minutes. Not had a date for a while, but it is really annoying as it shows a lack of importance/timekeeping.
Person saying they will call you right back after 18 minutes. Yeah right, not once has that ever happened. Usually they never call me back, and I have to nag them over the matter.

 

[Cosimo]

Anything over ten minutes and the Magnum comes out.

 

[Repta]

Waiting 10 seconds for a webpage to load. Yea this annoys me
Waiting 5 minutes to get served at a bar. If the bars busy i don't mind
Waiting 8 minutes to speak to a utility company. Doesn't bother me, just put phone on loud speaker and carry on what i was doing
Train or Bus delayed by 13 minutes. This annoys me because it seems any time I want to use public transport its either delayed or doesn't show up at all!
Date running late 17 minutes. this would annoy me if they don't let me know.
Person saying they will call you right back after 18 minutes. I'm just surprised that they phone me back at all, normally it involves days of chasing them.

 

[TheBDog]

Yes I am now shut up and get on with it!!

I'm kidding I'm not very impatient. That said, just preordered something that doesn't come out 'til 13th of Feb and it is killing me inside slowly. So maybe I am impatient?

 

[Haggisman]

Waiting 10 seconds for a webpage to load..
Yup, annoying!
Waiting 5 minutes to get served at a bar.
Time to go to a different bar...
Waiting 8 minutes to speak to a utility company. cancel direct debit and wait for them to call me - usually their outgoing team is UK based as well
Train or Bus delayed by 13 minutes.
Round here I'd be more surprised if it wasn't delayed by at least that much!
Date running late 17 minutes. I would have left/started chatting up the barmaid by this point
Person saying they will call you right back after 18 minutes. 18 minutes? They get 10 at most!

I'm very impatient, there's no excuse for some of those examples in this day and age of instant communication.

 

[Kronos]

Waiting 8 minutes to speak to a utility company. cancel direct debit and wait for them to call me - usually their outgoing team is UK based as well.

Must remember that one, so simple.

 

[Yaayuh!]

It depends on whether the reason for the delay is acceptable or not.

 

[Tunney]

I've rage quit more than once waiting to be served in a bar.

The worst is always waiting for shiny new toys to arrive in the post though.

 

[DR_Pingu]

If you find any of those things acceptable, you must either be stoned or simple.

Agreed.

 

[bitslice]

TL;DR





Lol

 

[bitslice]

This must be age related, I remember getting snotty about waiting in a bar when I was younger, but since I remember 300baud net access then web pages are just fine and I don't really mind anything else.

Except Windows,
It boots up and displays the desktop, but I still can't click anything for another minute while it goes and checks if everything is still where it left it.
I have to have my iPad open while I wait.

 

[Redgie]

For me it's half of those numbers at the very most... so clearly yes I am impatient?

 

[joey1211]

OP: You managed to wait 5 minutes for the first reply with posting a 'anyone' 2nd post.

Patience of a saint!

 

[Conscript]

Incredibly so. To the point it actually worries me a bit.

 

[The Dread Pirate]

OP: This question is pointless patience by it's very definition is just a waste of time!

 

[mattyg]

Impatient with my GP this week, had a blood test last Monday was told results would be no later than a week, rang up Monday afternoon and was told he still hasn't had a look at them, in fact they hadn't even been taken from the hospital website. Puts you in really good faith with your doctor.

If you where a dog. Depending on location you'd have results same day or lunchtime the following day.

However you'd have to pay for them