Ski Trip Lesson: Skiers, for the most part, are very impatient.

Skiers, for the most part, are very impatient. At least that's my theory on why they all want to travel at high speeds down the steepest parts of the Earth riding on little sticks. It's the only plausible explanation. Because they are impatient, skiers have no tolerance or sympathy for petrified persons stumbling their way down the mountain, even on "easy" runs. Skiing instructors are not immune to impatience, either. My class zoomed far ahead by the time I was less than a quarter of the way down the run, leaving me staring and stumbling, nearly paralyzed with fear, dizzy, and on the verge of tears. But I had no choices. I had to ski, and I did. I eventually made it down the run, mostly on my own. Impatience aside, I'm not saying that skiers are bad; most of them are probably nice people. I just discovered, by nature, that I am not one of them.