The difference between my thinking and my wife's thinking. Setting: Shop-Ko (a mid-level department store, two notches up from Walmart).
Her: "What time is it?"
Me: "8:33 p.m."
My thinking: "...and we still need to get the kids home and in bed, and I need to get to bed because I have to get up at 5:00 for work. Let's pick up the pace."
Her thinking: "Oh, good, the store doesn't close for another hour and a half! As long as I'm in the checkout line by then, we should be good."
Patience is a virtue...I keep telling myself that....