Waiting in line

Waiting in line

Many Americans just don’t know…..

This post starts with some stories:

1)       Imagine having to schedule a shopping visit a month ahead of time. I have had to do it. And imagine that some things you want are just not in stock when you finally make it there, often already bought out by others before you. When it is a food item that can be pretty serious.

2)      Imagine having to beg and plead to get some hard to get product, like a proprietary battery. I have had to do it, and the product was for someone else, to boot.

3)      Imagine having to wait in line to make a telephone call, and time runs out after a couple of hours, and you can’t even try make your call. Or nobody is home at the place you are calling if you even make it to the front of the line.

4)      Imagine getting your telephone call cut off in the middle of your “important” conversation. I have.

5)      Imagine a telephone “party line” where some other person chats forever, and drives you crazy. I have been through this, too.

6)      Imagine waiting for your share of energy during a rolling electrical blackout. Imagine it might be on between midnight and four AM.

7)      Imagine day on and day off tap water.  I have. Some of the poop pieces in the toilet prompted pretty funny stories, by the way.

8)      Imagine being attacked while you are in line. Imagine being killed while in a theater. Imagine being attacked at a school that your parents sent you too.

9)      Imagine trying to call home, and the “atmospherics” at the time don’t allow it. In this case one scheduled the call months ahead of time. Imagine if the “skip” allows it, and you get pulled suddenly to make the connection.

10)  Imagine having to drive slower, like even 40 KPH (25 MPH) routinely. Imagine when the local interstate had its speed limit increased to 85 KPH.  I have, and it was very expensive to even use, like one had to pay a toll to even use it.

11)  Imagine rationing of things.

I suspect most people are in a hurry, or at least think they are. In both cases, waiting in line and slowing down is a most frustrating event.

And some Americans already know.

I’ve deliberately left out my own rat stories, and even a cute mouse eating my M&M’s.