So, I lack pacience, in whatever endeavor I attempt I am unable it seems to do it in such a way that will allow me to keep my pacience.
I cant even spell pacience which as we speak is annoying me. I'm talking about simple little things that should be a quick something or other on a check list. For example standing in line at the ATM. There are only two people in front of me. The first one goes, pushes the buttons beep beep beep and takes his money and leaves. Guy number two however is a problem. First of all he looks at the machine like he's never seen one before like he's some kind of time traveller from Victorian times come to see how we all get on and is now confounded by this wondrous device. Then he gets his card out. He puts it in and carefully reads the instructions....every time....and puts in his key number. Then he sits and figures out just how much he wants
now by this point little rivulets of stress are pouring down my face and I'm taking deeper and deeper breaths to hold in my impotent rage.
He finally decides and his the button. His money comes out and then he waits for his receipt..and its over...BUT WAIT theres more. He puts in a different card in and then starts topping up his phone and I explode in a volcano of molten crazy all over him.
And thats just going to an ATM, you can imagine what I think of the bank, supermarket, shops, buses....etc.
Another thing I'm hopeless with is turning up on time. Let me re phrase. I always turn up time, cant help it wired that way. Even if I am a few moments late it annoys me. Further more it annoys me more when other people make me late. Say for example every ones meeting at 5. Now when people say 5 they really mean 5.30 -6ish. But if they say 5 i have to be there for 5. Have too.(every time I say "they" from now on it means anyone Ive gotten ready with not just people I'm living with now, K)
So I'm ready to go, clean, shaved, showered and sitting on the couch at 4. That leaves an hour to get there and some extra time in case of buses breaking down etc.
Everyone else is still wandering around half naked with towels round their heads or standing in front of mirrors with holding up different shirts. I walk, as calmly as i can, to different rooms enquiring to the state of readiness and im usually met with a set of words that makes me cry with rage "aye ready in 5 minutes" because its not 5 minutes, its never 5 minutes. If its 30 minutes say that....daont say 5 and mean 30....just don't.
4.30 has now been and gone, i enquire again this time using shorter words...eyah those are the words.
I am again told 5 minutes
Around about this time i start to sulk about the whole business and let them do what they want. I read or go on the interwebs or whatever. Usually about 5.30 they come round and in a jovial way say "are you ready?" so i grind my teeth to powder and force a smile
So I have a character flaw big deal we all do. What I don't like is that when OTHER people say "I have to eat m dessert first" or "i cant travel by bus" or "I can only sit on an isle seat on a plane" I am tolerant of these things because its what makes people people. But when I say "Hurry up we'll be late" I get a
"Aye ready in 5 minutes"
SO what is your one thing above all others you have to have right or you'll go batshit??
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