The impatience of some people amazes me. So many times, someone's desire to get somewhere or make something happen a few seconds quicker clouds their common courtesy.
A pretty common example of this, one that I encounter almost daily at school, is when a class runs a couple minutes late and the next class floods in before the class before them even begins to leave. All I can think of is that they must just be excessively eager to learn. Today, our once-weekly class ran a little (4 minutes) past the scheduled ending time. The professor for the following class came in and shouted "are you almost done?" in a pretty impatient tone. We had literally just finished wrapping up and many people were packing their bags. Our teacher said "yes, we are done now" to which Mr. Crabby-pants replied "good, because there's a seminar in here in TWO minutes." Apparently he missed the day in professor school when you learn that when the minute hand is on the five, there are not 2, but 5 minutes until half-past the hour. Then, as soon as we stood up, the seminar attendees rushed in like the flood gates had been opened. I stood at the door watching every person come in while 10-15 of them squeezed past me trying to get in. I wanted to see how many people would go by before someone realized that letting us out first would make it easier for them to enter and find seats. But that moment didn't come, so I ended up just pushing my way through.
Some people just need to chill out a little and realize that maybe getting somewhere fifteen seconds later or waiting briefly before doing something is worth sacrificing in exchange for showing a little consideration for someone else. I won't even get into impatience on the road, as that is a whole other topic altogether, but in most aspects of life, people would be a lot happier and tolerant of each other if they just slow down and show a little courtesy to one another.
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