Word of the week - Tolerance

Tolerance is the capacity to endure, accept, or allow something.

Patience is the capacity to endure without becoming annoyed or upset. 

I had to fight to get a full cup in Starbucks at the services this week. 

I got a grande latte paper cup, poured my latte into it and watched them look at a less than half filled cup and then look at me as if I'd created the problem and then rather ungraciously they topped it up with more milk and handed it back to me without a word, to which I said 'thank you' and walked away.

No wonder so many places have to display signs stating 'We have the right to work in a safe environment' I'd suggest 90% of the time they've created the environment in which a customer has lost their patience and ended up raising their voice.

On the ferry to and from Northern Ireland I wasn't able to get a cabin, so had to sleep in the lounge. The lights didn't go off until midnight and the tannoy was going off until that time asking families to keep their children under control and stop them running around the boat, disturbing others. Personally I wasn't disturbed by any stray teenagers, but I was disturbed by the tannoy announcements. 

Driving home from Birkenhead at 7am I encountered the 'Middle Lane Drivers. Road signs that read 'Don't hog the middle lane' were being ignored.

BTW Indicators show your intent, they do not give you right of way. 

On Wednesday after the gym I thought I'd had a pizza in my gluten free tray in the freezer for a quick tea, but nope, it was a normal one in the wrong drawer and it was an hour later before I ate.

I've had great tolerance in work this week, I have to. I've had little patience, I've had to hide that. I've ended up with a migraine, well actually I didn't get rid of the one from the weekend, I ended up being off work on Thursday and had to tolerate the side effects of the medication.

I find myself having to tolerate things more and more, there is little change I can effect without becoming annoyed or upset. It's not acceptance, it's just called getting on with things.

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