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Is it learning obedience and worshipping the clock, or is it patience and self-control?

I went to lunch with some coworkers the other day. The restaurant we went to told us there would be about a 5 minute wait because some machine or other was just repaired. One of my coworkers had a little freak-out about how long it was taking and stormed out to go to another restaurant. (And this was a "fast food" restaurant we were already at.) I'm pretty sure he hadn't finished walking to the next restaurant by the time we got our food, but waiting an extra few minutes was too much for him.

The rest of us had a minimal amount of patience and it was no big deal. He wasn't a slave to some clock and he didn't have to obey anyone telling him to wait. But he also didn't get what he claimed he wanted (to be served faster).




Why can't it be both?




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