Convenience
What a wonderful time to be alive. We are lucky enough to have so many conveniences that our grandparents would have never considered possible. I am striving towards a simple life. I don’t watch much TV, my car is 11 years old, and I never even consider eating anything that is handed to me through a drive up window. But I own an online business, have a blog, spend all day on the computer, and couldn’t live without my Ipod (The jury is still out on my Smart Phone).
We are American, we expect convenience. Life is fast pace, busy, and we don’t have time to slow down. I understand this and I am a part of it in some ways, but something happened today that just shocked me. A new all time low for expectation of convenience.
My wife and I have been working on getting some of the stuff out of our house. We know we don’t need 1/4 of the stuff we own so we are trying to find things that we can sell on craigslist or give to Goodwill. We listed a few random things this last week on craigslist. Two out of the five people who came to pick up some items asked for something unbelievable in my mind.
Two separate women said they would stop and pick up some items after work but they wouldn’t have time to come up to the door, they wanted us to run the item out to them when they pulled up in the driveway. It isn’t enough that I am selling them something in good shape for much less than its worth, now I have to be a drive thru so they don’t even have to get out of the car. I’m not saying I want this stranger to come in sit down and have a drink, although I bet my grandparents would have offered that to anyone who came to the house.
We love convenience but there must be a line. Get out of your car and meet someone new. You’ll be surprised what you learn.
LOL!!!! Nice… people really do amaze us sometimes!!! You mean, if someone rings a bell you don’t run to the window anymore??? Thanks for the laugh!!!