The (He) Art of Waiting…

yes,waiting is very horrible.....but waiting for our loved one is pleasure.it depends on the person, reason...
nice one GG

 

GG waiting outside the delivery ward with a fear ,with a Thrilling whether you are getting a son/daughter and finally happiness.some bring Tension ,some give freshness and some give more Love.kaathiruppathu vali thanthaalum sugam kidappathu uruthiye.Athu oru iniya sugam.This is an art of our emotions

 

mm........we can't describe it in words

 

Dear GG,
Great men think alike.I almost finished my snippet on'Queue' marking the title as 'womb to tomb'. As I was about to post it I saw.yours. I was behind you in the queue.

The most difficult period seems to wait in queue.
Not to talk of queues in airport at the immigration counter or others.
Some years ago, executives at a Houston airport faced a troubling customer-relations issue. Passengers were lodging an inordinate number of complaints about the long waits at baggage claim. In response, the executives increased the number of baggage handlers working that shift. The plan worked: the average wait fell to eight minutes, well within industry benchmarks. But the complaints persisted.



So the airport decided on a new approach: instead of reducing wait times, it moved the arrival gates away from the main terminal and routed bags to the outermost carousel. Passengers now had to walk six times longer to get their bags. Complaints dropped to near zero.

Often the psychology of queuing is more important than the statistics of the wait itself,” . Normally the tendency is to over estimate the waiting period.


This is also why one finds mirrors next to elevators. Give people something to occupy their time, and the wait will feel shorter.



Given a choice between a slow-moving short line and a fast-moving long one, we will often opt for the former, even if the waits are identical.The slips and skips produce more of 'queue rage' which is more difficult to control than 'loo rage'. .

Surveys show that many people will wait twice as long for fast food, provided the establishment uses a first-come-first-served, single-queue ordering system as opposed to a multi-queue setup. Anyone who’s ever had to choose a line at a grocery store knows how unfair multiple queues can seem; invariably, you wind up kicking yourself for not choosing the line next to you moving twice as fast.
I can walk any distance, but can't stand for long due to weaker muscles.I get dejected especially when we go to Thirupathi. We feel like coming out even without having Darshan.
I have the experience of waiting in the wrong queue and switch over while coming near to the counter.

Three months ago we wnt to Thirupathi. An estimated wait of eight hours threatened us.My DIl could not stand for long with her one year old son on hand.Some body suggested that they could also join the senior Citizens' queue , as escort to me and my husband.My son was holding my husband' s hand and my dil was holding me and also was keeping her child. Myself and my husband were asked to walk with a big limp, a drama to make them believe that we really needed help.
My son and husband had no problem. When myself & dil 's turn came the gateman asked my dil to keep the child away. She could either hold me othe baby. After heated discussion and arguments and after paying Rs 500/-we were allowed. We came out within 15 mts after having a 'Jara gandi' darshan .

I felt very guilty of having committed a crime just to avoid a queue.My grandson aged 10 quoted Krishna of Mahabharata " Soozhchchiyin nokkam dharmam aanaal, soozhchchiyum dharmame"( If the purpose of a trick is Dharma, then the trick also is deemed to be a Dharma). What a great lesson we learn from the 'Q'

Jayasala 42

 

In a way, life is also waiting for death. After death, khel khatam.