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What do you mean the repairman will be here tomorrow between 2 and 6? You can\u2019t narrow that down for me? At all? What? There are three calls before mine tomorrow and the tech doesn\u2019t know what it\u2019ll take to fix those problems, sight unseen. Why not? You should<\/em> know – its your JOB. Such Incompetence!<\/p>\n\n\n\n People refuse to wait.<\/p>\n\n\n Answer my text immediately, damn you. E-mail isn\u2019t fast enough anymore. Pizza Stores send updates on the \u201cprogress\u201d of your order, WITH PICTURES. We get results from our blood tests the same time as our Doctor – or before – because our Doctor has other patients to treat and consult. Isn\u2019t making us wait some kind of malpractice?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Did you know computer time was once precious? No lie! <\/p>\n\n\n\n You had to wait your turn to run your program – imagine that<\/em>. Today, amazingly fast, powerful, cheap computers are in children\u2019s toys. Bar Codes, Scanners, and Networked Computers with science-fisctionesque processing capability reveal what wiper blade refill fits a 2006 Mazda B Series Truck Cab plus Four, that the Super Car Parts Store on Main Street carries them, that they\u2019re in Aisle 2, Bin 13, and there are 14 of them in stock currently. Click a box and they\u2019ll be waiting for you at Customer Service after 2:00pm, click another box and you can pay AHEAD OF TIME!<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s just nuts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Being able to access boundless information is nowhere near good enough. Information needs to be gathered, curated, and presented to people. Now! Folks get indignant if some bit of information to which they feel entitled isn\u2019t immediately spoon fed to them directly. Where is my CONCIERGE SERVICE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n I don\u2019t know, Karen. Ask my supervisor!<\/p>\n\n\n \u00a0All this knowledge could be a good thing but it isn\u2019t<\/em>. Instant Information adds to our cumulative anxiety. If you don\u2019t know EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW then \u201csomeone\u201d is hiding, stealing, or withholding something from you. There can be no other explanation! The part of the mind that doesn\u2019t know something fills with fear, dread, the expectation of catastrophe and evildoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not Me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n I refuse to live that way. I was never super impatient in the first place but I remind myself often to just let life unfold<\/em>. It\u2019s not always easy, but it is never agony. It\u2019s like going to a movie without seeing the trailer first – I don’t know exactly what’s going on, but I AM eating popcorn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Its okay to be in the dark now and then\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Patience, which has been thought a virtue since the third or fourth century, is now banished from our souls. Today, instant information is required. That the package should be here<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blakeneycreative.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG_0599-1024x683.jpg\")
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