Do you consider yourself a patient person? It may all depend on the situation, but we deal with minor inconveniences all the time that test our patience, like traffic jams, school drop off lines and waiting for doctor’s appointments. A new survey looks at how Americans’ patience levels are when it comes to dealing with those low-key everyday occurrences.
According to the poll of 2-thousand U.S. adults:
- It takes less than half an hour after ordering for the average American to get frustrated when waiting for their food delivery order to arrive.
- If the restaurant is within a 10-mile area, they start getting impatient within 29 minutes.
- When going to a restaurant, 21% are only willing to wait 10 minutes or less from the time they walk in to be seated.
- Once they are seated, they start losing patience after an average of 13 minutes while waiting to order.
- After ordering, they’re impatient and restless after another 17 minutes while waiting for the food to get to the table.
- Despite all this, 71% of respondents describe themselves as patient.
- But more than half (55%) will change lines if there are more than three people ahead of them in the grocery store checkout.
- When it comes to online shopping, 47% are willing to pay extra for faster delivery.
- Behind the wheel, almost a third (30%) will only give the person ahead of them at a stop sign less than 10 seconds before honking the horn.
Source: SWNS Digital