Tengo paid his check and went to the platform to wait for the Tateyama train.

NEWYORKER: Town of Cats

But the longer it is allowed to wait for that train to arrive, the greater the temptation to grease the skids.

FORBES: Let's Divest of GM Yesterday

Millions of commuters and visitors to London will be able to get online at Tube stations and find their way around the capital with up-to-the-minute TfL travel information, access social media whilst they wait for their next train on the station platform or browse the web to discover the very best London has to offer this summer.

ENGADGET: Virgin Media names the first 80 tube stations to get WiFi hotspots

Those countdown clocks that tell me I have to wait 15 minutes for the next train: Love them.

WSJ: Message for the MTA

At the moment some peak time services have empty seats on them while the first off-peak train is extremely over-crowded as passengers wait for the cheaper fares.

BBC: Rail passengers fear review could 'push up fares'

And now is the time to change unemployment from a period of "wait and see" to a chance for our workers to train and seek the next opportunity -- so when that new and better day does come around, our people, our industry, and our entire country are ready to make the most of it.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama on New Training for New Job Creation

So rather than wait for the perfect candidates to walk through the door, companies have decided to school their in-house staff or train new hires who may lack the exact skills they were looking for.

WSJ: Fine-Tuning the Perfect Employee