1. I am impatient with dismissive people. I'm especially impatient with slow-moving pedestrian traffic in close spaces (a parent letting all three kids take their time walking down the subway steps while a line accumulates behind them, instead of just picking them up and carrying them down, for example.) I'm impatient with riddles and excessive wordplay. I'm impatient with trite sentiment being portrayed as deep philosophy or personal revelation. I'm impatient with superficial discussions about the nature of God.

2. I'm patient with children (when there's space, and when I can interact). I'm patient with the elderly. I'm patient with young employees who are still training. I'm patient with food and severely impatient with waitstaff (especially waiters who are curt, rude, or ignorant.)