Do you easily lose your temper when waiting in line?

Well, I will say that I'm not exactly patient when waiting very long in queue, be it queuing in the bank, post office or other places. However, I will not lose my temper in public because of this. If the waiting time is quite long, and the queue isn't moving, I will be curious to look at the counter to see what's going on. I won't say I will not be annoyed of the waiting, especially if I'm in a rush of time to go somewhere else. In the event I have waited too long, I will most likely leave the queue and come back another day. When waiting in queue, I will usually look around the surroundings and observe people around me, or play with my cell phone. If I did bring my iPod Touch out, I will also play with it.

I live in a country where people usually stand in long lines because they have the money to pay their bills, or they have a huge number of every item to choose from or they can buy (within reason) anything they want. Under these circumstances, anyone growling and grumbling about having to stand in those lines, is most ungrateful for all they have been given. Try living in a country where you stand in a long line, hoping to get a simple loaf of bread and when you get to the front of the line, you either find there is no more bread or the price is so high, you cannot afford it. Standing in line in this country is a privilege and should be considered such. We are just too spoiled to appreciate all we have.

This is a very good discussion. I can get upset while waiting in line, but usually it's due to someone trying to get in down the line, or one of the tellers, or customer service personnel get distracted, and start talking to another employee, or start talking on their mobile/cell phone. Then I start to get annoyed, but I have never lost it.

I don't like standing in long lines to pay bills,so I've dumped off all of them that I can to direct debit payments from my bank account! My annual car tax payment was due recently which now has the option of a payment by phone,but the card I have wasn't the type they accepted..I had to travel to the local post office to make the payment instead..I haven't been inside a bank branch for so long,I'd recommend direct payments to anyone!

I have to say that I get irritated when I'm in line and people start grouching it p!sses me off. (pardon my language). So what we are waiting in line it's not like people can move at light speed. I think the only time I get pissed off at stores is when the person obviously doesn't know his/her job or they have 20 checkouts and they only have one open at the busiest time of day . That is when I get pissy. LOL!!! But I have to say that I'm usually laid back.

On the outside I look like the calmest person in the world. On the inside, If I am not in a hurry, I still look like the calmest person in the world but If I am in a hurry I am the angriest person ever on the inside and cannot stand slow people and idiots. But on the outside I look like I do not care at all. I try to stop getting so angry it’s not healthy. It’s almost better just to embarrass myself and let it out…That’s why I go for a good solid run occasionally.

I stand patiently in the queues as it is the only right thing to do as I always believe in the first come first serve basis.I do get irritated at times when people take so long to finish their business having scant regard for the people standing behind them.I believe in finishing my business as fast as I can saving the time for the others standing behind me.

I practice a form of Zen meditation that promotes mindfulness and focus, so I find that waiting in line can be an opportunity for me to just stand and focus on just that and this promotes a feeling of calmness - just the opposite from becoming annoyed. - Derek

i am guilty of that, i easily loose patience when it comes to waiting in line, so i often ask someone to do it for me like paying water bills and the line is usually sooooo long so i do not want to wait and pay, so its either my huby is the one doing it or its me and iusally take the shorter route, i pay it either after due date or way advance the deadline hahahah

Yes I have been in so many lines waiting in my entire college life. I studied in a government state university and whenever it is enrolment day, I always form in line with the other students. We form a line when we are in the cashier, in the registrar's office, in the assessment section and the rest of the offices in the university we need to go to for us to get enrolled. I tend to complain also, especially when the line is moving so slow. There are also others who are complaining and the worst thing is that there are a lot who just insert themselves in front of others and not going at the end of the line! What a discipline! Anyway there is an advantage when a lot complains because in most cases the cashier windows increase in number those more students are being served. But then it happens every enrolment day so the best solution is for me to come early and stay in front of the window even if it is not yet open. Most students do that. Most of the time when there are more people in a line complaining, nothing happens and that just makes the others get more irritated. So I guess complaining just do nothing so you better wait. Besides as you have said everybody is waiting so there is no use of wasting more energy in murmuring or complaining. But then if everybody complains because there is really something wrong with the service, I guess the responsible people should improve the way they serve people. In some countries there are also lines but they are faster and more convenient.

