Annoyances

I've always been a very easy-going, laid back type of person. I am pretty sure that those of you who know me in real life would tend to agree. However, here on our new post, I am faced with several of the things that just tend to irritate the heck out of me. For starters, we have the absolute worst customer service around here that I have ever witnessed. No, not from the Germans - we have some excellent experiences from our host country that we will share soon - but from the Americans that live and work here! For example, we've stood in line at a "restaurant" (in quotations because at home it would be considered fast food) for 45 minutes waiting to place our order. Yes, stood in line just to place our order, only to be forced to wait again because the girl who puts the toppings on the sandwiches is too busy chatting with her boyfriend and making weekend plans. You may as well forget about it at lunch time. I honestly don't know how anyone manages to take only 1 hr for lunch if they go out to eat.

Another annoyance is screaming children at church. I'm not talking about crying, and then taking a bottle and being fine... I'm talking about literal screaming, with the parents not doing a single thing about it. The Boy & I do not have children... I can already feel the "how dare she say something like that" response coming; however, when a child is causing such disruption in church that you can no longer hear the priest speaking, it is a problem.

I wonder, honestly, if the frequent exposure to things such as these will make me more patient and understanding, or just more irritated at the world :)