Still waiting
I’m not used to waiting. I’m not a very patient person either. This often has a negative impact on my photos - I just don’t have the tolerance to sit and wait for the perfect conditions. I know better than to get angry at the cloud that gets in front of the sun, but I don’t always bother to wait until it moves away but give up the shoot instead or settle for the overcast light.But it gets worse if I have to wait for another person. Giving up waiting is just too rude so I sit there and wait… and wait… and start to boil inside and think of a thousand ways to pay back those endless minutes I have to waste of my time for absolutely nothing other than… waiting. And then when you finally do show up, at best what I do is to make a smart comment to let you know that I did not appreciate the waiting, but after that it’s all good. I don’t hold a grudge.
My point is that I don’t understand how people can be so inconsiderate of other people’s time. If you keep me waiting, it’s probably because you’re busy doing something else - getting ready. So for you it’s not a waste of time, for you it’s not idly sitting around and concentrating all your will power to stay calm and stay put. And when you finally are ready and show up, you might say you’re sorry you’re late, I hope you didn’t have to wait too long. Wait too long? How hard is that to figure out? We agreed to meet at a certain time and you show up late, it’s easy math! The thing is quite simple, I don’t want to grow old waiting. I will inevitably grow old anyway but I prefer to be busy while doing it.
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