Modern impatience

Is it just me or do people not make such an effort to stop when a traffic light turns red anymore?
I'm guilty of it myself at times, but only when the light is still on amber, never on red.

This morning the lights at a junction changed as I got near them. The car in front of me had loads of time, I had just enough time, but the car behind me that was a little way back should have stopped, but guess what, he didn't. I seem to be seeing it more and more recently.

I believe modern society makes us impatient. That's a bit thoughtful for a Friday afternoon isn't it? But it makes sense, at least to me.

I suffer from that disease where you have to keep opening up your email account to see if you've had a reply to an email yet. My frequency is every 20 minutes. It's becoming like blinking, I just do it automatically. My work email account does this for me, which is probably a good idea seeing as I'm not sure I'd get any work done if I was checking for emails all the time, but while at work I have to go to an external website to see my private emails.

I can't stand waiting in a queue either. I know I'm British and it's meant to come naturally but honestly it doesn't. Perhaps it's my Viking ancestry - I just want to grab whatever I want when I want it.

And what about when you're walking purposefully along a pavement and you get stuck behind someone who's dithering? Arrgghhh how annoying is that?

Perhaps I should think about anger management? I'll be calmer when I have a puppy.