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Why is it that hard?

If you go by train and come to the station and there get the message that you have to wait one hour for the next train. Do you feel glad for an extra hour that you can freely use for what ever you will? Or do you get angry for this hour wasted?

Hard to tell who acts like the first and who act like the second. I am so old that every minute (or year) is some sort of bonus. So "waste of time" is a non-existing possibility.
To me Unkel is on the right track. Keep on!


Last edited by Milly at 3/2/2008 11:54:37 AM

If you go by train and come to the station and there get the message that you have to wait one hour for the next train. Do you feel glad for an extra hour that you can freely use for what ever you will? Or do you get angry for this hour wasted?

now this is a very nice example.
However it has little to do with the mid-game break.
But yes, some people might be glad it is an hour so they get the opportunity to visit that famous bar or bookstore before their next train leaves, would they only get 15 minutes they would have to wait...
Ofcourse most people will just wait because they don't find anything to do.
This is diffrent at home. At home you have options, many options, of things you like to do during a short break.
Also you can go to the toilet while on the train, so there is no real need for a break to releave yourself, while if you don't want to miss any second of the game, you will have to wait until there is a break...

Say it is a hot day and you are dying for a soda. You nkow the only place you can get one is in that little shop that is away about 10 minutes walk from the station where the train stops and you know your next will leave in 15 minutes.
I bet you would wish for 2 options:
1: the trains leaves a little later, say after 30 minutes, so you can get the soda and have returned in time for the train, and quench your thirst. Or...
2: the next train leaves after 1 or 2 minutes, so you don't have to wait an extra 15 minutes before you get home and can get a drink.

you know what I'm saying...
:)
(correct answer: no half-solutions, either no wait, or a decent break, no half'half sh*t that is annoying everyone)

:)
(correct answer: no half-solutions, either no wait, or a decent break, no half'half sh*t that is annoying everyone)

I agree! Thank you for being so clear both you and LA-Morty

you seem to be a big fan of 'soda'!!

;-)

which soda would you travel 10mins there and 10mins back just to pass your parched lips?

you seem to be a big fan of 'soda'!!

Hum!
- a great philosophical question of "waste of time" is brought down to a question of soda -
When it comes to 'soda' or something of the sort, I think the ecological ones are so high above the others in taste and flavor, so I am willing to walk (or even run) for ten or twelve minutes to get one.
:o)
No joke!

Last edited by Milly at 3/7/2008 4:46:49 AM

I like Sprite a lot. Or Coca Cola. 7-up. Canada Dry. Ice Tea....
damn getting thirsty here. Hope there is a 15 minute break soon.
;þ

I'm with the poster who said 15 minutes good, 1 minute good, 3 minutes BAAAD.