Apr 16 2009
How Long Are You Willing To Wait For Your Turn?
Earlier on Monday, I wrote a post about Basic courtesy gone MIA and how sometimes people will think nothing of cutting in front of you.
But for yourself, how long are you willing to wait in queue? I hate long queues, be it at the cashier counter, buying admission tickets to theme parks/movie theater/concerts/whatever, for a seat at a restaurant, for my turn to see a doctor at a clinic and I particularly hate to queue just to pay the toll at a highway!
Sometimes, I can be a bit unreasonable in a sense that I like to be served immediately. (Like I am such a VVIP. LOL). The other day, I went to Maxis Centre to sign up for a new broadband package and I was a bit miffed when I was made to wait 15 minutes before a consultant was available to attend to me. Hubby, on the hand, waited patiently. I am such a diva, I know. 
Patience is not one of my strength.
But sometimes I’m willing to join the mass just because there’s a promotion and some savings are involved. I may not queue for a seat at a particularly good restaurant but I’ll join the queue if the place has a promotion! 
Here I was in a queue for some average sushi just because they were having a RM2 per plate promotion (normal price may be as high as RM8 per plate). I may wait for an hour for a promotion, but I draw the line against queueing for hours just to get something free.
