Remember They’ve Never Done This Before

My husband and I enjoy vacations. Touring beautiful places, hiking in nature, and viewing wildlife are amazing adventures for us.

We may not always travel far, but we always find wonderful experiences.

However, there is a price to pay for that fun …. Traveling.

Now I don’t refer to driving when I say that so much as I refer to flying, cruising, and going through customs.

Yes, enduring lines and procedures at airports and cruise terminals can be quite vexing and challenging at times.

Several years ago we were standing in the customs line at the Galveston, TX cruise terminal. It had been nearly an hour and we had barely moved. Tired of dragging my luggage around, I turned to my husband and said, “You would think that they had never done this before.”

Then we both smiled. Thus was born a tradition!

What if we simply treated the experience as we would when we know that this truly IS the first time someone has done it?

So often when we find out that it is the first day for a server at a restaurant or a clerk at a store, we tend to forgive more mistakes and any extra time that the transaction requires. So we decided to start treating all these experiences with that amount of leniency.

Now when we are standing in a line waiting to get through check-in or customs or security or even the grocery store, we turn to each other and say, “Remember, they have never done this before.” Or “Remember, this is the first time they have ever done this.”

Then we smile and it makes it so much more bearable!

Give it a try. It’s amazing what it can do to diminish your frustration level.

Enjoy your travels!

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