Patience

[BlackWidow]

I am patient...except where Carrie is concerned!!!!

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by BlackWidow

I am patient...except where Carrie is concerned!!!!

what is that supposed to mean?

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by michelle2677

what is that supposed to mean?

She drives me CRAZY!!!! ooo ooo.........

[markolas]

Are any of you on blood pressure medication?

I'm a very cautious driver, so I'm sure most of you would hate me. I never drive more than 5 miles over the speed limit unless it's to keep up with the flow of traffic, I slow down at yellow lights instead of trying to race through them, and I always use my turn signal.

And I generally have no problem waiting behind someone in the checkout line (unless it's just ridiculous)...usually I don't have anywhere else pressing that I need to be, so...

I'm usually a pretty laid-back person, which drives the Type A personalities around me nuts. I get wound up/stressed out if someone is an asshole toward me in some way, and also over big things...like Republicans, or fundamentalist Christians (or Jews, or Muslims).

[michelle2677]

Originally Posted by markolas

Are any of you on blood pressure medication?

nope. 110/68 this morning

[jannieC]

I have patience for the big things in life, and low tolerance for little petty, less important things.

[CelticGypsy]

I have tons of patience. My hubby has almost no patience. Yep, that causes problems but he also has high blood pressure from the zero patience He needs to slow down and enjoy life more like I do

[Serrart]

Originally Posted by markolas

I'm usually a pretty laid-back person, which drives the Type A personalities around me nuts. I get wound up/stressed out if someone is an asshole toward me in some way, and also over big things...

Same here. Rudeness is one thing that could make me angry.

Romy

[Wild_Heart03]

I try to have more patience after working in retail, but it generally doesn't work. Especially when driving... I sometimes find myself wanting to get out of my car in traffic, walk up to the person in front of me and say 'Excuse me, but your gas pedal is on the RIGHT, not the LEFT. happy driving!'

[carrie721]

nevermind ...

[Wild_Heart03]

Originally Posted by carrie721

hush, I already fixed it. Blonde moment!

[catinthedark]

i have a lot of patience.

if i get stuck in a long line at the grocery store or walmart, it's usually my own fault. saturday evening at 6pm? yeah, it's going to busy. if i choose to go then, i figure i choose to stand in line. so i watch all the other people around me going nuts and getting impatient and crabby, and go totally zen.

stuck in traffic? great opportunity to listen to music. nothing you can do about it. getting upset doesn't get you there sooner.

ditto if i'm at work, and an edit is going slowly - and the editor is getting tense - i tend to make jokes with him/her to lighten the mood. if he/she makes a bad edit and has to re-do it, i usually just say, "that was just PRACTICE, right?" it makes them laugh, and no one gets all tense. my basic attitude is, it's just not worth it. being calm is so much more enjoyable. and you get more done if you don't waste energy being impatient.

(do i sound like a new age freak? eeks. can;t have that. well.... i have absolutely NO patience for laziness, ignorence, idiocy, or indifference). how's that?

[JazmenFlowers]

let me tell you all something that I've found works. I've just discovered this this past week. whenever you feel patience running low, think of a song and pick your favorite line and sing it. sing it outloud.

my songline of choice:

"to da left, to da left...erything you own in da box to da left"

it works wonders.

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

let me tell you all something that I've found works. I've just discovered this this past week. whenever you feel patience running low, think of a song and pick your favorite line and sing it. sing it outloud.

my songline of choice:

"to da left, to da left...erything you own in da box to da left"

it works wonders.

imma hafta try dis. i can just see myself at the grocery store: "doooooooon't goooooooooooooo wasting your emoooooooooooooooooooootiooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnn ..."

[Miss Vicky]

I have absolutely no patience and my fuse is microscopic.

I do my best not to let forth my wrath on just anybody, though. I save it for those who really deserve it - like telemarketers.