These last couple of years, people's (and especially youth's) patience has gone very downhill. They want to have instant gratification, want their expectations to be met immediately etc.  I work with youth everyday and notice a significant rise of this behaviour.  Even though they're probably not the only culprits (I'm no sociologist, nor do I pretend to have the absolute truth. Nevertheless, these are my personal and other's close to me findings), social media is to blame. Youngsters n