"Waiting. Exploring a Social Phenomenon of Everyday Life/A Basic Theory"

“Rêver, c’est le bonheur, attendre, c’est la vie” – a truth already realized by Victor Hugo. Waiting is a consequence of the human condition and, at the same time, ubiquitous part of our everyday life. We wait at supermarket checkouts and counters, in railway stations and agencies; we wait for waiters and mailmen, for vacation and for Santa Claus. In spite of all our efforts to avoid waiting time, we are continually compelled to wait, and we have to find ways and means of handling it.