Each and every one of us has our patience tested from time to time. Whether it’s at work, in line at the supermarket or airport, on hold with customer service, you name it!
At some point or another, we wonder why it’s taking someone else that bit longer to get something done for us.
My mother used to call them ‘gunnas’.
“Anyone who says they’re gunna get to something is gunna get to it in their own time,” she’d tell me.
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And yet, when someone voices their impatience to us, we suddenly feel unjustly judged.
“Do they not realise how busy I am?!,” is something we might think to ourselves while we manage to balance our chaotic lives.
Fact is, we simply expect ourselves to be front of mind for everyone else.
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In the tradie world, this can be seen in full effect.
Tradie customers expect jobs to be done quicker – tradies expect materials to come in quicker – and on it goes.
It’s not necessarily a bad thing we push time sensitive expectations on each other – it keeps everyone honest and alert.
Imagine if no one ever did anything in a timely manner ever? Houses wouldn’t be built, coffees wouldn’t be made, The Tradie magazines would never see the light of day.
It’d be pure chaos.
On that note, there’s plenty of timely pieces in this edition to keep you on your feet … so dig in!