Some enterprising small concierge companies have emerged in recent years to do the waiting for you in your home for a fee.

WSJ: The Wait-Time Misery Index

And everyday that it's in 'survival and maintenance', every day that it's coasting along waiting for you to figure out what you're going to do with it next, it's aging by another day and getting older and more worn.

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And the rest of the time they will stand around waiting for you, in your genius, to tell them what to do.

FORBES: We Never Fail

Do you think the people who were waiting for Spotify abandoned listening to music?

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In case you missed it, reader Patrick Purcell suggested something you could do while waiting for a stable version of Windows NT 5.0 to ship: Stand at the New York Harbor and watch continental drift cause the coast of France to come crashing in.

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So, what do you do on a stormy day in Porthmadog in January while you're waiting for the weather to change?

BBC: No sailing in sight for slate