23 Surprising Things People Admit They’ve Completely Lost Patience For—Number 12 Will Shock You
Patience — that mythical virtue that feels like it’s on a permanent vacation these days. Ever notice how we’re wired to lose it faster than a webpage buffering in slow-mo? Seriously, 16 seconds of waiting for a site to load now feels like an eternity. And if your restaurant order takes longer than 14 minutes, all bets are off. What happened to good old-fashioned grit and calm composure? Reddit user u/SpicyHashbrowns thought the same and asked the internet what folks no longer have a lick of patience for. The answers? Well, they’re as brutally honest as they are hilarious — and maybe a little too relatable. Ever found yourself snapping at something you used to brush off? Yeah, me too. So, if you’re ready to explore the million little things that’ve pushed our patience to the brink (or beyond), buckle up — you might just see your own pet peeves reflected in this list.
There’s a limit to everything in life and patience is in no way an exception. Even the most tolerant of us might not have enough composure to repeatedly deal with certain aggravating situations.
Surveys suggest that nowadays people’s supply of patience is very limited. For instance, they can only keep calm for 16 seconds if the webpage doesn’t load and are only willing to sit still for around 14 minutes waiting for their food to arrive in a restaurant.
These are just a couple of examples of how impatient we get for one reason or another; and there can be thousands of them. Redditor u/SpicyHashbrowns was curious to learn what is something people no longer have patience for, so they turned to the ‘Ask Reddit’ community with the question.
Fellow redditors described plenty of things and situations they can no longer bear, which you can find on the list below. Scroll down to see if any of them stretch your patience to the limit as well.
Evangelicals or pretty much any kind of religious fundamentalists that believe that other people having rights somehow infringes on theirs.
Bad manners, unkindness and general rudeness. It costs nothing to be a nice person and from someone who works in a customer facing industry, attitudes, sadly, appear to be getting worse. It really makes me cross.
Having to guess what people REALLY mean by something they said. I take everything people say at face value now and don’t replay conversations in my head to find out the real meaning anymore. Be passive-aggressive if you want to but talk to me like an adult if you really have a problem.
Now that I’ve spent three years working very effectively from home, the insistence that I have to spend a minimum amount of time in the office.
Identity politics of any kind.
People so entrenched in a position that they refuse to concede even when provided with straight facts from a reputable source.
The working world. My life doesn’t revolve around working here and it never will. It will never be a part of my identity. I come in, do the job, make money, go home. Don’t expect me to come to all the work happy hours so I can pretend how much I love working here.
“friends” who aren’t friends. I used to go out of my way to stay in contact with people. Try to grab a coffee with them or hang out. I’ve basically lowered my friend group to three people IRL. There are other folks who I used to consider to be friends, but I’m only going to ask someone so many times to hang out and being rejected before just letting that ship sail. We make time for what’s important to us. If someone doesn’t text, call, or make an effort, I just consider them gone.
Going to places I know I wont be comfortable. Before if I had a party and I was unsure whether to go or not, I made myself go anyway. Today, I will definitely not go any place I am not sure I will have a nice time.
I no longer have patience for slow Wi-Fi. Life is too short to wait for a buffering video or a webpage that takes ages to load. I mean, come on, it’s 2023, I expect my internet to be faster than a sloth on Xanax. If my Wi-Fi doesn’t get its act together, I might have to resort to carrier pigeons for my internet needs.
Streamers screaming, losing their sh*t, breaking things, and having tantrums.”
I used to think this was so funny now I just can’t stand it; I can’t even watch a streamer if I notice they’re not using their normal talking voice.
Delivery timelines. When I was a kid, “allow 6 to 8 weeks for delivery” was a normal phrase to hear. Now if it’s not on my doorstep in 2 days or less I’m irate.
