The Long Wait

inside and find out how long the wait was for a 13-person group. Eventually someone squandered up the courage and we found out the wait was three hours long! We contemplated whether to stay and wait or just find a different pizza joint, but my cousin made his case and we all decided to stay. The time went by extremely slow standing under the heat of the blazing sun, and to make it all worse, we were so hungry we could eat a horse because we weren’t expecting to have to wait an eternity to eat a…

Redrock Canyon is probably more formal if I would say so Mama Roja is formal, but also a Mexican restaurant not a typical Mexican restaurant though. Mama Roja and the red canyon, sometimes have long waits to be seated down, especially in an event like mother’s day and father day. Though, this restaurant are both alginate. This restaurants is places people usually go to celebrate something like a birthday party obviously not for kids, anniversary, and business meeting or if not just a place…

Ever since I was a little kid, I always wanted to be a lifeguard. My dad was a lifeguard when he was a teenager and he said it was one of the best jobs of his life. He always talked about how fun it was to sit in the bright, warm sun all day and get paid to get a golden tan. In my 9th grade year my 15 year old self was asked by the pool manager of my neighborhood pool if I would like to work, and who could pass up this great opportunity. I signed up for the lifeguard class and I thought that it…

business. Eighth grade basketball season was starting, and I was on the market for a new pair of sneakers. Walking through the mall, I noticed a long line at a retail store. Approaching the store, I asked someone “why the long wait”? This man told me he was waiting to purchase a new Jordan release and showed me a picture. Always wanting a pair, I decided to wait in line for the chance to buy them. At the time, they were just a nice pair of sneakers to throw on and play basketball in, little…

patient access issues that affect Veteran’s care. Veterans are waiting a long period of times for care; which means they are being diagnosed late, readmitted for hospitalization, and some veterans…

Weighing options before you decide something is very useful. Like many things it has its values and its challenges. A value is is that you have more of a probability of choosing the right decision than not carefully thinking about your situation. A challenge is that if you choose the wrong thing then it could affect your life in many different ways. A value that weighing options has is that you could have a better chance at choosing the right decision. For example, if you have the choice to go…

crossed your mind to hire an attorney to help. However, you could be waiting because you could still be trying to decide if this is a good idea or not. One thing that you should know is that waiting too long to hire an attorney can be a bad idea, so you probably will not want to hesitate for too long. Here's why. 1. Your Credit Could Be Affected If you end up being on the hook for paying your medical bills, you could find yourself in a bad financial situation in no time. In the meantime, you…

students placed children in rooms, individually, and presented each child with a marshmallow. He then offered a deal to them. The deal was if the child would wait the allotted time before eating the marshmallow, he/she would be given a second marshmallow, which the child would then be able to enjoy. However, nothing would happen if the child would not wait. The goal of this experiment was to test the child’s ability to delay gratification. Over the last fifty years, the Marshmallow Test became…

hopes to stay in business long-term. First, I believe his commitment to customer service is excellent and admirable. According to Mike Sawyers in Entrepreneur, “It’s about long-term relationships and treating your customer’s right. Do what’s right for them long-term” (Sawyers, 2013). As an employee, I would want to work in a company that values this so highly, and takes pride in what it does.…

The Veterans Health Administration has a few areas where work processes can be improved or automated. One area that would be a good candidate for increased automation would be the appointment scheduling system. The VA has had many public issues with scheduling patient appointments, and we also have a very high patient appointment cancellation and no-show rate. An increasing number of veterans are comfortable using computers, so an online self-scheduling and cancellation program could be very…