The Waiting Game

@marlina (154131)
Canada
January 7, 2020 8:49am CST
Here we go again, another day of waiting and waiting. I have been doing this so often lately that I am quickly running out of patience. The older I get, the less patience I have. Are you running out of patience too?
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@LadyDuck (470802)
• Switzerland
7 Jan 20
What are you waiting for? I have never been a very patient person, less now that I am old
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
8 Jan 20
@LadyDuck , I hope they can find a therapist soon.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
7 Jan 20
I am waiting for prescription delivery, a call from my hospital and my cable company. I did get a call from the hospital so far.
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@LadyDuck (470802)
• Switzerland
8 Jan 20
@marlina I had a call from my dentist this morning to confirm my dental appointment. My husband had a call from the hospital, his physiotherapist had an accident and will not be around for a couple of months. They are trying to find a good substitute.
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@much2say (55318)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Jan 20
It depends on the situation for me - but I certainly have less patience for certain things these days. I try to keep busy during those times - go do something else while waiting - because I can't stand only waiting.
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@much2say (55318)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Jan 20
@marlina I know . . . and it doesn't go away until the waiting is over. Hope it all got settled today!
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
8 Jan 20
@much2say , True. After all that waiting, I only resolve 2 things. The pharmacy delivery was postponed to today early in the morning. They better be right this time.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
7 Jan 20
@much2say , I do things too while waiting, but it is always at the back of my mind and it bugs me.
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• United States
8 Jan 20
i feel fer ya. i've been waitin' fer my insurance agents to get done's they'd promised. 'tis been nearly 2 months 'n such's not been done to my satisfaction. i've given'p callin', sendin' emails. i'll jest be without health insurance. my patience 's run plum out with 'em, healthcare.gov 'n others 'nvolved'n the messy process. they can all jest bite my backside. i've loads 'f patience with critters, the elderly 'n wee'uns. the rest? nope. used to, not any longer.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
8 Jan 20
@crazyhorseladycx m Do you have an ombudsman?
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
8 Jan 20
@crazyhorseladycx , This is a bad situation. Is there any other way to communicate with them and get this solved?
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• United States
8 Jan 20
@marlina doesn't seem to be. i've been'n the phone with someone o'er the past hour. all 're pointin' fingers'n the other direction.
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@just4him (317004)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
8 Jan 20
I hate waiting for anything.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
8 Jan 20
@just4him " specially waiting at a doctor's office .
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
8 Jan 20
@just4him , How about 90 Minutes?
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@just4him (317004)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
8 Jan 20
@marlina That's got to be the most annoying. You know you're going to wait a minimum of 40 minutes.
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@HazySue (39268)
• Gouverneur, New York
7 Jan 20
I am not as good at waiting as I used to be.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
7 Jan 20
@amitkokiladitya , Same here.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
7 Jan 20
@amitkokiladitya I am "a patient" but I am not patient.
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• Agra, India
7 Jan 20
@marlina haha..sometimes I wish I was patient
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
8 Jan 20
@marlina I thought I used to have lots of patience, but, now I have a hard time trying to be patient.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
8 Jan 20
@Hannihar , I understand, sometimes, I have a hard time as far as patience is concerned and it is scaring me a bit.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
8 Jan 20
@Hannihar , I guess it does.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
8 Jan 20
@marlina Maybe when we get older our patience wears thin on us.
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@snowy22315 (179744)
• United States
7 Jan 20
I am waiting too, and I have never been patient!
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
7 Jan 20
@snowy22315, I hope that your waiting time won't be too long.
@msdivkar (23359)
• India
7 Jan 20
Could not understand whom you are waiting for. Waiting for a friend who has given an appointment is unbearable.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
7 Jan 20
@msdivkar, Sorry, I am waiting for prescription delivery, a call from my hospital and my cable company.
• United States
8 Jan 20
OH yes entirely so. I am sorry you are waiting is it maintenance?
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• United States
8 Jan 20
@marlina What then
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
9 Jan 20
@TiarasOceanView prescription delivery, a call from my hospital and my cable company.
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
8 Jan 20
Not maintenance
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@Tampa_girl7 (50087)
• United States
7 Jan 20
I ran out years ago.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
7 Jan 20
@Tampa_girl7, so sorry to read that.
• Midland, Michigan
9 Jan 20
No, I'm being told to continue to wait five results I've desired for mow than ten years now. I'd builder's didn't have the capacity to wait we wouldn't have so many places to visit in our travels
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@thelme55 (76843)
• Germany
8 Jan 20
I am not fond of waiting. I hope you will not wait for too long.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
8 Jan 20
After lots of waiting, everything has been taken care of by now. Thanks.
• Agra, India
7 Jan 20
Yes...I have lacked it always.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
7 Jan 20
@amitkokiladitya , I used to be very, very patient, but those days are gone.
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• Agra, India
7 Jan 20
@marlina I was never one..though there is some improvements over these years
@arunima25 (87737)
• Bangalore, India
8 Jan 20
I too hate waiting. So when I anticipate any waiting time, I go prepared with something to read, phone to mylot or some knitting and crochet.
@jstory07 (139354)
• Roseburg, Oregon
8 Jan 20
Waiting does not brother me at all. I have lots of patience.
@Juliaacv (50857)
• Canada
8 Jan 20
I actually have a lot of patience and am pretty good at waiting things out.
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
7 Jan 20
I think I have learned patience over time. Not always a fun thing to learn, but oh so rewarding when we learn that instant gratification does not really make you happy.
@gnatsmom (2367)
8 Jan 20
It really depends on the situation, but there are many things for which I have very little patience. In my younger years I did tolerate a little more than I do now.
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
7 Jan 20
Yes my patience is thin lately.
@Nevena83 (65277)
• Serbia
7 Jan 20
I think I'm very patient, sometimes too much.