The Sign Says CLOSED. What Don't You Understand About That?

Have you ever noticed that when we are determined to go somewhere, we're not going to let anything stop us? It doesn't matter where, or what time it is; we're going to get in to wherever that is.

Picture this:

-It's 10:00 pm and you've suddenly decided that you just have to go to the library. Never mind that the last time you went to the library at that hour, it was closed. All you care about is that you're bored with all your books and want something new to read. Ditto on your movies. You want something new to watch tomorrow night (or at least new to you) and you don't want to have to pay for either one. So, you drive all the way to the library, only to discover that, guess what? IT'S CLOSED. Then you go on to the next one... and the next one... and the next one. And, yup, they're ALL CLOSED. And you get mad, and rant and rave about how stupid they are for being closed. But, as there's nothing you can do about it, you just go home.

Or how about this one:

-You're still awake at 3:30 am. You can't sleep, and you have to be at work at 8:00, so why bother to go to sleep anyway. You settle down in front of the TV to watch whatever happens to be on- even if it happens to be the latest info-mercial for vacuum cleaners. Just as you settle down in your recliner, it hits you. Why not get a head start on your caffeine intake for the day? How are you going to do that? Well, you could make some, but, really, why? Afterall, you don't have very much left, and the coffee maker is still dirty, and you would have to clean it, and fill it with water, and get a filter and put it in the coffee, and... it's just way to complicated for you to deal with right now. You ponder for a minute, and.. Aha! You've got it! Your favorite coffee place has the perfect early morning pick-me-up; and it's just down the street. Plus, there are more locations around town. You're all excited, and can already taste your coffee. You drive perhaps a little faster than you should, but, you do want to get there, afterall. And, when you get out of the car and walk to the door, you see the sign that says "closed" and "we'll be back at 6:00 am". And.. well, you know what happens next.

There are so many more instances and senarios I could talk about, but I think you get the picture. Suffice to say, we live in an I-want-what-I-want-and-I-want-it-now culture, and we aren't going to let anything stand in our way.

Except perhaps for those pesky "closed" signs.