Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - Free Response Poll: Why are people in such a rush?

jeffk · 01-31-2005, 12:22 AM

I think that there are many different types of people and what what you describe as "rushing" is more natural for some than others. Why do some people jog and others walk? For some, a faster pace is simply preferable. Faster is interesting, challenging, and just more fun. We watch car races, not car "Sunday drives". Some people go in vacation and lay on the beach, some go to the water slides, some water ski. The vacation pace is as different as the pace of life. However, if I am well clear of others and I want to travel fast, why should it bother anyone else? I'm not "rushing". I'm simply vacationing in my own way.
On the other hand you combined rushing with another characteristic, disrespect, that I would suggest is the real problem. No one should act disrespectfully, whether on vacation or not, just because they feel that they have urgent business to attend to. Disrespect doesn't require high speed. I have had many annoying boating problems at a leisurely pace.

01-31-2005, 12:22 AM	#2
jeffk Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Center Harbor Posts: 1,250 Thanks: 216 Thanked 487 Times in 279 Posts	Different folks, different strokes I think that there are many different types of people and what what you describe as "rushing" is more natural for some than others. Why do some people jog and others walk? For some, a faster pace is simply preferable. Faster is interesting, challenging, and just more fun. We watch car races, not car "Sunday drives". Some people go in vacation and lay on the beach, some go to the water slides, some water ski. The vacation pace is as different as the pace of life. However, if I am well clear of others and I want to travel fast, why should it bother anyone else? I'm not "rushing". I'm simply vacationing in my own way. On the other hand you combined rushing with another characteristic, disrespect, that I would suggest is the real problem. No one should act disrespectfully, whether on vacation or not, just because they feel that they have urgent business to attend to. Disrespect doesn't require high speed. I have had many annoying boating problems at a leisurely pace.