Patience
It never ceases to amaze me how utterly miserable some people are! While I was at the store today, I met up with such a lady. Let me first say that when I get mad, I really get mad to the point where I can feel my blood boiling and a blood vessel is about to explode. A total stranger made me feel that way today. Urrrghhh!
As Ally and I were heading to the car, we were on the second floor and we needed to take the elevator to the ground floor. Believe me, if there were stairs, we would have gone that way. We were waiting for the elevator (there was only one) with an elderly lady. When doors opened, the down light outside of the elevator went off. We got in the elevator which was occupied by one other lady.
The elderly lady followed us in saying that she will just get on and ride back up. As the door closed, the other lady pressed the 3. Seeing that the 1 was not lit, I reached over and pressed it. Just as I did that, the elevator started to go down.
This lady then looks at me like she would like to kill me and in a really mean tone of voice says "Thanks a lot. I was going up". I was stunned. I then told her that the light on the outside was pointing down. The older lady supported my claim. I was seeing red.
I could not believe the gall of this lady! Did she think she owns the elevator?! When the doors opened I just walked out and left it at that. It took a while for me to calm down but, I got over it.
The sad part about all of this, is that this lady’s attitude is quite typical of the people that live here in Jersey. A lot of people here are unwilling and unable to tolerate a delay of any kind. I’m not saying that all the people here are like that, because that is not true. A lot of people here just do not know and understand the meaning of patience .
These people need to see life from a different perspective. I wish that they could see all the human suffering in the third world countries. I think that if they see this in reality, they would, hopefully, learn to be more tolerant and appreciate how fortunate they really are.
So, what if you have to wait an additional minute or two in the elevator that only services three floors? Where is the big deal in that? Is that reason enough to justify rudeness? If it does, then, her life must really be miserable. Patience is really a virtue.
Until next time. Take care.
