We all have different strengths, I say to myself while Going Crazy behind the 20 something guy who takes 10 minutes taking his shoes off and groping around his bags...

I am neither very young nor swift to run but, By Ghod, am I fast in airports!

OTOH, I travelled with our best helper to a major convention a while back, and she IS slow at airports - not experienced and not able to move fast. Getting off an elevator to an airline club, she took about 5 extra seconds to get oriented, and I caught the look of disgust of the business jerk behind her gave. It was really so petty - and so stupid. We actually got into the club faster, as he hadn't bothered to have his ID out and ready, which I of course did...

Yes, "general slow" drives me up the wall. But do I think less of my friend? No, because I know that her patience does things properly that I can't do properly because of my impatience.

If your colleague isn't suited to what he's doing, that's waaay out of my ability to comment on. The different travel styles, maybe you can arrange just not to travel together?

Oh, and I really did learn a tiny bit of extra patience from the business jerk.

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