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things you do because you are impatient

here are two things that i regularly do due to my impatience:

1 - delete answerphone messages before i have finished listening to the message, if they're rambling on.

2 - get huffy with the man at the barriers at cambridge train station when he holds the barriers open for pretty girls but lets me dig out my season ticket from its wallet.

you? or do you do either of the above?



  • knock old people over in M&S

    at lunch times because they walk to slow and block the aisles.

  • I'm the opposite....

    I actually chose not to get on the train cos there isn't going to be any seats, and I wait for the next one.

    Oh actually I'll always just plug my computer off at the mains rather than wait for the twirly wheel to sort itself out.

    • I've skipped three buses before

      because none of them had seats. At peak time, there's one every few minutes or so anyway and I hate standing for an hour home on a sweaty, heaving, smelly bus.

  • I do the first one lots.

    I can be really impatient at times, but I can't think of any other examples...

    • i'm really impatient with the computer

      i end up pressing f5 or even end task way too early, which just makes things worse.

  • pull out saucepans

    from under piles of pots at the back of the cupboard without emptying like i should. ALWAYS end up making much more work for myself than was necessary

    • Ha ha, I do this.

      • I also shove things into a cupboard and slam the door shut.

        Which I know means the next time I open it, everything will fall out and I'll have to spend ages putting it all back in.

        • but it never matters at the time

          the main thing is, you have avoided a small amount of effort

          • This is true.

            And there's always a chance you won't be the next one to open said cupboard. :)

            • oh

              now im sad cos other people have friends

  • i crack my knuckles when on the phone to people at work

    it scares them, apparently.
    i also bite the insides of my mouth furiously, tap my fingers on the banister and huff loudly when someone is on the wrong side of the escalator and make angry grunts when people keep trying to tap their stupid oyster card on the reader when it clearly says SEEK ASSISTANCE

    • are any of these impatient?

      or just short tempered

  • Rush down the corridor, when there are about 6 different fire doors,

    so I have to stop, and hold the door open for the person who is ambling behind me. It makes the whole rushing thing a waste of effort.

  • I throw

    a ping pong ball against the wall and catch it while talking to someone on the phone.

    When people walk slowly I make a stomping sound with my feet behind them until they turn around, then I outrun them.

  • you'd always delete my messages, then

    I find it impossible to leave a coherent answerphone message, let alone one that doesn't last at least 5 minutes.

    I eat really fast because I want teh tasty. This is probably quite bad for me.