I am often caught in the same situation. People trying to get my boss (who is never available, except for 2 specific hours) and people think if they beg,bug or charm me, then i will get them through at different hours. I have my standard smile, i am really so sorry but he is never available except at those times, and please, I just don’t want to take extra time from you and let you think that it could be different – nothing works by the way, so i use my coping skills – when i have to type boring long letters, i play a game to see how quickly i can type a page and keep an ongoing record (1.5 min), when i have to listen to boring lectures, i write them down using the fanciest vocabulary i can, when i have to useless talk to boring people who tell you their life story, because you were polite and said how are you or tried to include them in a conversation, i just keep saying to myself- practice patience, practice patience – this is better than patiently waiting for news from the ICU chas v’shalom..it’s a life’s battle, elevate it to your struggle for middos and for realizing that it is all in Hashem’s plan for you.
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