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We are spoiled, folks! We get really adamant about having our dreams not come true the moment we voice them, i.e place our order. In the good old pre-internet times, we send an order form by snail mail, arriving two or three days later. It took a week or so to process the order and  a couple of days for the merchandise to arrive. So total time was up to three weeks and sometimes even longer. And that was a short time, since most business kept stock, for which we paid. The internet made communication faster, but not necessarily product availability. It enabled businesses to reduce working capital and to install make-to-order processes, which, in turn, did not shorten the time span we have to wait at all We have to learn to relax a little and take things easier - after all, waiting for the goodies to come can be part of the fun!Before the wall came down, people in the East of Germany had to wait 18 years to take delivery of one of those plastic cars called Trabant. Now THAT was a bit long!
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