So – I pre-ordered the new Kindle with 3G and WiFi and when I ordered it, they said it would ship on August 23. They lied. I haven’t seen it yet. In fact, they haven’t even emailed me saying that it has shipped. I want my kindle! I already sold my old one on ebay (which was great!) and I want to have the new pretty one!
I appreciate people with patience, because I certainly have a lack of it in my life. I want to be first in line to get the new kindle. Forget all the other people who’ve also pre-ordered, I want mine now. This “wanting” reminds me of two things:
1. The freaky little British girl in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Veruca Salt. She wants a squirrel..and a pony…and her own factory…I want, I want, I want. Have I become a creepy girl that wants so much that she’ll throw herself down a garbage chute? I certainly don’t want to be covered in garbage…which leads me to,
2. The Prodigal Son. He wanted his fathers wealth so badly that he ended up treating his father as if he were dead, taking his portion of the inheritance and squandering it away, finding himself also – covered in garbage.
Now that I sit here, I am wondering if it’s patience I struggle with or my need for consumerism. Are the two linked? I want my newest, fanciest, prettiest product, and I want it now. Maybe it’s the combination of the two? Am I covering my consumeristic tendencies with a lack of patience? Probably. Does that make my kindle ship any faster? Probably not.I suppose whether its a nut-cracking squirrel, or one’s own inheritance, a lack of patience and a need for consumerism go hand in hand. Consumerism has in essence laid the golden egg (pun intended) of a lack of patience, of which I am not immune.
Wait – Was that a delivery truck outside I just heard?!