This morning, as I sat reading the LAWeekly in a local coffee shop [It's A Grind - which was a surprisingly pleasant place) I spied this overturned honey bear container - which, as you can see is still half full. But customer(s) felt that they couldn't wait the extra 30 seconds it took to let the honey drip down the bottle and into their tea cups, so it remained upsidedown.Yeah, I know - I can also hear Carly Simon singing "Anticipation" and visualize that old Heinz ketchup commercial. Since then they've changed the shape of the bottle so that you can squeeze that condiment right out - Best Foods and French's have also followed suit. No more waiting for your favorite condiments, folks - by all means, eat it up - faster faster faster.
Anyway, it got me to thinking about exactly what is worth waiting for and what is just another ploy to get us to all think that faster is better. In a social environment where things are so readily available 24-7 and everything is high-speed and instant... are we feeding a collective consciousness of impatience? Does quicker necessarily mean better? (think McDonald's... the internet...IMs...TMs...) Are we rushing into things like jobs - relationships - compromising situations of all kinds, because we truly think faster is better ? There's an old folk tale about the farmer who used to pull on the early roots of his crops so they'd grow faster... but of course he learns that all good things come in the right time.
What happened to all the things that are supposed to be worth waiting for? Sweet things... like honey.
3 comments:
two words, sun: premature ejaculation.
Well, I do believe that I will make my first billion when my invention, to make old people driving big cars faster, is complete.
Word Verification thingy:
miagqbol.
I think blogger is possessed by some kind of sadistic demon.
There's a fine line. Once you cross that line, it's difficult to stop & wait for something worth waiting for.
Thank you for reminding me to slow down a little.
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