Time is really precious to everyone so for those who are time conscious they lose their temper sometimes.However, we can't control circumstances so we can't do anything but wait.For me, time is gold.Before, i tried to murmur but the next time I i thought to do something so that my time will not be wasted while waiting.What I did the next time was I bought something to read everywhere I go.At least while waiting i can do something. I do appreciate you for being patient in waiting.It reflects that you're a kind person.

Same here, I don't lose my temper while waiting in line. The same with your reason, it won't really help. I get annoyed to those who took advantage and walk as if there's no line. If I don't want to wait, then I'll leave, that's simple.

I generally don't lose my temper in a long line unless the counter is manned by only one person at peak times during the day and peak times usually are around lunchtime, when people leave their jobs to pay bills. Of course, their lunchtime usually happens to be the lunchtime of the persons at the business counter where we are all trying to pay our bills or grab a few groceries, etc. during our rushed lunch hour! I'll tell you what does irritate me, though, is when a cashier in a grocery store isn't checking people out as quickly as people in that person's line seems to think he or she should be and these people start to get beligerent at the poor cashier. What these idiots may not know is that the cashier may be new, may be elderly and not able to move quite as fast as they used to (and they be in need of a second paycheck to supplement their social security check to make ends meet), or maybe the cashier is not feeling 100% that day. Who knows!? These dummies in line spouting their big mouths off and making idiots of themselves need to walk a mile in the shoes of those working with the public, and they would soon realize it's not as easy as it looks! (Been there and done that and met up with some real winners as I worked out there in the retail world!)

Hi, iskayz, most of times, I think I am patient enough to wait for long time in line. But sometimes, when I have some other urgent things to do, but the waiting line moves so slow, I will lose my temper and complain it. Happy myllot,^-^

nowadays everything is computerised but once in a while i have to stand in line but as you said its of no use getting irritated and annoyed,it is not at all going to help matters and i do take my ipod along to listen to some music.

I'm like everyone else, I don't like to wait, and it irritates me to no end when there's only one teller open in this situation. Instead of standing there muttering to other people, I will have the manager or supervisor called, and complain to them that there isn't enough staff out front. There is a retailer,...Lowe's that will open another cash when there are more than 3 people in line.

It is ok for me to wait in line. However, one thing that bother is about teller or customer service is slow. well, yes I might be complaining but let me tell you. Last time I went to the bank, and the teller knew, there are lines and everyone else was in hurry. This Teller was taking her time, and didnt even care who else was in line. She looked at her finger nails up and down, to see if the paint is ok or something. And when the customers asked something, she acted like she didn't care to answer. That's bother me. I always patient to stand in line but if they do this then I will not wait any more. I will go straight to the manager to tell her to move a little faster.

Every once in a while, I do find myself getting frustrated with how slow the line seems to be moving. I have gotten much better at catching myself when it starts and reminding myself that I am in no real hurry to get home anyway. So how do I stem the flow of irritation before it really gets out of hand? Well, one way is to read the magazine covers that are at the checkout, and occasionally flip one open. If I'm not in the mood to do that, I just go ahead and completely space out....think about whats for dinner, how long before I have to do laundry, what's on tv that night...nothing to serious.

I don't usually lose my temper when waiting in line - patience is a virtue. However, it irritates me to no end when people try to cut lines! That's just disrespectful and rude. And I have caused some serious scene for cutters. It's also irritating when employees serving customer would do stupid things that would keep the line from moving.

I am probably the most impatient person you will probably meet. lol if its a person I;m dealing with when i reach the front of the line i tend to take it out on them and know i shouldnt its horrible. This is my goal this year, to become more patient, with everything and everyone.