Do you think people are too impatient?

[Olly 1,012]

Like in grocery stores or while driving? 

[Kaneki 1,073]

Yes. I've especially seen this in gaming (Overwatch comes to mind, but any multiplayer game can fit).

I try not to be, but with some situations, you cannot avoid it.

[CheeryFox 23,823]

Absolutely. The fat cat/impatient lifestyle is widespread and unrelenting. 

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,982]

It is probably a huge mindset of 'Me first! I am the most important person!' So many people, especially in this country, think they are above everyone else and deserve to be treated with utmost special attention. That's why we have morons that honk their horns in the middle of traffic jams, as if that helps at all. People are stupid.

[Rhythm Red 6,484]

In this day and age, everyone wants things NOW, NOW, NOW. That's just the way it is I guess.

[Phosphor 11,535]

Compared to me, yes! I'm pretty patient if I have to wait in line at a store or something. On the road, I speed a little but I'm generous with folks that don't immediately go on a green light. I don't blame them after seeing big trucks blow thru red lights. Most would blast their horns if you don't go quickly on green.

[Dreambiscuit 10,590]

A lot of people get impatient. I think the world has conditioned people to be that way with everything being NOW NOW NOW and instant access to everything. People aren't machines and others get impatient because it sometimes takes time for human beings to get things done. I don't mind waiting if I know people are trying their best to accommodate everything. One thing I do not like is the old saying 'the customer is always right.' The thought behind it is admirable but it's become abused by rude people who think that, as customers, they can forego decency, politeness and humanity in their demands for satisfaction. Everyone has to do their best, and I'm fine as long as that remains the case. Abuse on either end though is unnecessary and often intolerable.

[Midnight Solace 5,132]

I feel like everypony gets more and more impatient these days.

[Cash In 22,725]

I do think that people can really impatient nowadays. Then again, I can't be too angry towards those individuals, as I'm somewhat guilty of it as well. 

Edited August 13, 2019 by Cash In

[Celtore 2,770]

To quote a certain pony, "Eeyup."

Of course, patience has an upper limit and I have my limits as well. Especially if the person is being just plain rude, like parking a shopping cart right in the middle of a grocery store aisle, or customer service turning their back on you after "helping" the guy in front of you for over half an hour. I can stand around waiting for hours fairly calmly, but this sort of inconsiderate behaviour causes my impatience levels to skyrocket.

[TBD 17,262]

I'd get impatient if I have to wait 30 minutes for small things. But having the experiences in working at retails, I do find it annoying when someone become impatient after waiting for only 1 min. 

[Kevin Tang 2,427]

In a world where everything becomes faster and more efficient, yes, we do get more and more impatient.

[GiFTGewEhrSCHutzen-4 8,829]

Guilty as charged here, in fast food places, it would have to be the long lines, or even waiting for that food to be done. And including groceries, I hate the wait, and of course, the long line as usual. 

[Feather Spiral 1,892]

I immediately clicked this thread cause I didn't wanna wait until I had something relevant to say~

 

...ok but really. You wanna see impatience, come to Turkey and try idling five nanoseconds after the light turns green. The first horn will be blaring continuously in less than a Planck time.

Apparently it's the same in Germany, but only because they're so narrowly focused on the rules. I remember it happening when visiting Cologne; the light turned red for us but my mother's bad knee prevented us from hurrying, a bus practically run us over immediately when the light went green for them.

[DJ_Vinyl.Scratch_3 202]

I definitely think people can be pretty impatient, but in some cases it is not the impatient person that is the problem. Like if a person is driving way below the speed limit; things like that. I believe it's okay to be impatient sometimes as long s it does not cloud any form of judgement.

[Ashen Pathfinder 16,162]

Yep, and I love it when these same people complain I'm 'too patient' and that I should be more forceful with people.

Yes; I've been told that.

[Usager 433]

Yes, in many areas. When i walk, i dont like slow people.

When i draw, want things done in 3 strokes

In my job... when people dont know what to purchase and start do questions and prices... and then buy nothing 

Also waiting for taxi or when i want finish a conversation and the dude want to keep talking

[Here No Longer 5,281]

I think I'm the kind of person being talked about in this thread X_X 

I'm very impatient in the grocery store, to the point it made me accused of robbing a Wal-Mart. It was fine, but anxiety sucks.

In my driving experience, I can't wait until I can stop driving. I always drove pretty slow (never have gone above 40) because the sensation of speed was frightening enough to me to make me tense up getting above 40, and even below 40 it felt like I was going to have a panic attack.

[Rikifive 24,293]

Yes, they absolutely are. I mean, having to wait and waste precious time isn't anything fun indeed, but people tend to overreact a lot, which now becomes a problem. 

[ExplosionMare 18,106]

I know I’m impatient. I don’t like loading things and I don’t like teacher delays since I feel like I always make an effort to do things quickly for them. 

As far as other people, many of them are very impatient. Mostly with vehicles, everyone things they need to go first and lots of pedestrians almost get hit (mostly because they think they have the right of way 100% of the time).

[Creamy Arty 6,252]

Yes, I do think people are too impatient, but I think a lot of people are also far too inconsiderate of how their own actions inconvenience others. For as much as everyone likes to bitch about things not going their way, they're often oblivious to the inconveniences they create for everyone around them, or simply don't care. It's a shitty cycle.

[Brony Number 42 10,076]

Yes yes but tell me what you think right now!

[DJ_Vinyl.Scratch_3 202]

9 hours ago, ExplosionMare said:

I know I’m impatient. I don’t like loading things and I don’t like teacher delays since I feel like I always make an effort to do things quickly for them. 

As far as other people, many of them are very impatient. Mostly with vehicles, everyone things they need to go first and lots of pedestrians almost get hit (mostly because they think they have the right of way 100% of the time).

It's because most of the time they DO have the right of way

[ExplosionMare 18,106]

What I meant is that they think all cars will stop for them. In reality, most don’t. Also, some people just stand in the middle of the road. 

[Fluttershutter 2,645]

On 11/26/2017 at 1:40 PM, Olly said:

Like in - 

YES!!!!

 

But I'm one of the so whatever.